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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-17

persons present at the meeting TO
warrant a decision. The matter
has been dropped temporarily, but
will probably be revived, should tho
town experience another fire such
as occurred few months ago.
Short Meeting.
The Daughters OF America met at
the usual time yesterday evening
but owing to the desire OF many
members who wished to attend the
revival services, the business meet
ing was made very brief, after
which the members went to the
church to take part In the services
Receives Discharge.
Arthur Bartholow, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. P. A. Bartholow OF Jasper
street, is expected to arrive home
in a few days. Private Bartholow
has been in the q. s. naval service
for the past three years, and re-
ceived his honorable discharge a
few days ago in San Francisco,
Cal.
Dissectine Class.
The members OF the dissectinS
class OF the local high school had
their first practical experience yes
terday afternoon. Some question
arose concerning the organs OF a
snake, and 1t was decided to settle
the matter by dissection. Prof. Fred
Bradley was in charge Of the work.
Charlton Grice was chief operator,
while assistance was also rendered
by Cecil Keener, the Misses Nola
Michael and Mary Radcliffe. Pro
fessor Bradley made favorable com
ment on the proficiency OF the
operator.
Building Additional Rooms.
David Prickett Is adding addition
al rooms to his home in Mill street
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Amos, the latte.
OF whom is a daughter Of Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Prickett. expect to move in
with the Prickett family in a few
days. Mr.. Amos has been in yer,
poor health for ONE time but later
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-17

st. Ratriclts Day Is observed. we
are told, as the result Of an old
Irish custom, which originated
many, many years ago In the mys.
tic isles OF the white North Sea.
st Patrick, to whose memory the
day Is dedicated, was born in $50.
the son OF a deacon, Calpurnius.
and the grandson Of q presbyter
named Potitus. Patrick, or Pat as
his friends called him, was educat.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-17

expects TO build residence on the
Tote he recently purchased in the
High Lawn addition.
Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Ryder were
recent visitors at the home OF tha
latter's brother, Herschel Cole OF
Fairmont.
Clifton, little son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Huffman OF Winfield, Is re.
covering from an operation for ths
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-17
Giuseppe splnlnl

Of sunny Italy as is the Landing
OF Colombo by the sons Of Irish
freedom. Christopher, It may be
mentioned in passing, was Irish by
extraction, having once visited a
Dublin dentist.
For these various and sundry
reasons and for no others It is, that
on st. Patrick's Day, Giuseppe
Spinini sports as proudly his tell
tale tie as does s. Patricius Dooley
his shImmering shamrock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05
Railroads Kindly Act.-Jack Will

Railroads Kindly Act.-Jack Will
liams is crippled man, and is unable
to make a living for himself. He lives
in the eastern section Of town, and re-
uuested me to write a piece" about
what the Seaboard Air Line Railway
is doing for him. Jack occupies a
small house the railroads property, by
virtue of orders from the president
of the road"
Then the engineers and firemen are
thoughtful as we'll when the weather
is cold and bad big lump Of coal or
two has a habit of dripping off the
tenders against my door," said Jack.
The section men also have a generous
way of dropping n fat lightwood piece
or an old crosstie or two for the ben
eft of the man who has a poor way
to make a living.
Jack Williams can say with verify
that corporations do have souls"
Then Jack was quite solicitous as
DR.. G.. 4. Nance, the county physi-
clan, who is now in a Charlotte hos
pital. That man has been good TO
me-" said the man who is down and
out" of lifc's gamc.-Monroe, On. c.
Enquirer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05
eET-RIcH-oUIcK GENIUS
Tells How He Devised His Dream to
Make Millions.

Charles Ponzi, Boston's get-rlch-
quick genius, explained his now famous
postal reply coupon scheme for max
ing millions on the witness stand In
Boston, last week, testifying in his own
behalf. He declared he didn't keep
cent of the vast amount intrusted to
him by investors.
Ponzi said he pleaded guilty in the
Federal court two years ago to use or
the mails in a scheme to defraud on
the advice of counsel and the entreaties
Of his wife, with the expectation or re-
ceiving a light sentence. He is under
"a five-year Federal sentence to Ply
mouth Jail and is being prosecuted in
the state court now.
Describing his postal reply coupon
scheme, Ponzi said:-
IN the spring of 1919 I devised an
advertising scheme that looked good,
but l lacked capital. One day letter
came from Spain, which contained an
international reply coupon. 1t lay on
my desk for several days, and one day
l picked up the coupon and read and
reread it.
81 decided to find out regarding the
possibilities. 1 wrote to parties IN
Italy, France and Spain, enclosing a
dollar in each letter, and told them to
buy as many coupons as they could.
It was done. Then l took them to the
post office and found they could be
exchanged.
Il reasoned it out that if five or ten
or fifty coupons could be converted at
a profit, millions could. didn't go into
the ethics of the question. didn't have
any money and l know II was practi-
cally out of the question to go to any
bank to borrow without disclosing the
plan-giving them chance at it.
Il decided 1 could borrow from the
public and let the public share the pro-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05
Page Seven

his release he said he went to Alaba-
ma "and began to forget the past"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05

ht made. approached one acquaint-
ance and asked him If he thought he
could raise the money.
II got my first returns in February
and from that time it grew and grew
as people got their returns. Each one
brought ten others
Ponzi told of having served twenty
months in a Canadian prison in con-
nection with the failure Of an Italian
bank in which he had been employed.
"I am not going to say at this time, "
he remarked, whether l was guilty"
He related also how after his parole
he tried to help five Italian immigrants
to enter the United States from Cana
da. He was arrested for violation Of
the immigration laws and served two
years imprisonment at Atlanta. After
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05

The supposition Is a mistake but 1t
gives undue weight to their utterances,
and this, taken in conjunction with
their control of the reservoirs of cred
it, makes it possible for them to in
tensify depression or prosperity by
talking. This is why they should
stick to their knitting and say Moth
ine.-Commerce and Finance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05

astride Blanco Sol gazing upward.
How the cowboy must have. honored
that raiders brave steed!
Gale, who had been too dumb to
shout the admiration he felt, suddenly
leaped up, and his voice came with a
Shrek:
Look out, Laddyw
A big horse, like a white streak, was
bearing down to the right Of the
ranger. Blanco Diablo! A matchless
rider swung with the horses motion.
Gale was stunned. Then he remem-
bered the first raider, the one Lash
had shot at and driven away from the
outlet. This fellow had made for the
mesquite and had put a saddle on
Belongs favorite. In the heat of the
excitement, while Ladd had been in
tent upon the climbing horse, this last
raider had come down with the speed
Of the wind straight for the western
outlet. Perhaps, very probably, he
did not know Gale was there to block
1t; and certainly he hoped to pass
Ladd and Blanco Sol.
A touch of the spur made Sol luIge
forward to head off the raider. Diablo
was in his stride, but the distance and
angle favored Sol. The raider had no
carbine. He held aloft gun ready
to level it and fire. He sat the saddle
as If it were a stationary seat. Gale
saw Ladd lean down and drop the
.4O5 in the sand He would take no
chances Of wounding Belongs best
loved horse.
Then Gale sat transfxed with gus-
pended breath watching the horses
laundering toward him. Blanco Dia-
bio was speeding low, fleet as nm an
telope, fierce and terrible in his dew
ilIsh action, a horse for war and blood
and death. He seemed unbeatable.
Yet to see the magnlflcently running
Blanco Sol was but to court doubt.
Plain 1t was the raider could not make
the opening ahead Of Ladd. He saw
It and swerved to the left, emptying
his six-shooter as he turned.
Blanco Sol thundered across. Then
the race became straight away up the
valley. II was fleet, beautiful, mag
nificent race. Gale thrilled and ex.
ulted and yelled as his horse settled
into q steadily swifter run and began
to gain.
The gap between Dlablo and Sol
narrowed yard by yard. All the devil
that was in Blanco Diablo had It's run.
ming on the downward stretch. The
strange, cruel urge Of bit and spur,
the crazed rider who stuck like burr
upon him, the shots and smoke added
terror to his natural violent temper.
He ran himself off his feet. But he
could not elude that relentless horse
behind him.
Then, like one white flGsll following
another, the two horses cleaned down
the bank Of wash and disappeared
in clouds Of dust.
Gale watched with strained anO
smarting eyes. The thick thrc' In
his ears was pierced by faint sounds
of gunshots. Then he waited in al
most uncomfortable suspense.
Suddenly something winter than the
background of dust appeared above
the low roll Of valley floor. Gale lev
eled his glass. In the clear circle
shone Blanco SOps noble head with Its
long black bar from ears to nose
Sops head was dropping now. Another
second showed Ladd still in the saddle
The ranger was Leading Blance
Diablo spent - broken-dragging-
siderless.
(To Be Continued).
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05

- The first payment ever made under
the South Carolina inheritance tax law,
passed by the state legislature last
winter, was reported last Friday by
State Treasurer s. T. Carter. 1t was
s46.14 paid on the estate of C. C. Minis
of Dorchester county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05

On the recommendation OF District
Attorney Ernest f. Cochran, Judge H.
H. watkins has ordered special term
of the United States district court to
be convened in Greenville on January
9Th.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05
YORK EVIDENCE
FOR YORK PEOPLE

The statements Of York residents are
surely more reliable than those OF utter
strangers
Home testimony is real proof.
Public statements of York people
carry real weight.
What friend or neighbor says COM
pels respect.
The word of one whose home is far
away invites doubts.
Here's a York mans statement
And it's for York peoples benefit.
Such evidence is convincing.
That's the kind Of proof that backs
WILBO-LAX.
]. M. Latham, York, says: had
long spell of indigestion and suffered
with gas and constipation, and also
headaches.
AS Wilbo-Lax was highly recon-
mended to me bought a bottle at the
York Drug Store, and I can truthfully
say that Wilbo-Lax has done me more
good than any other medicine OF its
kind that I have ever tried.
Price so Cents a Bottle at the
YORK DRUG STORE
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05

PresumabIy-Bible School Teacher:
What was the Tower of Babel?"
Bright Willie: Wasn't that the
place where Solomon kept his five hun
dred wives?"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Standard Of N. j. New Stock

Question: ara constant reader Of
your Investment Information" and now
It ts my turn to come 50 you for help. I
have twenty shares of Pennsylvania Rail
road stock and few shares Of bank
at ock. contemplate buying i've shares
OF Standard OH Of New Jersey. but before
buying would like to know whether
will be entitled to their 400 per cent stock
dividend, and II ! am will finally have
leo shares OF s25 par vAluef l notice
there ss5 par vaius shares are being sold
on a when Issued basiE. Can You tell me
when they will be Issued IA. L. III.
Answer--f you buy twenty shares Of
Standard Oil of New Jersey common
stock now you will have leo shares
when tho stock dividend has been paid.
The stockh olders will meet on Novem-
ber 8 to vote on proposition to in
crease the authorized common stock In
order to mako possible the declaration
of 400 per cent ssoek dividend. Later
| 1--WE do not know when, but assume
that it will be shortly after the stock
holdcrs' meeting--the directors will
! meet and declare the stock dividend.
We do not know what date they will
set for the distribution, bat In all
probability IL will be toward tho end
Of the year or early la 1923. No
change IN the par value Of the stock
/ is contemplated.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Railroads Earning Power
No. 13-kansas City Southern

flTs frrteat IN fhs sebjoiaed nrsicts
The thirteenth Of series Of fortv daily
diseassioRs Of tho prcsest od,Htng potcer
~ fhc lse6ing Ame1fcoa steafs railroads.
Al the rsqarst of The Tribune, thcse
sss4dies iees's undertaken ty the Stard.
ard Stcffhffos Company, Iur., OF Noso
IoEt, witch hcs prepared tho papers
st'a 4 seetsf',s copyright for them In
1929. 1'hr fourteenth article WifI appear
to-fnorTom nEd ,osfi ,eai scfth Chcsa.
peuhe d Chio..~Fij,unoia EaitoY.)
Kanaas City Southern has the short
est line Of railroad between Kansas
City and the Gulf Of Mexico. Being
practically oil main line and carrying
very heavy volume Of traffic, the
company Is abba to operate at a low
ratio, and consequently to pass on a
good portion of it's gross earnings to
net,
Another advantage enjoyed by the
company ia she low interest rate that
~ pays. OF it's s4s,oO0,ooo mortgage
debt s30,ooo,ooo consists Of 8 per cent
first mortgage bonds md $4,000, 200 Of
junior bonds that boar B per cent in.
terest. AS neither of these Issues
natures until 1850. The company will
not be concerned with refinnncinp in
any amount for number OF years
| to come. It is these factors that have
given the company a stable earning
power and enabled it to show satis.
| factory marRina above interest and
preferred requirements in spite OF its
heavy capitalization, az compared with
Its estimated property value.
From the date, as set forth above. and
the statements that follow, the bond
issues OF the company appear to be
we'll protected both as to property and
| earnings, and therefore entitled to be
we'll rated from an investment stand
| point. The preferred stock would un-
doubtedly range at higher prices on
the basis Of the earning power shown
were 1t not for the fact Of it's relative-
ly small equity in estimated property
value. Whatever value may be at
! tached to the common stock Is ut pres
1 ent purely speculative.
a,ro3fk NJ Can;fs sltyatia,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Assets Behind Preferred 81 oeks

constant tnauirers Whenevef ! decide to
have TO. hunt eomethine else. What 81
your opinion OF Superior Steel atst pre-
! serred; an per cent stock selling around
s0g IT did not earn dividends last year
A. Piease rate, Mullins Body prsfsrrsd.
sailing ,,s ABOUT the same. t also seems
earn dividends last year. Moody's rating
4; That concern made my canoe and 7
'nsp assn a. Wsad aso y Ike
| 8 per cent stock.--H. L.
Answer-The thing that should in
terest you most when selecting pre-
ferred stocks is the earning power Of
the company. We assume that your
object is to buy income, and the first
consideration, therefore, should be the
assurance Of uninterrupted dividend
payments The assets Behind q par
ticular stock are important, but are
not the primary consideration. In the
case Of Mullins Body preferred and
Superior Steel preferred the excessive
yield is not reflection on assets valu-
alton. but rather the markets iudg-
snent on the certainty OF continued d.
vidend payments. First grade pre-
Of uninterrupted dividend payments
does not enter are selling under pres
ent conditions TO yield from 53s to 6
per cent. The difference between those
figures and the return Of more than
per cent offered on the two stocks
you have under consideration may be
taken 40 measure Of the element Of
uncertainty in these stocks. There Is
some risk In them and We do not
recommend them, therefore, for con-
servative investment, Fisher Body of
Ohio preferred is suitable for busi.
ness man.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Little Value to These Stocks

whether United States Ship Corporation
stock IL worth anything. as ! own 600
shAres7 / also own twenty shates COM
Consolidated. Will they be worth more
III the. future than at the present tine
--~A. u.
Answer--united States Snip Cor
poration stock was dropped from the
curb market trading list some time ago
and there is no market for It now, so
far gs we can learn. Jnterborough
Consolidated stocks are about as low
as they can get on the stock market.
and the prospects for Advancement are
not bright, to say the least. However,
we shall not venture TO express an
opinion on future price movements.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Issa.maa CO John ca,i.n o,I~ssAlsa

Eousmau q CO. John caiian cyArxhiin
VIII be the manager Of tho new office.
In order to give the Interstate Cena-
1nercc Conrriss,cn an opportunity to ccru
piete ts examination Of the volunaisnuf,
cioaare sale VIII bs adjourned four we4ks
. We. Langley & Go. are ofyerfng nsw
issue cf $1,000. geo Kanss.s ElectrfH Power
fully paid nnd nus-sssessebls. al ss9Ea
snare and accrued dtvsdsno, co Yield
70 assets aad divsdsnds Pay value 81
shat es ~ cioo. Tsssas slssres esss redaen-
9 pig ss Y Whole nc IN yzzxt Ut the optien
ne lSs suG unrald dfvsGendik
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
d. q n. g. Preferred

Question--I srn holder Of thirty shares
or Denver d Rio arands preferred stock
which I bought before the road was taken
over: Would you ADVISE holding or taking
whst you could get at the present market
Would you also give me yoMr opinion on
Invincible Oil7 Would you recommend
buying or selling at the present price.
around 172-~W t.
Answer --- You are undoubtedly
familiar with the vieissitudes which
have befallen the Denver G. Rio Grandc
and you should be able to determine
for yourself whether or not you can
afford to continue the speculation in
the preferred shares. We cannot at
tempt to. predict future prices of the
stock. Nor can we attempt to answer
such speculative questions regarding
buying or selling Tnvincible Oil.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31

series "a per cent goid bonds sor thu
Nsw York and 5sichmond Gas Company al
tts offices pssan Harrsn6er Of Temporary
outstanding bonds,
Rpsieinted sruetes sanaer mortgage se-
1nriag an issuc of s5,e9p.o61 Alabaala
Water Conapany aYst and refunding fwen.a
i1t45
# Trio Enipsge Trust G.arssany nas sse4
sagroinfst transfer agent or RE egrrraois
st eek of tho Araae Coal Mining cesnpans
. Daau. onnsivia q SO. viii open an offlae
4n November l rhsy WIFI tsssss oyss I f.
branch ofiics Shsre now occupied BY A. A.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Oklahoma psotin

Question would you kindly tell ma what
ss,rs the financial conditioha ard who owns
rroduciha and Rerning Company? DO you
". II.
Arswer---The entire outstanding sS,-
100000 Of preferred and Sb,soo,ooo Of
S2,s4i,oo0 outstanding common atock
Of the Oklahoma Producing and Re-
timing. Corporation of America are held
by Union des petroles d'Oklahoma.
ihese shares are. not listetl on the
New York Stock Exchange. The com.
pany reported operating income of
$l,S23,8e7 last year, which left after
deductions for depreciation, etc, de.
felt Of sl,a56,762. We cannot under
take to answer such speculative ques-
tions as to whether or not the stock Is
a "buy" at present.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
bonds Suitable

I. Qyestinn Having Invested In Great
NoStheeh and Canadian northern bonds on
yoar aisica a.. observed III the columns OF
lnveetinert Information. AM weitins Ia
asN Tor advice 6oseetnisr tfs safety nj
son ~. Iaa0s ioiasaond Match dehanturo
;1axs sss; uniscd Etstes RueDsr 7Ms,
leses--ps. A. Il.
Answer-- Delaware q Hudson IL,
1880, U. S. Rubber TINS. 1880, and Dia-
mond Match 7As, 1888, are all good in
vestments, the FIRST two being non.
callable to maturity. The Diamond
Match bonds become rcdeemable wear
hence at los and interest. Any or ali
OF these bonds would ft In vel! With
the Canadian Northern.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Chicago Grcai Western Bonas

WAsHINGToN, Oct. 50. Tho Chicago
Great Western Railroad applied To-day
10 tho Interstate Gomnegce f,onasnia-
sion for pcrmission to issue ssoe,57S IN
sfive and half per cent notes 70 defray
the cost Of 500 new box care.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Investment
Information

Questions es gsnerut snssrcss 20 In.
uessoy's Will DO answered q, tAis oel-
wsHn, ffi sohith case only initials .cill
% ssed. ofhsfs Hin bc uaswsrsd by
TROLL. Adafses oil inqa,sTies, ineios-
is,g stampta, udlressed enpslope. Ia
tthancfo, Editor, TIE TYibMns. lsI
Ncsson Street. Ncw YoTi City.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Brier Hill Steel SIS

Gnestion--Piease advise the whether an
Investment In the bonds Of tho Brier fiili
Steel Company Is secure and safe. II they
are not safe please advise another good
bond bearing similar ifitetest--M. L..
Answer-We consider the Brier Hill
Steel ffst 5hs good investment.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31

iHSreese tT).... liz 81 "a
sEstimated
Earnings for 1922 are estimated.
these estimates being based on the
normal seasonal variations Of both
gross and net taken Ii connection with
actual earnings TO date Of latest
monthly report.
Dividend Record
The Kansas City Southern was in
corporated In March, 1900, as successor
Under foreclosure to Kansas City.
pittsburgh q Gulf. On the preferred
stock, which Is entitled to a per cent
noil-cumulatiye dividends, the full rate
has been paid without interruption
Stree the initial payment was made in
1907. No dividends have been maid On
the common stock,
Margln of Safety
In the following table tho margins
OF safety as shown above interest and
preferred dividend payments are COM
putsd on the basis Of the percentage
that income available for interest and
dividends would have TO decline in
order barely to cover these payments.
Thus, IN 1914 total income could have
declined Is per cent and still loft
enough to cover interest charges and
preferred dividends. But IL total in
come had declined DO per cent, only
fixed charges would have been earned.
No figures are given for the common
stock, as no dividends have ever been
pHid on the issue.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
ChesaDeake q Otto PreferYed

Question: woula like to know your
opinion as to Chesapeake e. Ohio cumu-
lative preferred 6M per cent stock
whether II ie good Investment to hold
for years to come. I bought 100 shares
at leSN, but am In doubt as TO principal
and interest over O long period AS
stated before. I am interested only from
the Standpoint Of an inyestor.--H. c. NJ.
Ariswer-We consider Chesapeake &
Ohio preferred good investment.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Older than the United States

nE 6ank Of New York was organised by
II alexander Hamilton in 1884, ana was wei
started In business when the Constit,,t;or ~
.ne United States was adopted. The frst loan
10 the New U. S. Government was made in
1889 by The Bank of New York.
The New York Life Insurance and rrr,,a+ r,,~-
pany, established in 1880, was the first firancia,
:nsasu.!on !. TO use the words trust company
in aus titie The Company is now caring for
uust funds which came from the estate Of its
first president. - -"
Inc experience OF these two old instieution.
now combined into one strong company Is AZ
the disposal of its customers, both 81 aha harE.
ing and trust departments.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Growth of Capitalization

Between 1919 and 1922 the operated
mileage has increased from s23 miles
TO 82S miles, or less than / per cent.
Neither capitalization nor mileage has
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
E'ig,s.nciai items

,stas Sssatrai uuion Trust contpany an.
defn!tivo Hfst ard rsfandiag mortgage