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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12

Nancy and Nick bade the squee-
dIllums soodby and started up the
Eiderdown Mountain. It was the
middle one OF the Seven Noun.
tains.
"My!" said Nancy, looking all
around. ITS all blue plush and
as soft as a pillow. This will be
an easy mountain, Nick.
But no sooner had she spoken
than she disappeared. The soft
blue surface OF the mountain had
cayed In, like a snow drift does
when you step on It, and closed
over the top OF Nancy's head.
Nick stood stalk.still, not daring
to move or breathe scarcely for
fear OF going under, too! ."oh", no
whispered. "oh. oh. goodness!"
He elutched the record tightly as
though II might save him.
Suddenly the magic paper jump.
ed out OF his pocket and spread s.
self out fiat against the record.
Then the red feather pen jump.
ed out of his other pocket and be-
gan to- write on the paper.
Turn around and run down the
mountain the way you came"
Copyright, 1879, I
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12
LAUREL POINT

Mrs. Glenn Henry and daughter
Margaret are visiting the formers
mother, Mrs. Fannie Berry at
Wyatt.
Clement Hildebrand was visiting
friends here last Sunday.
Mrs. S. ]. Stevens, who has been
Ill for several days, Is recovering.
Mrs. Nancy Earb spent a few
days with her son, Staudie Barb.
and family.
Glenn Henry was visiting rela
tives in River Bend last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josephus Jone.
were the guests OF their son, Oren
Jones, at the River Seam Coal Co.
last Saturday.
The Laurel Point Schol will close
this afternoon with a community
dinner.
Mrs. Zoie Henry and son, Wayne.
and wife and Mrs. Hilpert OF West
over were the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J.. G. Shafer a few days ago,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Marley
entertained a number Of young
folks in honor OF their son, Hollis,
m celebration Of his fifteenth birth
day.
Benton shafer was the weekend
guest OF friends here.
Mrs. Stella Henry and son Ron
aid spent Sunday at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elroy Henry in Nor
gantown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jollitte
have moved into one OF the Del.
mar Coal Co. houses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Thompson
Of Morgantown were visiting
friends here last Sunday.
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/ mot by a long shot. Tonight's
the biggest"
Very we'll, then. / am the LADY,
and the invitation IS to spend the
evening on my private yacht. Lis.
ten You know those Gun.
ming little river boats that skitter
up and down the Seine in summer
time? I've always wanted to go on
one. Everybody looks SO happy.
:"But, dear, you're too tired. 4
won't have you all frazEled and
trayed-"
He took her in his arms again.
his heart acting with love Of her,
and gentleness. aud tenderness
You see, Paul." she went on, 81
II do love that old river. I cant
bear toshaye a. grim memory Of It
in my heart I'm happier today
than I have - ever been. And I
want to-celebrate," she ended, a
smile breaking through the mist In
her eyes. DO you accept the
lady's invitatAon?"
Paul accepted It. And he and
the lady, all rested and fresh, and
dressed in her mauve orgendie with
a hoppy hat, had their boat ride Oh
the friendly river. And there were
girls and their sw~eethearts. And
fat old mammas and papas with
supper baskets and bottles Of red
wine. And families With the dog
named Pic-Pic. And It all happened
just as Polly wanted. Only better.
For everybody seemed to smile a
her.
Wasn't It a dear, lovely party?"I
she asked Paul sleepily as later
they jiggled up to the flat in the
tiny elevator.
"Best I was ever invited to-" was
the true response, as he unlocked
their door and snapped on the ligh-.
Hello what's this! A cable.
gram"
Polly pushed up to look, wonder.
ing. They read 1t together, their
heads leaning close:
Congratulations on good work.
Return earliest convenience. Sims
& Brady"
They looked from the paper to
each other.
DO you realize, dear-it means
home"
"Yes, Paul. I realize it-and, oh,
how good home sounds!"
Ito Be Continued.)
Copyright, 1929
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12
Just Try This For
Dizzy SPELLS

"Tell all your customers" said
the discoverer, to Fortney Drug
Co., and all druggists, TO try one
bottle Of Dare's Mentha Pepsin for
dizzy spells, nervousness, indiges.
ton OF any stomach trouble and
IL anyone says that It isn't the best
and quickest acting remedy he or
she ever used for any OF these all.
ments, return the money instantly.
Druggists everywhere guarantee
p
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II MARY's
XIII
copyrLEhL ICE, ~ Rt,t VhrlnIan.

II YOU would make an old.tash.
Toned strawberry Bhortcake for
two and not have more left over
than was used follow this rule:
Strawberry shortcake for Two
One pint berries, 2.3 cup -four, Z
dessertspoons butter, 1-S teaspoon
alt, l teaspoon baking powder,
1-2 teaspoon sugar, cold water.
Mix and sitt flour, salt, baking
powder and sugar. Rub IN butter
with tips OF fingers. Add water
slowly, cutting It into flour with a
knife. The dough should be Just
stiff enough to roll on a well floui,
ed board with a we'll floured roll.
Ing pin.
Divide in equal parts TO roll. Roll
one half about 1-2 Inch thick keep.
ing the dough as round as possible.
Put In small Toured pie pan.
Spread lightly with .softened but.
ter. Roll the other half and III
over the first in the pan. Bakd
twenty minutes In a hot oven. Re-
move from oven and split in half.
Tho light covering OF butter
makes 1t much easier to split the
cake. Put the lower half OF the
cake on a big plate. Spread with
sottencd butter, cover generously
with prepared berries. Put on the
other half, cover with moro berriea
and serve with sugar and cream.
To Prepare Berries
Hull berries. Put in a oolander
and set the colander In a big pan
OF cold water. The berries will
rise to the top OF the water. Skim
out. remove colander from water
and put berries back in colander.
Wash through fresh water.
II you lift tho colander full OF
berries from the water the berries
are crushed against each other.
Save three or four OF the finest
berries to Garnish the top OF the
shortcake. Put berries in a large
bowl. Sprinkle with sugar. Allow
about 1-2 cup sugar to a pint OF
berries. Crush berries slightly
with a wooden potato masher.
Put the bowl in a pan OF hot
water and let stand till ready to
serve the shortcake. Never split
and fill a shortcake till ready Ia
serve the shortcake. Never split
and fill a shortcake till ready to
serve it.
sherteake for -Four
One and one half cups flour, .
teaspoons baking powder, 3 des-
sertspoons butter, l teaspoon
sugar. IA teaspoon salt, cold water
to make a soft dough.
The method of mixing "a the
same. One solid pint OF berries
can be stretched to serve four but
serving OF berries is a bit
"sclmpy."
Instead OF baking the cake lin
one big pan, Individual biscuits are
often made. These are split and
prepared Just like the big short
cake. There is less controversy
over the biggest piece" and the
shortcake is easier to serve when
individual cakes are made.
Whipped cream will "go" further
with shortcake than plain cream.
Cream swells to one third its bulk
when whipped.
Shortcake is often made with
sponge cake instead OF biscuit
dough. In this case whipped cream
is always served and the berries
are not crushed.
old-fashioned strawberry short
cake is almost a whole meal In It.
self. Use It as a luncheon dessert
or with a light dinner. Clear soup,
fish salad, brown bread and butter
old fashioned strawberry short.
cake and coffee would make a
nourishing meal for the average
person.
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EVERY BIT OF DuLLNEss
disappears with q Golden Clint
Shampoo.-Adv.
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WEATHER.

Continued from Page oneJ
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Girl TO Dunes
Mystery of "RadiO" Staying Is
Growing Deeper Daily.
Beautiful Girl Was Taken to
Spot Just Before Staying.

Chicago, June 13.-The hurried
visit of a beautiful girl to the Indiana
sand dunes where the body of an un-
identified man was found. half ere
mated, today was being linked with the
murder of the man, Identification OF
whom has been pulling Indiana and
Illinois police for five days.
The girl. frantic with excitement,
drove in taxicab along the beach to
a point where the body was found.
according to Walter Huff. taxi driver
ar Chesterton, Ind. Leaving the cab.
she returned in forty-five minutes, the
driver asserted. She was SO hysterlcal
that Huff asked if she wanted to be
taken to a doctor. Refusing his offer.
the woman returned to Chicago.
The trip was made on May %. The
date of the murder was about the
same time, according to hpsicians
who examined the body.
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TRUE CASE IS HIT
British Home Secretary May Be
Asked to Resign Soon.
Reprieve for Major Who Slew
Girl Is Very Unpopular.

London, June 13.-The scandal re-
sulting from the reprieve of Ronald
True, former aviator. who had been
sentenced to death for the death of a
girl. was taken up by the British cab
met today. 1t has become a live Po-
litical issue.
Edward Short, home secretary, who
gra nted the reprieve, was IN CONFER
ence with Premier Lloyd George be-
fore the cabinet meeting
After the meeting there were ru-
mors that the premier had demanded
a resignation of the home secretary
to queIl the public uproar-
(By the Associated PressJ
London. June 13.-Home Secretary
SHORTS statement in commons today
condemning the reprieve Of Major
Ronald True. convicted slayer or Ger
trude Yates, followed lines of an inter-
view he granted the Times on his re-
turn to London late last night
He Doesn't Know Him.
There have been limitations that
True was declared an insane criminal
and thus saved from the ganows be-
cause his mother was the wife OF a
personage high in British public life
Secretary Shortt in the Times inter
II don't know who True is. or who
are his relations 1 was not ap-
preached by any Of his relations. and
received no letters from them viii
inquire tomorrow whether any such
communications were received at the
home office
Laws Are Same for AL
cit is apparently suggested that
there is one law for the rich and an
other for the poor. 1t Will be my bust
ness to show in the commons that this
is not so. I am bound by the law,
which says that no insane person shall
be hanged, and was compelled to act
on the report of the specialists.
The prison doctor testified at she
trial that True was insane when in
prison. The jury found he was sans
when he committed the crime; they
did not decide whether he is same now
and that a. what had to consider
According TO the Daily Mail, Prime
Minister Lloyd George has asked Mr.
Shortt to cohfe- with him today be-
1 fore he makes his statement and from
| this the newspaper infers that the sec
retary's action is embarrassing the
/ erOyer-uu1eDf
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Wall St, New York. June 13.-STOCKS-
RecoverieS of 1 to points from yeSter-
days severe unsettlement were made in
today's less active stock market foilowlng
the further closing out of speculative &C
counts. Sales approximated 100000
shares.
elimination Of speculative or margined ac-
counts added to the markets unsettled tone
and Dawson Chemical lost to points
and many of the miscellaneous specialties
gave way to increased pressure. The list
rallied before noon, popular oils rising To-
dependent Steels recovered 1 to 212 points
and motors and their accessories rose to
. points. food specialties. sugars and cocoa
cola rallying to POINTS Dawson more
was strong with American WOODEN. Among
rails, Union Pacific and southern Pac1r1c
Rock Island, Reading, Baltimore and Ohio
and New Haven showed gains of / to
Call money opened at per cent.
Supporting orders checked the further gen
eral- decline of prices at the opening Of to-
days stock market but the tone was very
almost two points in domestic and foreign
oils American Smelling, Union Pacific
and Cocoa Cola were offset by further re-
actions of 1 to 2Ss points in Vanadium,
and several of the miscellaneous issues, the
merger" steels were hesitant, Republic ad-
vancing one point while Midvale reacted
that much. Shippings were under further
pressure. Mercantile Marine preferred fall
ing 11k points. Foreign exchange reflected
nervous conditions abroad with greater
weakness in American Exchange on the
closing of the bourse in Vienna.
The demand for investment rails impa1t-
ed a more confident tone to the later
dealings. Rallies among industrials and
specialties were generally maintained. The
closing was steady.
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TO PROTECT KANSAS MINERS
State VIII Provide Protection for
Workers in Coal Production.

State VIII Provide Protection for
Workers I'm Coal Production.
Governor Aliens cozA conference ad-
journed after giving reassurances that
adequate protection is 10 be provided
miners who return to their jobs Mem
bers of the industrial court. the at
torney. generals staff. peace officers
from Cherokee and Crawford counties
and few select administration news
writers attended the meeting
Following the discussion of the coal
situation, Governor Allen issued a for
NAL statement It gave no new details
Of the states program
According to reports in the state
house the state will seek to provide
protection for working miners thru
organization OF large forces of deputy
sheriffs. In event additional help is
needed the state may again send troops
into the mining camps None of these
features were discussed in the formal
statement
Doors to the conference were barred
TO representatives of the news services
and staff correspondents A few writ
ers favored by the administration were
present
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NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET.

IBs-July. 1920; Sept, 12 o..
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK REPORT.
Kansas City Stock Yards, June -, 1922
LIVESTOCK PRICES LOWER.
CHICAGO SUPPLY HEAVY

Chicago Monday received more than half
the hogs and sheep, and nearly halt OF 81
western markets. yesterday This punching
of supplies caused lower prices there and
cattle were steady to Is cents lower, hogs
10 to Is cents off and sheep and lambs
steady to 25 cents lower compared WITH
divisions as soon as the decline was estab-
iisHe MONDAYS RECEIPTS.
Receipts Monday were 5000 cattle, 1900
hogs. and 5000 sheep, compared with 9,OJo
cattle. 15.050 hogs md 5000 sheep q week
ago, and IA 600 cattle, 1o,ooO hogs. ana u,oo1
sheep a year ago
With 1900 cattle in Chicago and prices
opened slowly and prices ruled weak 70
IL cents nnder last weeks close. The bulk
Some 81 sae prime 'yesrIing steers sold at So 40
and prime beifers at $3.50 70 $50 ne
splk Of oe s sSoa ed steers eqa that shsw
grass sap strongly, tho fairly fat, brought
$40 to 1855. Fat COWS were steady 70
the palmer kinds. Veal calves and bulls
sTOCKERs AND FEEDERS.
Offerings cot thin cattle were small for
Monday md the market held fully steady.
Demand is sufficient to care for much
grazing soRnditions are Keeping down offer
ings OF thin cattle IL win be another six
weeks before the stoeker run from tbs
Southwest is under way.
HOGS.
Hog prices averaged 10 to IS cents lower,
top 5000 and bulk. Of sales Sob to
SO So The market is an even 80 cents
under the high point reached last week
on the close today the market developed
considerable strength. indicating thar sup
plies are not running ahead Of killing re-
duiremenrs and shipping demand PiEs
were steady to 10 cents lower. top 5000
SHEEP AND LAMBS
With prices for sheep steady and lambs
down . cents the market war back to the
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CONTINUED from Page One)
Topeka tonight-very slight NO
measurable rain has been reported
from any point in the state during the
past twenty-four hours There VIII
probably be scattered showers oven
the state
The highest temperature in the state
yesterday was 9S degrees at Hanover
The same temperature, the highest re
ported in the United States, was re-
ported from North Platte, Neb.
The lowest temperature in the state
was Sc degrees, reported from Lib
eral. The lowest in the United states
was 40 degrees, reported from Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was 81
degrees in 1914, and the lowest was A
degrees. in 1889
At O'Clock this afternoon the win
was blowing at twelve miles per hour
from the southwest.
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HONEY DEW Is EXPLAINED.
State Normal Professor Tells Why oi
the Sticky Moisture.

Emporia, Kan, June 1S.-There
has been considerable speculation as
to the cause of the honey dew" as it
called, which has been dropping from
the elm and mulberry trees
1T is due to an oversupply of mois-
ture. causing the leaves TO manufac-
ture more food than the tree can con-
sumo" said DIR. L c. Wooster, head
Of the department of biology in the
Kansas state Normal school at En-
poria. Therefore, it escapes out thru
the leaves. 1t may be caused by plant
lice IL enough of them get upon the
tree. but there aren't enough of them
on the trees at this time to cause it
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GAIETY RULES GOLDEN CITY
City Awakes to Bugle Calls,
Drums, and S0Usa Tunes.
City Is Freely Given to Mem
beers From Over Country.

San Francisco June 12--DuiI care
efficiency and business throw up their
ions TODAY and let mobiles take over
their work OF running a City It was
the official opening OF the annual I'M
periag council OF the Ancient Arabic
order, Nobies OF the Mystic Shrine.
Bands--B autfs-Bands!
Beeiuniur with n parade OF al the
hundreds of brightly dressed oands
and patrols to escort the iIuper1oL d.
van from the city's gates at the Ferry
building to the imperial council cham
Der IN Scottish Rite auditorium and
ending with the imperial pOtentateS
bill in the evening the day was set
aside for joy. splendor. music and
laughter.
From sundovu 70 sunrise. bands
de.ketf out IN all the spleudor Of oil
time Arabic dress enriched with mod
ern sartoriaI improvements swung
thru the streets TO new and OLD mel
odfeS Other SI1rfuers in thousands
marked by their bright fezes, watched
from the sidewalks danced ga1iy IN
hotel Hobbies, restaurants and tea
rooms sang Justify and laughed their
way thru hours usually given to sleep
Today the city woke to bugte calls,
to drums, to familiar Sousa tunes and
crowded into the grandstznds in the
vicinity OF the civic center
This public square approached thru
a double row OF kneeling camels and
MosIem towers. accommodated many
thousands
Stiu the Trains Arrive
At the head or the parade a place
was set aside for the imperial pOten-
tate, Ernest Allen Custfs of Savannah
Ca. the deputy imperial potentate
who will succeed him. James McCan-
dIess of Honolulu and other members
of divan-
During the night and even up to
only an hour or two before the time
for the parade to- start, belated spe-
cal trains of Shriners hurried into
San Francisco to be ready for the
opening
As these late coming temples ar
rived their bands and patrols marched
thru crowded streets on their way to
their hotels. sleep having been for
gotten by every one Free street car
tours OF the city automobile trips, in
fantry drills at the Preside, visits TO
battleships of the Pacific fleet in the
bay. athletic contests. driving races
and a never-endiugt series OF band
concerts were among the other events
OF the day
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(AGditIonnI late mnrIIeIs VIII be
found on another page OF this paper.)

Chicago. June 13-wHEAT-Assertio
that wheat prices were being reduced be-
low the cost OF production, tended to rally
the wheat market today from an initial de
cline due TO heavy margin calls which
had been sent out last night The fact that
the calling of margins caused no extensive
new liquidation on the part Of holders
helped also 10 steady the market. Besides
values ut Liverpool today showed less OF
4 fall than had been looked for in view OF
the severe decline yesterday in American
market The opening here which ranged
from &c decline to &c advance with July
81 oass to sI.10. and September 81 o9% 10
81 10 was followed by a moderate general
setback and then by an upturn to slightly
above yesterdays finish.
The close was steady. sc to CSC net
higher. with July $11elt to S1.10ss and
September S11O5S to S110%-
cORN-Corn and oats reflected the
changes in the wheat market After open
ing &c off to like advance. July GOA "a
605sc the corn market scored little gain
all around
Corn closed easy at the same as yester-
days finish to Ad%c lower, July, 6O9s4
coke
oATs-Oats started HG%e lower to nc
advance. July 35Lc to 35iSc. and later
hardened a trifle on all deliveries
PROVIS- quotations on hogs
weakened provisions
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Kansas CITY, June 1.5-tA1 L-t1-I.t-
ceipts 1900 Steers. steady 70 weak early
choice Texas kind, s. Is; common. $4,000
$50: calves. mostly 25c TO soc lower; good
es steady; medium to good feeders, Sf-OOs1
TT5: mist bulls. $1,000 5-25; good yearling
beifers $50: good cows. SJ.o0eTG25s can
ners ana cutters, mostly S2.T5eI 42J.
HOGS-Receipfs 5000 Market opened
slow TO Zoe lower: later trading active
around steady: most 160 pound to 30
mound weights. S1O-sOe1 1913; packer top
80 90: shippers took about 800 bulk OF
sales SO I0ef 1875; throw ont cows mostly
50 90: stock pigs. steady: best. 5000
SHEEP-Receipts 10000. Odd lots native
ewes, mostly as breeders, steady: lambs,
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SUSPEND WAR FOR FUNERAL.
First Victim of Aerial Sham Battle
Crashed Early in Game.

Galveston. Tex, June 1S.-"Prac-
tice war; was suspended today by the
opposing squadrons here from Filing
ton field, out of respect for the war s.
first victim, Cadet Sergeant Leslie
Wright p. of Flint. Mich. The young
aviators body will be shipped to
Flint for burial
Sergeant Wright attempted to take
off late Monday afternoon to meet and
challenge an approaching plane which
he believed was one of the enemy"
When sixty feet from the ground. his
plane became uncomfortable and the
crash to earth resulted in injuries
from which he died an hour later
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KILLS BLACK WHO ATTACKED.
Negro Entered Home With Bricks
Housewife Shoots and Hits.

Hamlet, n. c.. June 1S.-Mrs. Bran
son Millilxin shot and instantly killed
William McGhee, negro. when he at
tempted to assault her in the MillilSin
home, tour miles from here Sunday.
The negro had previously threatened
both Mrs. MililCin and her husband
He entered their home sunday with
brick in either hand Mrs Milhkin
seized a gun and fired. The negro
was killed instantly
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JUST WANTED TWO BRIDES.
Tho One Wife Was at Home, Atchlson
Man Asked for Another.

Atchison. Kan. June 1S.-Charged
with threatening the life of the Rev.
w o. Shank, pastor Of the First Bap-
fist church here. Danes H. Pool, IS,
was arrested here today. Pool is a
box factory employee.
He admitted TO the minister he had
a wife and four children. but wanted
the Rev. Mr.. Shank TO perform a mar
rage ceremony by which a young
woman member Of the preachers
church would become his bride.
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ESIPORIA HAS MORE PEOPLE.
Gain OF 2O7 in Population is Made
Over Last Year.

Emporia, Kan, June 1s.-A gain of
2O7 in population was made by En-
poria last year, according to the re-
turns Of the assessors.
Emporia's population is 1921. The
federal census in 1920 gave the town
a population Of 1913. Lyon county
gained 127. the increase being in the
towns and a decrease being made in
the country. The figures show a ten
dency to move from the farms to the
towns, according to the assessors.