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LOCALIZED PRopucTs /

ONE localities are especially adaptable for tae
~ raising of SONG marketable product. Many
such localities arefnot yet aware Of Their posstb
tiles but some timeiu the future when this country
becomes SO thicIe1y setled that every bit 81 tte
surface will have to yield its contribution 10 the
upkeep of tae population there Will be experts who
will ascertain just what are the products that can
be most successfully raised in the various districts
then certain food stans or manufactured supplies
viii become localized. as is the case win the best
ROCKFORD canteloups, Texas onions. New England
maple sugar, etc, The whole thing has hardly been
touched as yet. -,
One instance Of what this KIND Of Development
means to a vicinity: comes with the encouragement
that one Virginia county. namely Madison, marketed
turkey crop during the holidays for $4,000. TSe
people of that county have found out that they can
raise the finest turkeysto be had There IS som q.
thing about the climate the elevation, tie dry soil
that produces wonderful healthy birds and to those
who have Experimental with turkeys in this county
ind found 1t hazardous investment 1t will snow that
these birds can be raised With comparative ease Il
conditions are right for they are apparently little
trouble IN Madison county
$4,000 crop N any county is quite q respect
able asset to that county, and there Il not doubt
but that expeTimenters could locate in nearly every
vicinity similar asset that the people of the
locality could raise with little trouble and profit
thereby to large extent
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WOMEN BANKERS
49,, n

dE 'atst bank in the United States to be
completely controlled by women has been
gge4ed IN Cleveland, Ohio. From president 10
laai toF. the now bank. known as the N.oman,s
&saYlngs Bank aud Loan Company. e completely
py woap. Ito policies are controlled by a
tali board Of women directors
ne concern is one that should be interesting to
fcliew Women have thor own methods of eonduc:-
lnE buslnegBi but who can successfully question
tsletf ayeFage good intelligence in handling business
E4ntEs There are EewNr women engaged In
haslness enterprises than men, but the percentage
9te failures, u available according 10 proportion
sweulA MOI tally against the women It is pretty
certain.
AS general rulo the women OF the American
arc tho careful, economic obssryant handlers
otsthe money Of the American man. They buy the
food the clothl;t;. the furniture. they nay the
plumber the paperhanger, the wash woman. The
vast major ty OF them know TO the penny When they
ere getting full value for Investment In house.
1oldf where the wife Ia given a monthly sum for
snse' sie rarely exceeds the allowance. md
nearly always has margin Of balance. this state
5nent meaning the average housewife. and not tho
BpaFasto variety. trying TO keep n pace which the
Income will not, permit.
S Ftlo American woman not only, as n rule directs
che 70 the advisor OF her husband In his con
stslnalstsd Investments, Every dealer In stocks
sbensst insurance, real estate, etc. has been up
sgatnst The interested investor whose wife has
successfully blocked tho contamination OF a deal
90 the woman vctoes the deal Is OF usually. not
be0sule she forces hor opinion but because tue man
has sEespect for her Judgment The ppo dream
ssagestnsns has no lure Tor the women. TAege are
theasaads of men sneakIug bundles OF worthless oil
gold stock to tho Of their safety deposit
bpxss this very day, bundles that would never have
been Ithsr9 if their wives had had thor viii about
The Investment
Women should make excel!Cnt bankers. Genera
tten after generation they have had tho caro- Of
Shousvhoti money, which. was considered by our
fareSsthers as belonging to the head Of the house
ho!t slpaO End to him tho accounting for every
psary must be made. Their aversion to wild cat
iuYestneuts. Their acute instinct for judging real
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cember 81, 1921, his inventory was
$4,000. How do these items enter
into Smiths income tax return?
A.-The inventor, at the begin
ming of the year, $4,000, is added
to the purchase, $4,000, making
$4,000, from which the inventory
at the end OF the year. $4,000, is de.
Quoted, leaving $4,000, which rep.
resents the cost OF goods sold"
This, deducted from the sales, $75,.
900, leaves $4,000, which is the
gross profit from tho business,
In addition no can deduct his gen.
eral expenses, losses, depreciation,
etc, TO determine his net income.
@. 27-An individual owns an
apartment house and lives In one or
the apartments with his family. The
entire building Is heated by. one
furnace and owner furnishes heat.
light, water, and janitor for the en-.
! tire block. How should the apart
inent figure IN the owners return ?
A.--The owner must determine
Row much Of the cost Of heating,
lighting. ETC.. is attributable. to bis
/ own apartment, and the balance OF
such costs may be deducted from
gross income as an expense. Deprc.
citation should be apportioned in the
same manner, The rental value OF
his own apartment need not he in.
cluded in gross income but the en-.
tire amount OF rent received from
the other apartments must be re.
turned.
Q. 2S-An attorney supporting a
family owns an automobile used
both for business and pleasure. He
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EXIT POISON GAS

HE outIawing Of poison gas as a war weapon
ought to be accompanied by the retirement Of
tie submarine and bombing plane. These three
vicious and barbarous means of warfare ought all
to be outlawed. 1t is fine thing to
accomplish riddance of poison gas, and the others
may in time. follow ,s
In all the annals of battle both savage and So
called civilized conflict. there. has nothing so
arocous been recorded as the use OF poison gas 1t
was for the murder-mad German chemist to Invent.
and for the power-crazed German army to apply. a
weapon that could not be equaled for deadliness,
and against which the enemy had no defense or
warning AT Ypres tie horrible stun was directed
at the Canadians, and 6 scene that could not be
eQualed for horror and suffering, followed
After that IT was dog eat dog in the war. The
Germans set the pace and tie allies followed as fast
possible or anticipated Il they could. For loss of
life and for follow up Of death and surertng.thts
last war has never been equaled. Even now. three
years after the armstice the hospitals are admitting
men every day. dying from Tuberculosis caused
by beng gnssed. Whether resolution. or leEisla-
tion, or agreement, can keep such an instrument Of
destruction as poisoned gas out Of warfare atter 1t
has once been employed remains yet to be SEEN but
II sufficient punishment can be meted ont to an
offender along this line 1t probably can be managed
and grateful public is glad Of the step that con-
dennis and outlaws It.
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Arms Conference
Secretly Rappe7

WASHINGTON, Jan. ga sin.
lister propaganda. apparently emil
mating from Washington, against
both the purpose and success OF the
arms conference" is reported
through the mails, John Barrett.
former director of the Pan.Amer!.
can union, declared in a statement
issued here today upon his return
from three weeks tour OF the
central west.
The result OF this propaganda, he
said. Is that while that section is
sympathetic with the aims Of the
conference. It's sympathy is tinged
with an unfavoFable measure OF
suspicion as to its good results. :"
Mr.. Barrett said he also had been
impressed with "a new rapidly
growing feeling in the central west
:ga!nst Washington rs the capital
and New York as the financial cen.
ter Of the country" This he said,
was due to the serious agricultural
depression and the vigorous oppo.
sltion Of New York to the st. Law.
irence.deep.waterways plan, on
which Chicago and the surrounding
section has set 1t approval.
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CommIitt will 1
Aid Officers

". D. Brown. Stats prohibiticn
Officer, Addressed a sinati hut *.
tenttve audience! at the Isirst n. r..
church yegtefd u a tefnpon on the
matter Of co:opstati Ion ny the pup
lie in the enforee cement Of the Pm
hibitlon,law ana sotief statutes on
the books. Mr.. Brown outlined iim
program, which Is 70 iiaye thestate
iiyided into districts With special
deputies and agents ia Che various
sections, together with q commit
Of citizens from eacn iarse conn
munity center.
AT the, Close Of the meeting tlie
following committee was named
for the Faifmpnt section % %.
operate with the commissioner j.
L. Leech, =. w. Milptifes zoe Is7ak.
or, Ira Atkins, Bruce Morgan. g. ~,
Bloom, J. a. Clark W, and Guy ca
Campbell. 4
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CAROLINA
To Have Fruit waq1or,

A fruit and, vegetable wagon
owned by Brill and Williams ar.
rived In Carolina Saturday and in
a short time disposed Of its load
OF apples, pears. potatoes, ruta.
bagas, cabbage, etc. Th!y plan to
make this trip reguglarly in the
latter part OF each week II the
sales warrant It.
Farewell Party
On Friday evtning Mrs. Esther
Dodson entertained a number Of
young people at the community
house at farewell party given
for her niece, Miss Lena Finley,
who left Saturday evening for
Parkersburg to resume her work in
the Visitation Academy. Miss Fin.
ley spent Saturday night at the
home OF Rev. Higginbotharn, Of En-.
terprise, and left for Clarksburg
Sunday morning, intending to fin.
ish the remainder OF the journey
Sunday evening.
Attend Syrian Christmas
o.
Little Angie Eek and two twin
sisers, orphan children who are
making their home with Nurse bod.
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Meats,
left Saturday tor Hutchinson,
where they visited relatives, and
also celebrated the Syrian Christ.
mas, whic hcomes at a later date
than ours.
Personals
Mrs. Glen Harden entertained
Mrs. Bgthtr uodson and niece, Miss
Lena Finley, at dinner Saturday. I
( G. s. Brand, Of Akron, O., left
Saturday for his home after q visit
with friends at Carolina and Ida
May.
Miss Ruby Rinehart went to
Fstimont Saturday for a visit with
friends.
The Misses Blanche and Grace
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Kinney, daughters Of DR.. G. L. Kim
ney, OF Ida May, spent Saturday
evening with Miss Lena Finley at
the community house.
Mrs. Harold Swiger Is visiting
friends in FaIrmont.
Giles Davis has returntd to work
here after a visit dt his home In
Phillppi.
Walter Osborne and family have
returned to their home in Baxter
afttr a visit here with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Os.
borne.
Mrs. Frcd Hlgginbotham has re.
cetveyd word that WIS. Guy Nor.
gan, formerly Miss Minnie Pheasant
and frequent visitor here, Is in a
hospital in Dayton, o. Htr con.
dition is serious.
Paul Borgess., manager Of the
recreation building, spent the week
end with friends in Clarksburg.
Mrs. Floyd Wilson was called
Saturday to Enterprise by the seri-
Gus illness of her sister, Mrs.
White.
Friends here will be glad to learn
OF the return home OF Mrs. Harl
Creighton. OF Enterprise, who has
been in the sanatorium at Terra
Alta for some time.
Due to the careful attention and
tireless home care, Ralph Hildreth,
who has been suffering from scar.
let fever, is fmuch improved 81
present.
The local barber shop was closed
Saturday evening on account OF tho
illness Of the proprietor, Emery
Rolls, who left Saturday for a visit
with his parents in Fairmont.
Those leaving Carolina Saturday
evening for business or pleasure
included Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kunz.
MFR, and Mrs. Sammy Larry: Mrs.
D. L. McNemar, Mrs. Robinson,
Hayes Perkins. Gladys Marston,
Granville Perkins, Howard Mason,
Bill Hite and Mr.. Porter.
4
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
museRAvE's MIRAGE.


Our alliterative friend. s. G. Mus.
grave, ,mSst be seeing things"
Else why lis gloom concerning the
prohibition situation? AS the thirs,
ty traveller in the west sees YER
dant watering place apparently
close at hand only to find the miles
between many and weary, so Mus
grave saw New York at New Years
and imagined It to be his own coun
'ty. Later In the year some folks
may ."set hen" but that has been
a legalized spring pastlme for ID
these many days. MusgraVe well
knows the majority Of his neigh
bors are as law-abiding as himself;
Cheer up, man-and have your eyes
oPTIMlsT.
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BY r. a. coNKeY.

Question 1s-What amount of
Liberty bonds can be held free
from sur.tax?
Answer (1)-Fiye thousand dol.
lars Of principal of bonds OF the
second, third and fourth Liberty
loans and all certificates of indebl.
edness and war savings certifi.
Gates.
t3)-Thirty thousand dollars of
first 3 1.2 pcr cent bonds convert.
ed at time Of issue Of the fourth
Liberty loan.
t3l-one hundred and twenty.
five thousand dollars OF 4 per cent,
and Ali per cent. Liberty bonds.
The first 8 1.2 per cent. and Vic.
tory 8 Sd per cent. bonds are ex-
ompt from all normal and stlr.tax.
There Is no exemption from sur.tax
In case OF the Victory 4 81 per cent.
bonds.
Q! 20-Are dividends from do.
nestle corporations subject 10 both
normal and sur.tax?
A.-Eo they are only subject 70
sur'tax. as the corporation paying
the dividend pays a normal tax on
its earnings which are later dis.
tributed as dividends.
Q. 21-When can one claim eX.
emption as head Of a family?
A.--It you actually support and
maintain in one household one or
more persons who are closely con.
nected with you by blood relation.
marriage or adoption.
Q. 22-What date governs the
personal exemption?
A.-Your marital status on the
last day Of tho year, or the taxable
period, governs tho exemption.
Q. 23-Are gains from gambling
taxable?
Ayes, all gambling gains and
illegal profits made In violation OF
criminal law or public regulations
are taxable. Losses from such
sources are not allowable deduc.
lions.
Q. 24-Does a taxpayer have to
report to the government amounts
Of income paid TO the individuals?
Ayes, II You pay TO any per-
son during the year salary, rent. in.
terest, commission or other income
amounting to $1,000 or more you
are required TO file return Of In.
formation showing the amount and
the name and address OF the person
to whom paid. Proper forms for
this return can be secured from
the collector for your district!
Q. 25-What rate OF depreciation
can be claimed on buildings?
A.-The rate Of depreciation now
generally recognized by the govern.
ment is 2 per cent on brick build
ings and 3 per cent. on frame build.
ings. This is an annual allowance
based on the cost Of the building
only.
This deduction can only be
claimed on business or rented prop
erty and is not allowed on resi-.
dence in which the taxpayer lives,
1t Is allowable, however, on a resi-.
dence which he rents to another
person.
Q. 25-John Smith conducts a
hardware store, On December 81,
1890, his inventory was $4,000.
During the year he purchased $685..
900 worth Of goods and his sales
for the year were $4,000. On De.
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employs an assistant and a stenog.
rapher In his office. He pays club
dues, subscrihes 70 legal publlea.
tions and books and donates to
! charitable organizations. How
should these items be treated In his
return?
A.-The part OF the automobile
expense apportioned to the time II
Is used for business is IN allowable
expense. The salaries OF the as.
sistant and stenographer are a busl.
ness expense. Club dues are not
allowable deductions unless a strict.
" business club such as a Chamber
Of Commerce.
Legal publications and business
books as well as donations are al.
lowable deductions.
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EARTHQUAKE SHOCK

CHICAGO, Jan. 7.-An earth.
Quato Of moderate intensity, prob
ably centering $50 miles south
west OF Chicago. was Registered By
the instruments at the university
of Chicago last night.
The first tremors were felt at
11:17 p. m. and tho wave reached
its greatest intensity at 1928,
final ydying out at 1851 this morn.
ing.
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BertOn Braley's Poem

On an isle in Polynesia
Where the women live TO please
yuh
There's a breathin'
Pretty heather
Lady fair;
And she's stayin' there and waitin'
With her bosom palpitattn'
Qt the South Sea tales entyancin'
Amt romancinO
She'll be there!
For it seems that IN Tahiti
Or Samoa, or Papete,
You can always find a sweette
Who's as lovely as a pearl,
AS a rule a
Hula hula
Dancing girl:
With a head Of dusly tresses
And a minimum Of dresses
And with Turing eyes that get you
And that set you
" ASa = In aswhlrl'
SO / know in Polynesia
There's a glamor that will seize
yuh:
They're not slow there
And;Td go there
" s.:. To,a spot
Where a tropic maid Is waitin'-
But I'm kinda. hesitatin'
For these tales we've all been
Is oramllin,'
May be CANNON,
Pr 'sS Like as not!
tcopyrlrht 1922. N. E. a. serviee.'
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yard about the weather-but theu
as sure as we did we would have a
rainy Sunday or some thing,
When you get married you say
I do, I do, and
After that everybody gets hub
hy's l. o. L.
It's & great life. II you like
expenses.
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riouoR

Are whtskey.. wine o. beer neees.
gary. for medicinal ppIposes2 Jour.
nal Of the American Medical Asso.
citation put that question to 1876
physicians ins1s states. !
Only 2,s6S physicians supported
beer, The vote was only 1854 for
wine. ~.
On whisky. the doctors broke
about even. s,7sT, for and $50
against.
What would a poll, ot'ths doctors
patients show?
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Unless more formidable competition Is presented
1t looks as Il Henry Ford would be the successful
bidder for Muscle Shoals. The Secretary Of War
stn:os that Ford has the only proposition that
includes the construction OF the great plant and the
manufacture OF fertilizer. Although Secretary
Weeks does not say SO, Ford is also, doubt, the
only bidder with vision great enough to realize
fully the scope Of Muscle Shoals, and to work in
accord with It.
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Your Income Tax

Your income tax soon will be
due. Don't fret about tread
these articles by R. A. Conkey,
tax consultant for the Central
National Bank Savings and
Trust company, Cleveland.
They tell you everything you
want to know In language you
can understand. This Is Con.
keys third article.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-09

Ireland accepted dominion government by the
tight squeeze of seven majority. While this number
is email IT is considered by numerous chancetak!pg
gentry to be very lucky. II the question had been
loft to the people instead Of the Dali Eireann the
majority would save been overwhelming, for the
popular sentiment Of the Irish actively supports
acceptance of the treaty which now stands con-
frmed
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-09
SETS ELX,s SPEED.

MAIDSTONE, England.7Stanley
Henson, scientific, Investigator, has
determined the flying speed ,ot a
housefly to be up to 30. niles an
hour. He made tests With the In.
scots in g fast moving car.
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Chicago man who claims rela.
tives robbed him Of his <Swo hotels
didn't know much about hotel keep.
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OBSERVATIONS

II woman'S place is in the home.
lots Of them arc out Of place:
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What This Buffalo Physician
Has Done For Humanity

y
Has Done For Humanity
The picture which appears here
OF DR.. Pierce OF Buffalo, NJ Y,
was taken In 1910. As a young
man DR.. Pierce practised medicine
in Pennsylvania and was known
far and wide for his great success
in alternating disease. He early
moved to Buffalo, and put up In
ready-to-use form, his Golden
Medical Discovery, the well-known
tonic for the blood. This
strength-builder is made from
formula which DR.. Pierce found
most effective in diseases OF the
blood. 1t contains no alcohol
and Is an extract Of native roots
with the ingredients plainly stated
on the wrapper. Good red blood,
vim, Vigor and vitality are sure to
follow II you take this Alternative
Extract. DR.. Pierce's Golden Me-
dical Discovery clears away pim-
pies and annoying eruptions and
tends to keep the complexion
fresh and clear. This Discovery
corrects the disordered conditions
in a sick stomach, aids digestion
acts as a tonic and purifies the
blood. Write DR.. Pierce's In
valIds Hotel in Buffalo, NJ. Y, and
receive confidential medical adj
vice without charge. All drug
glsts sell Discovery tablets or
liquid. Send 1oc for trial pkg.
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more specimen cases will be de.
scribed in conkey's fourth article
In tomorrow's West yirsinian.)
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Don't Have Gray Hairs says q
qyeing request, >
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Dancers once yifsinia sseied
about the floor; nov they leave a.
the Nirgtnia.
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"A doctor says Jazz is a germ,
Wei. the air Is catchy.
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Thln people are sald to be no
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These millionaire movie directors
can thank their lucky stars.
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I, The treasury says there are 5oo,,
900 new peace dollars in cireula.
zion. We demand a recount.
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Fine motto: Keep your mind 81
your work. but rnt your work On
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81 ,llVENINd:i, JANUARY ., 1 192s

sEsss3ltssd5neyer heard Mary Garden cling, SO We
se astSknew exactly what inspired the roceat Gift
stie 5eseiysd ot a revolver and nine cartridges.
Sne Impression. have BEN sed about that
zig beautiful Mary was catY There uro sopranos
faetaswe aaye heard whose gifts should have been
sSatiEea absolutely to such hints ct self destruction
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After gcrapping the SEA craft No
will scrap the ses yFaft land sutsitt
and land graft U YOU likosplns
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Il will sue any one wio says i
married Marilynn Miller, saSs
Jack Pickford How do yea liksS
that, Mafilynn I i :.
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Most selt.mad dc men made them,
selves at home \
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Wives OF great mon at temlnd
them that their lot e no sublime.
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The Swiss have IN army 200 6t0
strong ana d Isl stsohse 4 dan
thai #
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It's nice % think 4 girl n 4 :
white asIshe ] y . sfswlered.
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,,s Some men AZ ! \ wise some iSthss
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b. Way 6 ( = &C.. e.. Is

ftSfdesE workers. bhi ut q
that VIII are hin
One time YOU Ger litilS
,;you 80 - WHEN yeii fiile enl