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ed at the J. H. Mad
 day night of last wa
 Misses Lucy and { gave a valentine H young friends Tues' Mir. and Mrs. Bz Myrtle, of Shady G of the Outright fanl I. M. Davis is pns sale some time in As to spend the sumng
 Willis Standridgs moved here from ' are occupying the ! place.
 Dave Gordon and ' Fork Sunday to grandmother, Mrs, is very sick. Those attending sa' : William and Curtis Turner, John McKinH and Isaac Saurbaugh C. R. Curtright sIs day, having spent
 the home of B. j. S| has recovered rapn
 sickness.
 Frank Cornelism , of his wife, is nialz
 his sister, Mrs. Joe
 is being cared for
 CT, Aunt Millie Cfa' The fire fiend x
 work here Saturda
 o clock Mir. HolloE
 burned. A valual
 mules perished in
 part of Mir. HolloVX the barn. Nothing \ is a very severe los
 and family. F
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POLITICAL MASS MEETING In Auditorium, Hatfield, Friday Night

March 3, at 7:30 D. m.
 What we voters want to do is to make all candidates coming out for county judge and representative, let them be Democrats, Republicans, So- cialists, Citizens Ticketers or what not, commit themselves openly on how they stand with regard to our taxes and future road matters. The subject of taxing personal property is already a warm one and needs plenty of public airing
 These are some of the subjects to be discussed at this meeting and all deeply interested persons will be al- otted time to talk So come out. Now is the very time to act. "A delay means that we will have to grieve over more spilled milk two years hence
 Be on hand and tell what you know and hear what others know. 70 Joe Lewis.
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nD POTTER N0TEs.

fsrmefs gre sowing oass fhiz week and planting garden
 School wiil close Friday wish rn sn.
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TWO-MILE

General health 2 munity.
 Mr. and Mrs. Y church here SuB&
 Bro. H. T. HoVsl appointment here
 Lester Heath, Nichols and Misse Nichols attended Sunday eve. X
 There will be 2 Two Mile school hes' night for teh purpes plies for the sing,l place. Come and v trying to help ouI'ss N
 w. L. Spyres of perintendent of Southern, and Mrs come visitors at " day. MT. Spyres ? he had long prols'l to Two-Mile and ws hope they will com. E
 RICH M0UNIM,
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rIcKED uP AT vANDERvoORT.
By Joe Lewis.

By Joe Lewis.
 w. B. Beard of Toppenish. Wash, who has been writing to The Star of late on old days in Polk county, is a brother of Mrs l. A. Henderson of this place. There are only three of the Beard children left, Jacob Beard, the other one lives in Texas and their father, D. M. Beard, was sheriff of Polk county some time in the eos.
 Mrs Ike Henderson underwent an operation this week at Cove by Dr. Nelson and she is reported to be do- ing fine
 W. s. Mays, aged s4, is probably tthe oldest person in or near Wander vOort
 Uncle Francis Cecil is 7S years old, still active and anxious to work. The Cecils came from Tennessee in 1850 and settled near where Uncle Francis now lives. Uncle Francis says he has helped his wife to raise 12 children, and that they are all self sustaining and none of them have to ever come to "Pa" for help Tn politics he is a Republican when 1t comes to Natiof al affairs but in county issues b. gfores party labels and votes the man. IN
 School closed at Noun
 miles north of here Miss Carrie Scott was teaeau. and a nice program was rendered.
 M. 0. Cecil reports business was good this week in Vandervoort
 Echoes From New Bethel.
 4 large number of farmers wers ln from New Bethel Saturday attend. ing the hog sale and buying spring supplies
 New Bethel Is miles west If Van dervoort. Ii IS in the heart of $ goot country and is gradually coming infs mere extensive pHblit notice. Ihe] have a comparatively new schoo building, heioneing to tke special ais irict clasa and the directors are hold An things dewn fp cash haais. The, dpnt eVt ore penny. hu tnsinal hA*e Henf meney ahead Pruf. Al he4f 1FiNn nf Hssteie h tk., teAehef--ths belnk tss siehfk seheo
The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-16
Notes on Berry Prospects.

Prof. J. w. Middleton advises all truck growers around Hatfield who want strawberry plants to come into the Bank of Hatfield and sign the con- tract at the earliest date possible, so he can determine how many plants to order.
 The Bank of Hatfield is proposing to let those who cannot pay for berry plants at the present time, have them on credit.
 A. Milburn, the baker, is the biggest berry enthusiast Hatfield has had in long time. He has been in the busi- ness 15 years and came from Gillham here, where the berry business has passed the experimental stage years ago. He figures that $500 returns per acre on berries is low estimate where blackberries and strawberries are planted together, the former to be 10 feet apart and the latter three feet nart between He was out Fri day with J. O. Gates looking over the country and is so we'll pleases that he is to buy some land and put out 10 acres right away.
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Mrs. Sarah E. Keller Died Friday.


 Mrs. Sarah r. Keller died at her home here Friday morning at ' o'clock from brief illness of pneumonia. She is survived by three sons, Pierce, Ira and Mark, the former two living in Hatfield and the latter at Kaw City, Ok. She was buried at Six-Mile cem- etery. but the funeral services were withheld 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon to allow for Mark to come in on No. 5.
 The deceased was 59 years old, a member of the M. E. Church, and leaves a host of friends to mourn her loss. Harvey Keller, who met such a fatal death from gas explosion at the school house few years ago was sen of this faithful and loving mother
 This death means that Ira Keller, tho still young, has had his home broken up twice in life---the first time being few years ago when his wife formerly Miss Ovie Moore, was called away by death. He has one child, Marve, who is ' years old, and was very much devoted to his grandmother who looked out after him with the greatest care possible.
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daughter. Ethel last week.
 Pat Sexton hAa q. lose his house by If caught from inf There is rele weather. as the about to coax fruit trees. ... k
 Mrs. ]. H. Wel's ! some of their m here Monday last week with
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The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-16

ing up stock grown for him by iecai nlsnters. At the Pines Plantation he secured l2 bushel of one variety. Of cannas to All an order from New York It may be well to some to know that over 100 buiihele of these bulbs are grown on this place each wear Mir. Swaty is a husthng young man who is thoroly posted on ms business. and with just a little en- coura0ement will enlarge a business that will not only help himself but many growers of Polk county also.
 Large Crowd Hears Singers.
 Prof. Frank Grammer's singing school ended Friday with free sing ing entertainment at the Auditorium and the room was SO full that many could not find seats.
 The program consisted of many church and children's songs sung in chorus. choir and class formation. The song. eToot the Horn," sung by 50 young voices, was the liveliest feature If the occasion. They were well trained and drilled, and when they would hit the short chorus and wind mn with the words, "tootle, tootle, toot, fCDIi IDt GIONu WO0Ad AoAAs AN hN- been long time since Hatfield people enjoyed so much peaceful fun and pleasure as on this occasion.
 Those who assister Prof. Grammer in leading the church songs were l.. A. Cummings, Harry Daniels, Leeman Eppinette and the Rev. Bro. Smithson.
 This school was conducted at the Christian Church and financed by D. E. Myers, who threw the doors open and made it free for everybody. It was greatly hindered by the smallpox scare. but finally pulled thru and end ed success A union choir has been formed in the town as a result of the school and it is to take time about in visiting the services at the three diff ferent churches the town has.
 Also there is to be singing nor nal here in the summer by the Eure- ka people of Mena, of which Prof. Grammer is a member. Already D. E. Myers and w. l.. Nichols have sub- scribed $50 and $25 respectively
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Miss Po ' 'H'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
Mitchell Says Test Tube
and Microscope VIII Not
Replace Religion OF God
DELEGATES OF COAL
MEN NOT SELECTED

WASHINGTON, June 30 Coal
mine officials and coal operators
were arriving in Washington today
in response to President Harding's
invitation for a conference tomor-
row to consider possible methods
Of settling the national work sus-
pensions in both anthracite and
bituminous fields. At the same
time, the men who will speak in
the White House gathering for the
bituminous employers had not been
selected, though Alfred M. Ogle.
head of the National Coal Associa-
ton, who was asked by the Presi-
dent to select the operators, gave
group would be organized before
10 a. m. tomorrow.
Mr.. Ogle added further that the
personnel would be representative
and made of men ready to listen
to the Presidents words with open
minds, both officially and among
the industrial and union leaders
present.
President Harding is preparing
an address according to the White
House officials, explaining the ad-
ministration's view of the strike.
Secretaries Hoover and Davis are
considered likely to remain in the
conference and probably other Of
ficial agents, although close silence
has been maintained to the exact
situation. 1t is thought the gov
ernment will leave the representa-
.tives of the two parties to work
out their own plan for a strike set
clement. If they fail to do so, it is
likely that a government program
will then be put forward, calling
for arbitration by commission for
regulation of the industry. The
miners insist on 1920 wage scale
and a semi-nationa1 wage agree
ment, while the operators assert
wage reductions to be necessary
and offer district negotiations to
fix separate district wage scales.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
ARMED MARCHERS
NOT LOCATED BY
TROOPS AT noon [ / !
belief Expressed That Men on
March Were Warned and
Have Disbanded.
THREATS ARE MADE N. i: !.
Three Forces Working Togeth.
er in Efforts TO Round
Up Marchers-
THREATS ARE MAD

CHARLESTON, June (Bys
The Associated Press } PORTIONS
of two companies of the NATIONAL
Guard pressed into the hills be-
tween Paint Creek and Cabin
Creek from the east while State
Police and a force OF volunteers
with them moving WESTWARD
sought to establish contact witfls
them and surround force OF
armed men believed to have gath
cred there, according to reports
brought back to this city, today
from the scenes of actiyi ties. Until
noon there had been nothing to irzS
dicate to. the mining camps IN he
creek valleys that either exped ton IN
had succeeded in locating -the#neMn;SS M
they sought
mobilized hurriedly and its ranks
filed up by mem bers of Company
C Of the same4Eregi men was
under the command Of Adj jutants
General ]. H. Carnock and Az
T. c. Davis, in the search for
body of about seven ty=fye mem
who were reported to 5haveagatheI1s
ed on the ridge that d iyide the
waters of the two creeks. hey
were accompanied by sOmeS Of theS
State Police and by force Of
deputy sheriffs sent by Sheriff H
A. Walker of Kanawha County to-
cooperate.
When reports were received thatS
the men. were gathering inS the
hills and that union.men in the spor-S
ton of Cabin Creek around Dry
Branch had been warned toS leave
because the mining camps where
coal was being produced on an az ops
en- shop basis were to be- shot Ups.
Lieut.. Mack B. Lilly OF the dStateS
Police with about twenty of his;
men and volunteers who brought
his force near to the fifty marlsS
went into the hills to meet them
AT the same time the alleged gath
ering on the hills was reported To-
Governor Morgan, and he5S ordered
The guardsnnen went by automo-Ss
bile to Handley beyond the Cabin
Continued on Page -Four
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
COUNTY CLERK HAS BIG
LICENSE TRADE TODAY

The annual grand rush for Ii
censes began this morning at the
office of County Clerk Lee N. Sat
terfeld. The office has been issu-
ing a few licenses for the past
several days but as usual most
people waited until the last day
or two to get their state licenses.
Not a single couple presented
themselves at the courthouse up
until o'clock today for a mar
riage license. and the five clerks
were able to devote their whole
time to the giving out of the soft
drink, hotel. restaurant. cigar
ette, tobacco and pool and bill
lizard room licenses.
Tomorrow is the last day for
persons to secure their licenses,
and an even greater rush Is ex-
pected at the courthouse tomor-
row.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
Ate TROOPS SURROUND miner
Railroad Unions Refuse TO Attend Labor Board
Pittsburgh and SeWickley Coal
Valuation Doubled By Assessor

coal veins Marion
100
afternoon
There practically
veins
Pittsburgh regulated
follows 500 S40o acre Zone B. next
the tract
800
of Sewickey Mapleton also
100 5000
remainder of the
$40
assessed at $40
This because of
there has been little
or no in Freeport fields
along improved roads show in
cree
in outlying districts to about
rmont Properties other towns in the county show an IN
the
lying elsewhere than the improved roads show
The valuations OF these
lands
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
MAN REPORTED
FOUND AT CATAWBA

At 2:45 O'Clock this afternoon
Sheriff j. D. Charlton was notified
that the body of a dead man had
been found on the river bankssas
short distance above Catawba-aThej
body was not identified.
Imme diately upon receiving the
call. Deputy Sheriff Charles Bar
tholow and Constable Morgan, to-
gether with County Coroner y
Blocher, went to Catawba toainves-
tigate the reported death
The party who sent in the cali
to the sheriff's office knew none Of
the particulars concerning the
death He stated that the body
had been found and the indications
were that the body had been
there for some time
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
SCHOOL DISTRICT
LEV|E.S IN COUNTY
TOBE DECREASED
No Increases in Taxation to
Be Made in Either City
or County.

That taxes in Marion County and
Fai-mont will not be increased by
the boards of education because OF
So called state aid requirements
was the declaration this morning OF
County Superintendent OF Schools
Isaac A. Barnes.
"Only three districts of Marion
County received state aid last
year." declared Mr.. Barnes, in dis
cussing rumors current in the city
this morning. Those districts were
Winfield, Union and Grant. In all
probability, no state aid will be
asked by those districts this year,
and therefore the state aid require
ments will have no effect in Marion
County.
1.-THE other six districts-Union
Independent, Fairmont Independ-
ent, Fairmont, Lincoln, Paw Paw
and Mannington-did not receive
state aid last year and will not ask
state aid this year. I have talked
to members of, the boards of edu-
cation in several of these districts
and all seem of the opinion that no
increase in taxation will be neces-
sary This means that the levy
rate will be decreased in proper
ton to the increase in valuation.
Should these conditions obtain, as
believe they will, there will be no
increase in taxation on the part of
the boards OF education.
tThe reason Winfield, Union and
Grant districts were forced to ask
state aid last year was because
their levy was up to the limit al
lowed by law and there was still
not enough money to pay for the
schools. do not think this con-
dition will exist for 1922.
'..The law provides that the boards
OF education shall maintain the
schools and the boards are required
to levy a sufficient amount of mon
ey to do that In making up the an
nua1 budgets, the boards must GER
tify to every item needed and the
budget is supervised by the state
tax, commissioner before the boards
are permitted to lay the levy.
If it can be shown tnat the bud
get is excessive, the state tax
commissioner can refuse to allow
the board to fixe the levy. The
levy can be laid until the tax COM
missioner gives his consent. I
don't think any one need worry
about a sensational increase in
taxes but it is not. to the best Of
my knowledge and belief, going to
occur
County officials are declared to
have stated several times that
there will be no increase in taxa
tton this yearr9If anything, 1t has
been stated, the taxation will be
Continued on Page Four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
LOCAL OPERATORS
LEAVE FOR WAGE
PARLEY SATURDAY
Miners Union Officials OptI-
mistic Over Outcome
Of Conference.

REPRESENTATIVE of the North
ern West Virginia Coal Operators
Association to President Hard
ine's conference in Washin gton, D.
c., tomorrow, called to settle the
coal strike, left last evening for
the national capital. These three
were A. Lisle White, president,
Clarksburg; c. H. Jenkins, Fair
mont, and George S. Bracket, sec
retary, Fairmont. The fourth rep
resentative, A. c. Beeson, Anna
belle, of the Four States Coal Co.,
is expected to leave for Washing
ton tonight.
While no formal statement was
issued, the Impression has been
gathered that the operators from
Northern West Virginia are un-
instructed and they will plan
tions at Washington. The belief
was apparent in operators circles
yesterday that they would not par
ticipate in the conference, espe-
cially if three-state, four-state
or national agreement was sought
by the miners.
1t was learned today that the
Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association received no
formal statement or wire, but
that the Invitation to participate
came from A. NJ. Ogle. Terre
Haute. Ind, the president of the
National Coal Association, who
was in Washington. He tele-
phoned C. H. Jenkins about the
conference. -
Miners Optonlishc.
c. Frank Keeney, Charleston,
president of district II, United
Mine Workers of America, left
here yesterday in company with
Samuel B. Montgomery, former
labor commissioner of West Vlr-
ginia, on the 4 O'Clock interurban
car. en- route for Charleston,
where he leaves today for Wash
ineton to attend the conference
tomorrow. Keeney believes that
the strike will be settled as re-
suit of the conference in Wash
in neton. 1t is generally thought
that the recent talk of government
intervention has strengthened the
miners in West Virginia recently
more than anything else.
Commenting on the Washington
conference today, c. H. Bailey, in
.ternational representative, said
today: In my judgment the basis
of the settlement will be on four
o1. more states but not on dis
trict proposition" Miners Of
ficials say that several OF TWEEN
ty-nine district agreements would
only be the first step toward
breaking up the international or
lContinued on Page Four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
Senator Satisfied
After Citing NelU
York once Over

NEW YORK, June 3O-For-
mer Senator Cole. who will be
100 years oId September 1t,
has looked New York over
after an absence of forty years
and approved the changes and
developments made during his
absence.
The ruddy-faced, twinkling-
eyed old gentleman who first
took his place in Congress in
1851 has inspected Riverside
Drive. the sub~ays. skyscrapers
fappers and motion picture
palaces and found them all
good to look upon, he said.
ION the whole" he chuckled
81 find the East keeping up
pretty well with California"
Mr. Cole; who looks 40 years
younger than his age, considers
next to the abolition of slavery
for which he voted, his work
for a trans-continen rail-
road as the most important of
his career.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
Local Minister Refutes State.
ment Of Harvard College
Professor.

Can right and wrong be deter
mined byEtest tube and miscros-
cope?
Shall moral laws of the future be
written from data compiled in the
laboratory OF the scientist instead
OF from ancient ethical traditions
handed down in sacred books?
The suggestion that morals be
taken from the field of religion and
placed in the domain of science,
advanced by Professor William
Morris Davis, Phi Beta Kappa ora
tor at the Harvard commencement
has stirred up nationwide discus
sion and has become a center OF
conflicting opinions.
Among those who fail to agree
with Professor Davis are The Rev.
Charles Baird Mitchell of this city,
formerly pastor of the Episcopal
Church, and William Jennings Bry-
an. well known in this section on
account OF his recent attack on Oar
winism as taught in West Virginia
University.
Here is the passage from Profes-
sor Davis address which aroused
all the discussion;
"Just as surely as all questions
of a geological or astronomical or
evolutionary nature have now been
permanently taken over from re-
ligion by their respective sciences,
so conquest will be made OF all
questions concerning right and
wrong by that division of science
which concerns itself with the ma
tural history OF goodnes as a mat
ter of purely human experience IN
contrast to goodness as matter or
supernatural revelation.
Two great and growing, though
still young branches OF modern
science will contribute powerfully
to this conquest; they are engen1cs
and psychiatry.-
The Reverend Mr.. Mitchell quotes
an article which appeared in the
Presbyterian Ba2ner for June 29 as
his answer to Professor Davis The
article has been called "Yale's An
swer to Harvard" 1t is as follows;
ANGEL Takes Stand
president Angel, of Yale
University, in his first baccaiaur=
cate address, takes his stand with
those who believe that the new ed
ucation needs a revival Of some
OIL the ledLuIeS VI INC .uSlAoSN o'N'
education.
HE is in favor, wonderful to
relate of standards of scholarship.
of character, of conduct, stand
ards in all things. And in these
standards he would have some re-
lation to ethics and the morality
which our self-saluted young sent
uses have sneered at as outworn
and tiresome.
yale was established to create
men OF character. Its curriculum
was disciplinary 1t conceived OF
education as a Strengthening pro-
cession not merely thing OF the
intellect or of taste. but Of the
will. But like other institutions in
recent decades it has been under
the influence, first of the scientific
spirit, which despite its beauties.
its obiectives rather than subjec-
tive; next OF the utilitarian spirit.
with its matrialistic basis; and
finally, of the do as you please
school of education, which regard
it species OF sfn5to have stand
ards and akin to wickedness to
compel the adolescent to work for
the good there is In working The
idea had a long run that the young
human animal should be allowed
(Continued on Page F'our3
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THOMAS ANNOUNCES 8

Ell. Thomas Of 5g 5gManninEtony
District ha sannounced as candi-
date for the Democratic nomina-
tion for County Court commisslSl
oner. Mr.. Thomas operates Al
large farm in the Mannington sec
tfon and is one of the best known
men in the county.
Registrars in the various pre-
cincts OF the county will sit to-
complete and correct the registra-
ionflists on Monday Sand yWedness
day of next week. The state law
fixes the first Monday and Tues
day of July as the dates for the
regattarars to cit, but owing To-
Tuesday bening July "a change
has been made In the days
notices have been posted all over
the ecounty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
RECEIVERsHIP FOR BIG
ROAD DISSOLVED TODAY

ST. LOUIS, June 30.-The re-
ceiyershdp of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Railway Co. will be dis
solved today when United States
Circuit Judge Sanborn signs a. de-
cree prepared by securities holders
authorizing the roads sale by. a
special master for not less than
S2s. 100000. The Judge announced
he would sign the decree late today
after minor changes are made in
it,