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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29
Celebrates Birthday

Master Paul Edward Mercer. the
small son of Lee Mercer, enter
tanned number of little friends
Saturday at the home of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J: II. Mc1n-
tyre of Edgemont, in honor OF the
second anniversary of his birth.
The home was prett1ly decorated
with flower forming a color scheme
of pink and white. A birthday cake
with lighted candles qcentered the
table, from which refreshments
were served to the children. The
children were given roses as faVors
Those present were Paul Edward
Mercer, Peggy Travis Nellie Sheets
Geraldine Mae Smith, Thomas j.
Smith. Buster Morgan. David Nor
gan and Ruby McIntyre.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29
June Dance
Married This Morning.

Joseph Kusceri of Riyesvi1le and
Miss Annie Charkandy Of Clarks
burg were married at 1920 this
morning in the First Baptist
Church, with the Rev. w. J. Eddy.
pastor OF the church, officiating
Ebert Merritt and Miss Virginia
Hatfield, both of this city. Swera
also quietly married at 1918 this
morning at the parsonage of the
First Baptist Church by the Rev
w J. Eddy, pastor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29

mont High School Saturday even
ing at their home in sBenoni aTen-
ne in honor of Miss Mary Oldham.
Miss Oldham has been amember
5of the faculty for a number of
years. During the evening, deli
scious refreshments were served.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29


women haHlsston thsy we're
slaYiishIy entertained and The
tGharleston Mai gives the follotsv y ~
ing airs given u, A. heir
MrasHarold sRitz Is entertaining
at bridge this morning at Edge
wood Country Club, IN honor Of
Mrs. c. Il hutchinson. Mrs. George
Alexander of Fa1rmonts, Mrs z. ). p p,
Stewart OF Morgantowns the guests
.of Judge and Mrs. James Meredith
OF the Ruffner Hotel.
s"Other guests include e Nrs..sJ os-
eph @Rufner, Mrs. 8George Need
ham. Miss Fairchild Mrs. w ~.
Miller" IS "a
mrs q. B. Koontz had Mrs:
James Meredith and guests, Mrs.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Alexander and
Mrs. Stewart IN informally for tea
Wednesday afternoon at her home
on thet South Side.
@Mr. and Mrs. George Miller Of
Ruffner avenue entertained with a
dinner-bridge last evening in honor
of Mrs c. E.. Hutchinson, MRS
George Alexander of ,Fairmont. Mrs.
II. ID. Stewart of iMorgantown. the
guests of Judge and Mrs. James
Meredith.
"other guests included Mrs. Al
bert Lehman and Mr. and Mrs.
George Miller, Jr."
. 4z7gf-i -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29
To Wear Headdress

The members Of the Heintzel-
man Post Auxiliary of the Amer
lean Legion will appear in the
Decoration Day parade Tuesday
wearing the uniform headdress.
The ladies have all been requested
to meet at the club roomFat It's
O'Clock, when they Will form in
line. -
A refreshment stand will be put
up. near the club and during the
Memorial Day services; home
made pies, cakes, sandwiches and
refreshing drinks will be on sale.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29

The Degree of Honor lodge will
have a refreshment stand during
Memorial Day in Main street.
Members of the lodge will have
sandwiches, ice cream, home made
pies and cake and drinks for sale.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29
To Rekearse Play

The Degree of Honor Lodge will
hold meeting this evening at 8
O'Clock in the old lodge rooms.
The mem bers Of the cast Of the
play which is under the direction
of Mrs. Dazzle Watson will hold a
rehearsal from Z till o'clock,
after which a social hour will
follow the lodge meeting. All
members of the lodge have been
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29

Entesrtains Faculty
M 5rsf. and Mrs Otis G.. Wilson
deligRtfuHy entertained the mem ! /
bers u tho faculty he Fair al r
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29

Return From Convention
Irs:Isa NJ Hinkle and Miss
Esszzsaude Virginia Merrifeld nave
Returned home from Elkins where
Ehey Observation-Disclosures the NJ. P.
sG3hurctsto the northern regional
sun,i ay5 school convention held
mere last week. The next conven-
fionswill be held at Wheeling in
I NJ ri ,,,,sr8sssAe 4 g g.. n
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
The Peanut Industry.
From the Macon Telegraph.

Most of us who have not given a large
amount of thought to the peanut industry are
surprised when we learn that the peanut crop
of the United States in 1918 was approximate
ly 53000000 bushels, valued at $lO0,OOOOO0;
while in 1921 we produced about 100000
hogs.
Practically all of these peanuts came from
twelve southern states The most productive
peanut states are Alabama, with 100000 acres;
Georgia, $4,000; Texas, $4,000; Virginia,
$4,000; Florida, $4,000; North Carolina
10000, and other southern states about &c.
900 acres.
The marketing of such vast crop is nat
urally difficult. In the past, peanuts have
been sold mostly through brokers, but the
peanut growers have had some difficulty In
disposing of their crop through these chan
nes and are turning to the auction. An
nouncement has just been made that the first
car of peanuts ever offered through auction
is to be sold at the New York salesroom Of
the Fruit Auction Company this month.
Although such vast quantity of peanuts
are grown in the United States, great guam
titles are also imported In the first ten
months of 1910 nearly 20,0O0,OO0 gallons OF
peanut oil were imported into this country,
mostly from China and Japan.
In addition to being used for human con-
sumption in their natural form, in peanut
butter peanut oil, oleomargarne, soap, etc,
peanuts are used extensively as feed for all
live stock After extracting the oil from pea
nuts a meal is produced which is very val
liable as food, being exceptionally high in
proteins and fats.
If people generally knew more about the
food value of peanuts the chances are that
growers could not keep up with the demand
One pound Of peanuts yields $500 calories,
which is about three times as much energy
as a person would derive from one pound of
beef and about twice as much as would be
potatoes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
SEEING THINGS.

The community nowadays that has no
claim on a ghost must content itself with
producing some other kind of mystery, for
very often it is the fashion to attract atten-
ton by insisting upon possession of puz-
cling situation. Oklahomas entry comes from
Alva, where it is claimed blue flames emerge
from the air and fasten themselves upon
the bedding of an invalid who has been hor-
ribly burned by the phenomenon. Wall dra-
peries, the woman's clothing, the mattress
and blankets have been scorched, so it is
claimed, several times, and, naturally, the
A1vanians are disturbed and scared.
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of North
Carolina a very eerie light has been lodging
in and out among the trees, soaring people
half to death and causing federal officials to
take notice of the so-called mystery. Senator
Overman has been so impressed with the
reports that he has asked the geological sur
very to make an investigation. 1t is also OF
interest to know that the National Geographic
Society has inquired into the thing, and has
made report that the light produced
by strange combination of electrical phe-
nomena and atmospheric conditions.
From other sections of the country reports
come, telling of haunted houses, Visions
spooks, the clanking OF chains in garrets and
closets and various other developments be-
lieved by many to be supernatural and ghost
ly. 1t is somewhat surprising to know that
a great part of any population of any race is
credu1ous and superstitous. This has been
markedly apparent since the world war start
ed, spiritualism having been given power
full impetus in England where a great many
noted personages have subscribed to the be-
lief that spirits constantly making efforts
to communicate with the living. 1t is only
recently that the superstitous wave hit the
United States, and there is no telling how
long it will last. Claims continue to be made
by living persons that they seeing things
they cannot fathom, and an air of mystery
is created No doubt a feeling of rivalry
contributes to the increased number of re-
ports and testers probably are doing their
part in creating illusions and continuing the
battling mysteries.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
PERIL OF THE PISTOL.

Editor Jim Williams, of the Greensboro
Herald Journal, wants to taboo the pistol,
and rightfully so. Our contemporary notes
that State Senator Golucke favors law
prohibiting the carrying of the pistol except
by officers of the law, or law-abiding citizens
who might find it imperative to carry pis-
toll Under the present law anyone desiring
to carry a pistol can secure license and IS
entitled to carry the weapon though sup
posedly not concealed However, nearly all
men except officers disregard the law about
the non-concealment of the pistol. The pistol
is a deadly menace, and the Herad-J ournal
advocates a stringent law prohibiting any
man from carrying a pistol except an Off
GER Of the law, and does not believe any
exceptional cases should be allowed, for the
man who carries a weapon is most likely
looking for trouble. Invariably the fellow who
carries artillery on his person is coward
and bully, and drastic steps should be ia
ken to suppress him. Here's luck to Senator
Golacke in his efforts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
frances Barren Pacific Island.
From Pennsylvania Crit.

Lying off the west coast OF Mexico is
Clpperton Island, tiny rock less than two
square miles in area and more than 100 feet
high, possessing neither vegetation nor drink
able water. SO far as is known it has never
had a human nhabtant. Prolonged life on
the island is impossible.
Though the rock has apparently been the
roosting place of sea birds for centuries, its
human history is rudimentary. A Spanish
navigator (Saavedra) is said to have dis
covered it in 1927 In the middle OF the
eighteenth century the English 'corsair Clip
perton made a precarious landing there and
put the label of the British Empire on its
cliffs. in I'LL the French frigates La Prin-
cesse and La Decouverte dropped anchor, and
later in the nineteenth century Capt. Coat
de Kerweguen climbed to the top and plant
ed the French flag securely on the rock. From
that time French official maps have called
Clipperton Island a French possession.
A few years before the world war a camp
of hardy Mexican sailors landed on the island
to load their craft with guano. While they
were there a French ship passed that way
dropped anchor, and landed boats crew
The captain requested the Mexicans to go
away and leave the isle to its legitimate pos
sessors-the sea birds and the French gov
eminent. The Mexicans objected. The French
captain sailed home and reported the trespass
to his government. This was the beginning
of an international controversy which the
king of Italy is now called upon to arbitrate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
CONGRESSMAN VOLsTEAD.

Wichita Falls Record-News; Congressman
Andrew Jackson Volstead, of Minnesota
father of the prohibition enforcement act, has
been given clear field and denomination
by the republicans OF his district. Theodore
Christianson, an editor, had majority OF
the delegation to the convention committed
to his candidacy. He must have been wise
editor. He withdrew from the convention the
day before the nomination was made. There
are many plums in the federal orchard. There
are many tricks of the trade in the game, OF
politics. Congressman Andrew Jackson Vol
stead had close call two years ago. An In
dependent defeated him for the nomination
and then the courts OF Minnesota disqualified
he had made use of in the campaign An
drew Jackson, a queer handle for a repubE-
can, was first elected in 1892 and he has been
holding the job ever since. He is as dry as
the desert of Sahara, and should he be re-
turned to congress he promises to make his
act so dry that all those who are opposed
to it will spit continuous streams OF cotton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
INVADING WOMAN'S RIGHTS.

Reform movements that contemplate class
legislation have been started in New York
and Chicago by members OF the city coun-
ellis Ordinances have been conceived to pre-
vent the smoking in public OF women, against
whose individual, moral and legal rights the
blow is aimed The proposed New York
ordinance is identical with that suggested at
Chicago except that it holds the proprietors
of places of amusement and entertainment
responsible for the conduct OF the women,
while the other imposes the punishment di-
recty upon the smokers themselves. If the
ordinances ever succeed it will be unlawful
for woman to smoke on the street, in
cafe hotel, theatre lobby, park playground,
public building, or, in fact, in any public or
semi-public place in the two cities.
LEGISLATION OF that kind invades woman's
rights. The News would not advocate the
use of tobacco by women, but it never would
agree that a discriminatory law should be
enacted against them. Woman has as much
moral right to smoke as a man could have;
she also should have as much legal right to
do it as a man. Woman is given the vote,
the right to own property, the privilege to
participate in the government OF the COM
munity in which she lives and of the state
and the nation. She ought to be admitted
to full and equal rights with man in every
respect lust as she should have the vote
and the right to hold office when qualified.
If smoking by women hurts their morals,
their regulations their characters, their stand
ing in the community, their health and their
influence for good the same effect might also
be suffered by the men who smoke. If egis-
lators have the right to deny the privilege
of tobacco to women they also have the right
to deny it to men. If women are to be made
the victims of blue laws SO should the men,
The one is the equal of the other in the eyes
of justice. That is true in moral sense,
and it ought to be true in legal sense. New
York and Chicago reformers are seeking to
make distinction without difference being
provided
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
PASSING THE BUCK.

The cost of living has increased in direct
proportion to the degree the people have
handed over home rule to boards, commits
sions, bureaus and committees. The time has
passed in which local communities have much
to say about matters that most concern them.
If we mend public road we must get the
0. k Of a trail of officials from district head
quarters to Washington. About ali we have
to do with the management of our schools is
to pay the taxes. We import strangers to
clean up our morals. We have hired folks
to tell US what to plant and how to cultivate
our farms, and others to advise US what to
cook and how to cook it. To our paternal
government maternity bureau has been
created to care for the unborn generation. 1t
will be presided over by an old maid, and
teach mothers how to bring into the world
their babes and what to do for them. For
everything do or don't we have come to
depend on a board or organization to
steer us. We pass the buck, and we pay the
taxes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
WHERE RESPONSIBILITY LIES.

The grand jury which adjourned last Fri
day took shot" at the seeming laWless-
ness and immortality which is so rampant
in some sections of Early county. In the
general presentmentS published in this is
sue of The News, will be found the follow
ing statement: 1--WE deplore the moral con-
ditions that exist in some localities in our
county From our Investigations into the
various crimes committed III our county this
appalling comparison seems to exist: The
moral depravity and degeneracy of the
white race seems to be on the increase,
while that of the colored race is on the de-
crease We commend those parents of the
county who think at least as much of their
children as they do of their live stock, by
having a good comfortable place at home
for them to sleep in at night, and who
see that they are in the barn every night
or know the reason why. Early County
News.
The loose morals of many of the modern
young persons of today usually can be traced
to the loose management of the modern home
of today This is not only found in the home
where there is lack of love, but too often
it is the case of lack OF judgment in regard
to love Every boy and girl needs the proper
training and coaching before he or she is fit
to meet the problems of life, and the home is
the place of all places for such training. With
out we have what we have today-especially
in the larger places-a huge crop of Chick
ems" "happers" and "jelly beans" Unless
public opinion or something can awaken par
ents to the fact that with them alone rests
the responsibility Of the degeneracy OF the
human race and something is DONE in an
other hundred years, as has been remarked
by a contemporary, the monkey will resent
Darwin's evolutionary theory more than We
do TODAY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
PEACHES OR PINES?

O woodman spare that tree, refrain from
further hacks and do not swing and sling
so free Won double bitted ak, but lend list
ening ear to me and let your arm relax. Our
wood supply is growing scant.we should
not chop unless we plant. Ere to Saint Peters
choir I've risen to blend my deep bass voice
with hisn to thumb and strun both fiat and
sharp on one size-ten left handed harp-ere
this, | say, has come to pass I'll scratch
around in leaves and grass to find an oak
or maple seed and having stuck it in, the
mead and covered it with loan and muck, in
later years with any luck I'll have a tree
beneath whose boughs the woodchucks and
the goats may browse. "What does he plant
who plants a tree?" the poet asks OF you
and me- He plants hope of future good in
shade and beauty, fruit or wood. So here
and there tree seeds I'll place. to benefit the
human race Posterity shall view those trees
and paw me compliments like these: "In ali
his verse together tossed that Rural Rhymer
was frost; we're good and glad his works
are lost. But as a forestation factor the
bonehead was right good actor, in fact a
blooming benefactor." BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
Facts About Georgia.
From the Augusta Chronicle.

Georgia's progress during the last forty
years is statistically presented in the Blue
Book of Southern Progress published by the
Manufacturers Record of Baltimore. In man
ufacturing, agriculture, finance and education
her development has been in keeping with the
growth of the country. With manufacturing
capital of over $448,000,000, more than doub-
ling the capital invested in manufactures ten
years age Georgia now has $119,000000 more
invested in factories than the entire south
had in 1880 The value of her manufactured
products reported by the census Of 1920 was
$693 556000 or more than three times the
value OF similar products ten years ago. The
state now has double the number of cotton
spindles of ten years ago and more than three
times as many as were in operation in 1000
Georgias mineral products were valued at
ST. 100000 in 1920, or nearly two-thirds of
the value of the mineral products of the en-
tire south in 1880. The value OF the mineral
output of the state is now over three times
The value OF Georgias farm crops last
year was sly, 986000 which is over twice as
much as the value OF crops twenty years ago.
Georgia is now spending over $8,800,0 900
on public education, which is more than dou-
bic the expenditures of 1908 and nearly four
and a half times that OF twenty years ago.
With total bank deposits OF over $40 000,-
900, Georgia has nearly double the total bank
deposits of the entire south in 1880
The assessed value OF taxable property in
the state in 1920 was $1,346883 000 an in
crease of IS per cent in ten years, and over
three times the assessed value of property
twenty years ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
TERRELL COUNTY FORTUNATE.

From the Washington NewsReporter
Editor Rainey, of The Dawson News, Ter
re county, notes the fact editorially that no
property has been advertised for sale on &C
count of non-payment of taxes in his county
for two years, while many papers in the state
are carrying full pages of such advertising.
Brother Rainey and the people of Terrell are
fortunate. When newspaper carries full
pages OF tax ads the newspaper and its con-
stituents are living on their gut fat. While
a full page of tax ads. means some money
to the newspaper for the time being, it also
means that the people the paper depends on
for its prosperity in a bad way and bus
mess with the newspaper in consequence is
also bad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
SUSPICIoUSLY SUDDEN.
From the Pelham Journal.

From the Pelham Journal.
The Journal editor is being continually
asked concerning Senator Watsons charges
that American soldiers were illegally hung
in France. Whats become of the investiga-
tion?" is the question so often asked We
cannot answer. Evidently the investigation
is dead, died peculiar death and seems to
have been buried in an unmarked and un-
known grave. As to whether the senate con-
Guided Watson was proving too much or
whether the senator decided he was not prov
ing enough we are unable to say. AS to who
came out victorious don't ask u.s. Anyway,
let the corpse sleep peacefully.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
Two Sides to the Question.
From the Swainsboro Forest-Blade.

There are two sides to every question, al
though some people are never able to admit
or even consider but one-until the shoe be-
gins to pinch.
In certain town there was a choice bit OF
scandal. 1t would have looked juicy in print
But the local editor did not use it. Too
many innocent people would have suffered
with the guilty.
A male gossip stopped the editor on the
street and Indignantly demanded that he
publish the news, regardless OF who ii hits"
Shortly thereafter a member OF the old
gossips own family became involved in an
unsavory mess.
Did the gossip again demand relentless
publicity?
He did not He busted right in to the ed
itorial Office with a heart-rending plea for
complete suppression OF the facts Tor the
sake OF his innocent wife and daughters.''
The woods are full OF EN-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

Salt Lake Tribune: 1t may not be gener-
ally known, but Buenos Aires leads, the fash
ion parade in the western hemisphere. The
Gale Florida Buenos Aires wonderful street
OF wonderful shops, is such thoroughtare
as to make the feminine heart ache and the
feminine head swim. Then, too, the Gale
Florida is always a season or two ahead OF
even New York in shortening skirts. They
have been wearing almost knee-high skirts
in Buenos Aires for more than year,
brevity which has not yet become more than
sporadic in the United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18

An extensive experiment in the cultivation
of Egyptian cotton is being carried on in
italian Somaliand under the personal super
vision of the Duca Degh Abruzzi, according
to report received by the textile division Of
the department of commerce from Consul
Cross at Alden, Arabia The Tug Derror riv-
er valley, which resembles the Nile valley
very closely, both in soil and climatic con-
ditons has been selected and the possibili
ties for irrigation of adjacent tracts is be-
ing considered. The main obstacle to prompt
success, it is said, seems to be inexperienced
labor and. the heavy initial expense incident
to preparing the land.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-04-18

How would it do to collect a tax from
each candidate for Office? Such a pollcy
would work we'll in two ways. 1t would re-
duce the number of candidates and add to
the treasury balance.