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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-20
CAROLINA
Church. Social sueeessfuI.

Church, Social Successful.
The church social which was
held last Wednesday evening was
very successful and was very much
enjoyed by all. Everyone was gen
erous In their donations. and the
expense for the affair was small.
Two Of the features Of the eve,
ming were n pretty girl contest"
of which Miss Dollic Wilmoth was
the winner and received basket
OF fruit; and an ugly man contest. q
pie going to the winner. The total
receipts for the evening were sec.
Arm and Hand Mashed
While working last Friday,
John King had his arm and hand
seriously mashed by coal-cut-
ting machine which he was oper-
atlng in the mino. Mr.. King and
his brother. George King. work
together. but the accident occurr-
ed while George was out Of the
mine on an GRAND. The machine
swung around aud caught Mr.
Kings arm and hand III such a
way that he could not reach the
control lever With his FREQ hand
to shut off the current aud was
pinned TO the wall in this eondi-
ton for half an hour before his
brothers return. The.latter then
had to cut away some coal to re-
leass his brothers hand and while
doing this struck the injured arm
with the pick adding a serious
wound to the other injuries.
Personals
Mrs. Lloyd Wilson with her
children, was Visiting her sister,
Mrs. L. darlington, at Enterprise
last week.
Lloyd Wilson was a business
visitor in Falrmont Friday.
Mrs. Rhea Fisher Of Worthin2.
ton. who teaches piano and vocal
lessons at Carolina, attended the
Zoellner quartet musical at Fair.
mont Wednesday aud met her pu,
pills Thursday. s.
Mrs.. Harry Marston and Mrs
Robert. Brooks were shopping tr
FaIrmont Thursday.
James Coleman was a business
visitor in Shlnnston Friday.
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or against this bond issue, ana
then, with an honest election the
majority will rule. But before de
Gliding how you are going to vote.
i would suggest that you take your
pencil and figure out Just what tho
people arc going to get FOR the
amount 1t will cost you. At a levy
Of thirty.five cents on $4,000 (as
specified IN the paper it will cost
you S101.50 on each 81, 10000 valua
ton, or II you happen to have Sc.
10000 valuation It will cost you
$4,000, which seems pretty higs
even II you live on the improved
street or road, and how does It ap
peal to the person who has 10 trave.
over a mud street or road to &c,
on this high priced road?
During the war the American
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-20
Sidelights


Richard Asphalt and Sheriff
zickafoose Of Upshur County Will
have to fight this out for how
could VIC know that a sheriff sonly,
times has a ministerial looking
face.
1t happened in the press box
during the championship game at
Duckhannon Saturday night.
We had been to q banquet the
night before and had long dis
lance view OF Asphalt, who was
one Of the speakers.
The game was rather tame, 50
we turned to our nearest nelghbor
in the P. B. and thought it was
Aspinall.
fYou are Mr.. Aspinall'"
NO"
wen, you look alike?"
"Perhaps-yes. perhaps.
"Yes?"
lie Is a minister am the
Quite a nice dry climate you
have In Buckhannon, we chirped,
sparring for time and. incidentally
running our hand over our hip
pocket to make sure the, .shifters
had not shifted any moonshine 10
us while We we're deeply Interested
in the games.
Eyes. only one drunk arrested
this week. Good record for such
q big crowd
"Aspfnall Is a fine fellow?"
Wonderful. We play dominoes
together very often.
you are the sheriff and hsls c
nNiAiALAsah
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COLLEGE MAN KILLS SELF.

MAPLEwooD. n. j.. March 90.
Nervousness due, to she'll shock
suffered in the war is believed to
have caused Ralph W. Harrison,
81, to shoot and kill himself at his
home here early today. He has
been under treatment for nervous
disorders growing out OF his war
experiences, his parents said. He
shot himself with the revolver he
had carried through the fighting 10
France. He was graduate Of La
fayette College. where he played
haGAhall and haGlEathall
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-20
RUFF STUFF

Care You a shltter"?
Since laundry. owners Of the
state have declared their plants TO
be public utilities. we may expect
afapid depreciation of service.
az Winter Concentrated of
spring-we will not read-the
GOSH blamed thing!
Now that the raidophone has
Invaded farming districts, It will
soon be common thing to see a
fafmer-lad milking COW with one
hand apd listening to grand opera
with the other.
George Ruth has started tearing
the fences down again. Beg par
don't Why, certainly We mean
sBahe''. Two for this year so far.
Are you a Shifter"?
q woke up last night and found
some one going through my
pockets. - did you shoot?"-
'So-do YOU think want to be a
widower '-Elkins Inter Mountain.
SO
The red nose, formerly an object
~ derislon, is now supposed 10 de-
note great wealth.
With 100000 hard coal miners
ready TO strike, April l looks Ike
Z cold day for the American pub.
lie
William Jenning sBryan is max
tnz big mtStaEs In pot having
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The steamship Sudbury docket lr New Yor,;
yesterday out of Hamburg. She carried cargo nj
fifty seven wild, tanned and trained animals with an
assortment of juggers, acrobas and circus freaks.
Just how much of the cargo belongs to the Y. NJ. G.
A. circus outfit has not yet been anncuncrd. hut
there was general air OF teliet noticeable over at
the Y. NJ. C. A. Building at the report OF tie safe
docking of the vessel.
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Fl would rather deal with thousand men tsan
one woman declared evangelist holdr: forth
in one of the local churches the other evCring
Evidently no inducement extended wSGlt be
sufficient to coax this man into the mercantile
business.
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MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1992

Esirmont Joins Falryiew in her sorrow that
Tile team met its waterloo in that encounter with
clsndenin still-it is some comfort to know that
Bpekhannon administered to that smart a.gresa
uonsthe trimming which they deserved.
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can be given the American outlook. viewpoint. and
Vision. 4 would DC one o. the anest tiiinss cyer
undertaken IN the cliy and rs effect would Ne
noticeable % hundred different says
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cents value. then I am wiling a
Be clasled amons The reaesLcaarif
EAST stpER
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-20

ME LARGEST American LEGION
most IN Pennsyfyahia, Is 10 indIs
yiddsi nienbership, Is York Post
al, With 7ot members.
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from the engines of their respective roads.
and If the offender failed to carry out the
instructions given him as to the proper
met hod of firing his engine. he was penal.
the penalty before the smoke nuisance was
thoroughly under control by the roads,
The locomotive fremen were given spe-
cifc and detailed instructions as to the prep
grafton, handling and general operation of
fires. and we issued pamphlets on the sub
Ject. acting in this Jointly with the railroad
companies These pamphlets were very
complete and contained many illustrations
showing fires in both proper and improper
conditions and were of great value in teach.
ing the men what to do and what not to do
Since the close of the war good bit of
tnis work has had to be done again because
or the tremendous change in the personnel of
tne men who had been taught how to fire
properly. ana also because of the unsettled
cohdlti0n OF the coal trade, which made it
impossible for the consumers TO get the hest
grades of coal
The Use of OIL
There is practically no smoke from resi-.
aence: IN me City OF Philadelphia. as soft
coal is used SO little as Il RESIDENCE fuel
Will" both soft coal qnd anthracite throw
on carbon -dioXide gas in their smoke. still
there Is comparatively little SCOT from an
tnracite. and this is the principal problem in
the use of soft coal
appeared in recent years, and unless II is
properly handled in the burning il throws
on very dense black smoke. but those
plants and buildings in Philadelphia which
nre nr now using it have solved this Drobiem
when burned properly and with the smoke
eliminated, it gives increased power with n
small, smaller ,;, lnDor cost. Many manufacturers
would ike to use oil as fuel, but under
present conditions thcy can get no auoran.
,Ss ,Hc cn" 'n"1 tine price Of it viii remain within
fore they naturally hesitate to ,noLe tbo
for OIL w 'h"se
'ihis cost Of changing is consjdor,b,o
ns in the oil burning apparatus n,mn.
heaters and other things are needed which
cannot b" used in conl burning p)nnts WYNN mur
experience with oil burning has been, on ,h' ,hc
whoin. satisfactory. There was ono Iormc mo
building In the center of the cjtv wh;,hf
when 1t changed from coal to OIL Threw ~',%f ~
dense clouds of smoke every day. Rmt "in"a "m
the proper firing has been obtained '',Se .te
smokestack is absolutely free from II an% tn%
u rs equally certain that the builina "'i. ~
getting more power from its fuel ,b"SS !, !,
ever did before @' 'hah II
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however. are not to be taken lightly. One
can never be sure that an apparent trifie Is
not intrinsically Of the stuff Of history.
This was proved in 1913 when the Re-
public of Czccho- Slovakia was born at Sixth
and Chestnut streets. Few events IN the
secular chronicle are more fantastic than the
progress of one Of the most substantial and
prosperous nations of the new Europe from
the spccrhmakng and supposedly cxtrava.
CANT aspirations of that occasion.
The flag presentation. scheduled for
September 10, the anniversary of Mexican
independence. will be made by the Pan.
American Round Table. an association of
women engaged in fostering reciprocal good
will among the republics of this hemisphere.
Banners of all the Latin American nations
will be brought to the State House on this
celebration day. \ United States standard
will BE- exchanged with Mexico.
Amenities Of this kind are not inconsc.
qucntIal. They are tonic signs of sane
thinking and broad views Of international
tolcraton. and Independence Hall is the
plac" where they may acquire a sturdy au.
thpnt iritv
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SIMPLIFYING THE SHIP BILL

TIME move on the part of Chairman
i Lasker. of the shipping Board. and
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY to have the
naval reserve provision withdrawn from the
:, Merchant Marine Subsidy Bill has much TO
hu. bmmend ii. While the training system
bl|evised may have been meritorious. it was
= auxiliary and not vital TO the measure.
The first consideration Of the bill is the
revival of the American merchant marine
and its preservation upon a solid basis II
is always advisable to stick to the point. and
especially so in the present instance. in
which the fundamental questions involved
are certain to be violently debated.
The subsidy plan is sufficiently novel in
this country to be worth considering strictly
on its own merits. Its passage would insure
legitimate protection to the merchant fleet
of benefit to the whole Nation and to the
most varied phases of it's "ronomi" and
commercial life.
One thing at time is an excellent pro-
cedure. The Navy Department., il is said,
will propose separate measure for build
ing up the merchant marine naval reserve.
This is unauest tionably the way in which
that important subject should be handled.
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have helped little to show us what is the
matter with Europe. They have dcmon-
strated again that when economic interest
enters the door reason and idenlism fly out
at the window
Moorestown and Maple Shade exist as
major parts Of the Township Of Chester.
When the Maple Shaders began to exert
themselves politically. with a view to gain
ing power in the Township Board, Moores-
towners became suspicious. They feared
the imperialism of Maple Shade. They
were convinced that the powers of govern
n small Prussia on their borders and that
their money would be spent for the good OF
strangers
80 II is in Ireland. So 1t is between
Italy and France and France and England
and England and Germany. Who gets most !!
That is the first among world questions.
Maple Shade and Moorcstown will part
company and Moorestown. under an act
recently passed through the Legislature.
will withdraw from the township. lcav-
ing Maple Shade ION it's own II the
voters ratify the plan. The split was
effected without a resort TO arms. But
echoes of It may rumble in the courts. for
N Maple Shade they are talking Of a ruth
less abuse of power and II disregard in
Moorestown for the rights of small nations.
Let us he patient with those Europeans
who oppose each other on economic grounds
and find is difficult 10 agree Immediately
on questions Of relative policy that are COM
plicated in thousand ways by needs and
desires. ambition. religious tradition and
even custom and language.
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Member of the Associated Press
LEADERSHIP is INDISPENSABLE

HTyHE necessity of personal leadership Of
i the SesQui Centennial is as obvious rs
an axiom. 1t is depressing 10 review til"
foundering upon this perfectly simple
theme. vexing to recall that it has ever been
made q source of argument.
Mr. Madden. chairman of thu" House APP,
Preparations Committee, wisely refrains
from debating the point. cont"nting himself
with the significant warning that no director
general means no congressional aid for the
fair.
Almost concdcnt with this plain speak
ing is Edward Bok's renewal of his offer 10
guarantee for FIVE years the so. 900 salary
Of an exposition chief. In lieu of Herbert
Hoover who refused a similar invitation
from the same source. Charles NJ. Schwab
Is suggested as pre- cmnently fitted for the
post There Is no doubt of this either. The
services Of this distinguished organizer can
probably be secured If the proper kind of
whole hearted pressure Is eXert"d.
The executive committee of tn" board Of
directors Of the Fair Association meets today
70 consider the possibilities and terms Of
Federal assistance. Further evasion OF n
question without the settlement of which
the enterprise would be crippled from the
start. would constitute serious afront to
public patience. What is the obstacle TO
STRAIGHTFORWARD treatment Of the matter:
The executive committee idea is n pom
derous absurdity as II substitute for au
thentic captaincy. 1t matters little whether
the personal commander Is dubbed "cXecn-
tive head" 'director general. ''hctman.
''proconsul'' or boss Wrangling over
such points is Byzantin" pedantry.
With Il duly constituted. efficient leader
the fair undertaking can be carried to sue
cess, to the honor OF the city and the nation.
Otherwise little but failure is in prospect.
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J. Ih%9dorr Roosevelt, Elhu Hoo,
woodrow Wilson were wipneroo and
Nobel peace prize 'e'S OF the
- harIol'e Amalie Is the nam, Of ,ho ~, ,
lG"n on the Island Of 81 rhon,,e o,,e 'hief
o. Cine me Virgin Islands Of t6n'Is, t6e one
i" Al rplcene Is person with ,.h,
m istics of both sexes N' character.
y me l'rst Legislative act aboIishi,a
paSSed ~ any American s. r'"Nery
approved by III" Legislature s' "S !, was
sylvana in 1880 OF Penn.
D. me strawberry is said ia b,,.
,orInrriy called 'stray yberry froh h:tn
habits IT'S runner Possesses nf rom Iron, the
: away from the parent feet VI rambling
o. "o2ise ,hrlStidn Is private s.cro,
" car, nb,,oaanS..r MarS. the German Conmuo.,
century He was born M Tr,meteenth
iisS,sh isSa parents in 1878 and es diss Of q,
o. Wi.iiam T. Marcy, IL Senator of Ja,,.
tlIne; Secretary OF War unJ JIacNson's y
ana secretary OF State under l'olk,
said 70 have Originated ths. n!erce.
wQ Important rlvsrt of X,st,.s. st,s n!,otla !"
T. 49, - IVY ~ q aAs 9 & sss btriiaG - we
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Mr.. CRAHAM'S RESIDENCE

yTyHE Dauphin County Court. which heard
i the case yesterday. can b" trusted 10
decide whether George :. Graham. Repre-.
sentative in Congress from the second
PENNSYLVANIA District is Il resident Of the
State or not.
The Federal Constitution provides that
every Representative must be an "nhnh-
liant of the State from which h" is elected.
In practice he il n resident Of the dintrrt
from which he is chosen. There have boon
exceptions. but not many. The custom is
observed with such rigidity thar tho oppo>i.
tion party has been known to roapportion
the congressional districts in such n way n>
To bring about the defeat Of man whom
they could defeat in no Other Way
This happened in Ohio in the last con-
tury, when William Mckinloy's district was
gerryma ndercd SO as t" onabl" the Demo.
Gratis to carry il. No other district in he
State was interested enough in keeping
Mckinley in Congress TO nominate" him.
The gerrymandcring did not hurt Mex inlcy.
for it made him Governor and then prrSi-
dent. But il was II notorious cXampl" Of a
vicious practice.
Some critics have said that tho Federal
Constitution is defective bcrau~r Of its uro.
vision that n Congressman must be an in
habitant Of the State which "Ierrs him.
They would have the voters Of MasSnrhu.
setts free TO elect II pcnnsylvanian. The
voters Of Philade'phia may elect a Pitts
burgher under the present Constitution. bu,
they never do it. And they would never go
outside the State to select Il candidate The
criticism comes from admirers of ,hc
British system, under which I.undoncr
may be elected to the House Of Commons
from Scotch district. and is Of II piece
with the dcnuuriation Of the American sys-
TEN which does not permit Il member, Of the
Presidents Cabinet to sit in Congress and
defend his policies. II seems 10 he forrnt .
ten that the British Cabinet is u committee
'of Parliament intrusted with executive
functions, and that the American Cabinet
II merely II committee Of advisers of the
4 President with no Legislative functions
af And II seems to be forgotten also thnt
Z the United Kingdom i. not a federation of
sovereign States and thar the Initcl States
- such federation, Any inhabitnnt Of the
State otherwise eligible ran be sent to Con
gress by the voters of any district when .
ever they choose. To permit the chO"c OF
sCongresslnen from other States would be
4 1ontsary to the spirit of the Federal system.
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JOHN M. lUkENS

SSVN W. .SN.
On smoke Elimination In PhiladeIphia
-,,C - .,,,..,,,,,,r .ho smoLo mi.
"D "".'e, y. 40,
sance IN fhllaceiPhia mas oeen one 80
tendlng over Psrloa Oh ,1.sS manS @ ..ats aehod u
snr snr. pI1Jh Tnhm ~ ,,Lars Chief of the bureau
"e'S "a', Emo;nn nnI Roller Jnsnection.
.n, n.,., s,,.., .oLo, ,,oinst
Inc nrsI oniclu' "C.ioh fhios InEoms
!hc si.ohe huin"nce. I sau =; ,ooi which
was IN an ordlnance passeIu ~ an,ot. frnm
rroniplteu .he n .tnI % ,'soS for Tho con-
chllliI'e!s ana oihcr s.a'ns ~. .i'o No hso.n
Vc!ance OF shoht. ~ tn". ..". 80 .oft coal
campaign 10 "uucate lhr s users n,io vi nuio and
10 the many advahlages. o1tn ttu'iUn,;on of
phFslcaI' 10 W su'he" os 'nc '''
sn'oh'. ,
THE disadvantages of an intense olack
smoke are so many as scarcely TO require
enumeration. but among them are the uh-
slightly condition Of the bull ldings whicn are
smudged with SCOT. the soiling OF clothing'
the destruction to plant life BY heaVy de-
posits of SCOT on the foliage, ana, ABOVE all
'"' ee'"''"'' 'N''","e"">e'
There is no earthly reason Tor any manu-
featuring plant or any other. for that mat
ter emitting quantities of smoke: because
the gases released by the burning OF coal are
highly combustiblc. and It can be pufned
smokelcssly and economically to such an eX-
tent that correct combustion will save from
10 to 70 per cent OF the fuel consumed. AS
matter of fact. the burning OF these gases
will produce such excellent results in the
increase of power that the saving III luei
will. in about five years. pay for the entire
smoke consuming equipment.
..This is one of the strongest arguments
in favor of smoke consuming apparatus.
Smoke is extravagant in every sense of the
word and is simply waste Of good fuel.
'But in order to have the smoke consum-
ing apparatus generally installed among the
large manufacturing plants OF the city, It
was necessary to convince the users OF soft
coal that they were losing money by not
having it done. u" this end. In II number
of cases. we had the manufacturers OF the
apparatus install these appliances In some
Of the plants with positive guarantee that
saving OF at least 10 per cent IN the fuel
consumed would be shown. This was done
under bond, ana IN every case the saving
was shown. In tact one OF the largest users
or sort coal III i'hllaaclphla showed u saving
OF 10 per cent IN fuel, with an increase OF
| 30 per cent in power.
| pi,tSb,rgb,x Laundry Riu
'What n smokeless city means to the resi-
| dents at large may be shown by the COM
parativp laundry bills OF some OF the larger
| cities. Pittsburgh, commonly known as the
Smoky City.' and perhaps with reason, pays
! every. year Sl2S ,ot'o more than Detroit for
| laundry. S2'o'on' more thah Louisville,
| S'|O.o,N' more than ifuHalo ana N,D.,Coo
more than fhilhdelphih. Whrh the iact
| that PhiIadrIphln IS inuch larger CITY than
PITTSBURGH Is taken lh'o cohslderation, 1t
will be seen that smokelss city has some
very apparent ana n,rn tractical IT, ndhvantaEes, ,h @
| hrsf nsuI'1 Hrr" sd'ne,su ns ~ ~. MciIo'
lnst"u'e VI '"''''''"' ''e''a'" "" years
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What DO You Knov2
QUIZ

J. what IS the German name for ,he r.,.,,
na'cle fa,c OF Jutland fought on Nav "a
'cets? anu british
= What Is the mistraI?
o. "Hat was the original name OF Nicola,
y VINO succeeded Porflrio Diaz as prosis
of Mexico? "H ireslden Mt
6 Who who was was sIs the rt father Of King David,
= what member Of the present ,,,,
resident Harding formerly beId OF
8 How nPGrialt %irh official position in "hir.a.h an
y What is the meaning Of the th"tr av OF Pisa"
n wha, whihats az "a all leather and pruneIIaS5sa' IeS5sa'oh
w. " nat Is the collective name for ~
OF maCkcrel? wi " group
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Dispatch from Portland. ore. Il. ~ y
hundreds of automobiles are parked dalV y. y
the banks Of tho Sandy River, where w. n.
smclt are running. Perhaps II was ,,, ~,
gasoline they smcIt, the young lady m. 1,'
door but one guesscs. that made them 'u''
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DR.. Wilmer Stone points out that msH
wild flowers are in danger of becoming e.,
tinct because careless people, admirlns, ~"
them up by the roots. Hay Fcvcrite w,'n" VIZ y.
people would get similar notion to pun !"
rDgWeed,
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when men have aired all heir lus.' ..
and have grown tired OF talking they syuM .nI,,
INES form committees and get solhe'n,,
done So it may well be that Genoa cS%
mittces may find success In big WV. s.s
taking where the conference as whoe VI
only fatldrc.
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Cable from Geneva tells of r9iun ,aI.
hying away with a Swiss baby. The cnlI, S,,
father shot the bird. And now the pys
little condors in their nest in Sout h Ame,,.s
will hav" to so hungry. We just love slo,s'" slos
Of these long flights Of fancy, don you'
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~. J.. T.. Contractor Combine is NM
Clifford Pinchot calls 1t. Seems vowe! M. ~.
Why not make it V a l. r! Ware. iSs"
and Eyre; and Alter all that was needed"
turn them to a fare thee well.