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Nothing Shall be Indifferent to aa which Advances the Cause of Truth and Morality, or which Concerns the Welfare of the Community In which we Live. ?OLUME 57 LEWISBURa, west VIRGINIA, FRIDAY MORNING- . OCTOBER 6, 1922 NUMBER 16 TO W. VA. WORKERS. L .ill Stat i' ami Cotinlj OHii-ors, |)i ir 1'rii'iuls: | \lt, r prai'lically six years of srr |tv in West Virginia as your (ien bl Secretary. I am leaving Sept. |)Iii to In-come General Secretary of L. Missouri Siiinlax School Associa jpn with ollices at 7I.? Fullerlon, \t ;i alerting of I ho Kxecuti ve j Diiunilli-i- ii'flii on September I'JIii. t?\. K. ^ - Halpenny. A. M. 15. l).. ;,N i-lff t o?l (ieneral Secretary to I UK- November 1st. I \\;iii! t<? congratulate you on the <>f such a line man for ! jui- new (ienorl Superintendent. as ? jN j.i In* railed. Mr. Halpenny has >,.n (.ciieral Secretary of Quebec, id i ,i in . Ontario, and is now the j [lull Superintendent of the Inter ?iii>iiiiii;itional Sunday School Asso ; ation. 1 know of no man any hirc in the field who could he se jrnl :uid would become as stroll" Sup. iintendent as I believe he ill. With Walter R. Hill :is As ciiito Superintendent West Vir niii will have a strong team. I bespeak for Mr. Halpenny the gnc loyal support and co gnition which you have given p. I shall expect you to keep 'est Virginia in the forefront of Unlay School work and 1 challenge >u to make her beat Missouri. lTn >r Mr. Halpenny's leadership and l> continued blessing of the Heav ily Father the work will go on Dm success to success. [When any of you are in St. Louis j e:tM- he sure to call on me at the j love address. Thanking you for j nir splendid co-operation and 1 H\ing (iod's blessing upon you j ir.Nonally and the work which you j ?f doing for the Sunday School j Iiim\ 1 am as ever, Sinccrelv vours, WAI.THH A. SNOW. jl:!"lfslon, \V. Ya. Sept. 25, 1{)22. NATIONAL RED CROSS TO MEET. ]!ril (Iross Chapter delegates from jcirts of the United States will] ilirr in Washington Monday, [tohfr Oth, for the three-day Na. timl Convention of the American il Cross. Over 2,01)0 .Med Cross >vlui\s attended the convention hi .it Columbus, Ohio, last fall and i> rxpected that a like number ii the Washington sessions. !l atlers in public life and in Red less work will address the ses )ns, ;it which every phase of Red pvs activity will be discussed hiu- in group conferences the man l<l problejns besetting chapters in fir work will be thrashed out for Ituul benefit. President Harding, who is also isident of the society, will wel iic the delegates at the opening sion Monday inorning, at which airman John Payne will preside tl which will also be addressed by p. John J. Pershing. Th'ere will [music by the Marine Band. At afternoon sesson veterans of the rid War, which is costing the ional organization and the iplers nearly $9,000,000 this year miiig llie most extensive activity the organization at tills time, will the subject of discussion. APPOINTED SUTHERLAND. scorge II. Sutherland, former Bled States Senator from Utah, I t;iken the place of John H. b'ke, of Ohio, ns Associate Justice ?1k' I'nited States Supreme C.ourt. pi'f Clarke resigned and I'resi. II Harding's nomination of Mr. lii'il.md was promptly confirmed Sullierland is a conservative of I'lv recognized legal ahilily. Mice ('larke's resignation took f't September I8I1I1. lie \nms uomi l'd by President Wilson in 1!>I(>. hopes !o make s? trip around the fl<l ni'xt spring, lie is known to K'Tiitly interested in the League bilious and considers America's filer highly desirable. AMERICAN CHAMPION. jivs (ilenna Collctt, lD.year.old kill,. nee girl, is th'e new woman's t champion of the United States, Mini last week on Hie course Ih* (ireenbrier Club at While >luir. where she turned back Mrs ''??hi \. (iavin, brilliant British ] ,T in a scintillating 3(?- hole ('h l'? end th'e national women's '".iincnt. ntplji yj ng her rival almost con. ouxly, driving longer and truer s ;,"<l Inking advantage of ever> ' 'It'ily, ihe Hhodc Island girl '"Msi i ;?U-d again that youth must lervci. she was the hope of an pi ran championship for Ameri. I ""I s!;,. mode good. The score v? "i? and four to play. i CONFESSION TO EDWARDS. Fred ftlwu'rds. ih<- wealthy I untiugton mattress manufacturer ! who spent ;,?d , an lollrlll :ls , a i adulate for the 'Republican nomi nation for United States Senate, was j the victim of a politic! triek per- ' petuated |>y Virgil Highland. of : (Jurkf.mrg. Ropuhlicau National ! Coniini teeman for West Virginia, ae- I cording to inforniation from .m 1 Authentic sonree made public in Huntington last Saturday Sherman Denhani. or Clarksburg. j business and political partner of! Highland's lor the past twenty | \ears. according to the information.! made a complete confession to Mr. : Ldw ards after Ld wards' defeat in which Denham declared he built lined for the erstwhile candidate's i information details pertaining to the political maneuvering in West Virginia for ten days prior to th'e August primaries." In the purported confession, Den ham is quoted as having made the sweeping accusation that Highland had "thrown" the organization which Dehom declared he had built up in the state with Edwards* ?money, behind the candidacy of Howard Sutherland, incumbent, who was renominated by the Re publican voters of the State after a close race with H. C. Ogden, of Wheeling, newspaper publisher. Denham is said to have further add ed th'at Highland worked a similar piece of alleged political treachery upon another Edwards ? the late William Seymour Edwards, wealthy oil man ? when he was a candidate for the same office in West Virginia ten years ago. If the above be true and Republi can politicians rob each other, wind may the public expect of them? GRANDSON OF GENERAL LEE DIES. Colonel Robert K. Lee, grandson of Genera! Robert E. Lee, command lt in chief of the Confederate armies died last week at Virginia College, Roanoke, Va., following an illness | of many months, lie was f>H years' old. Col. Lee became ill last March I and went to Hot Springs, Va., to re- I gain his health. He lingered be- j tsveen life and death for days and I then rallied sufficiently to he I brought to Roanoke in a private car. Since June 'he and Mrs. Lee have j been visiting at Virginia College. At one time his recovery seemed prob able, but due to the condition of his ! health little hope was entertained [ during the past month. Heart trouble ] was given as the cause of his death, j Funeral services were held on Sat I unlay .morning in the Episcopal ] Church at Lexington and interment j was made in the Lee mausoleum at , Washington and Lee University. j Reside his widow he is survved by his mother and one brother. Dr. George Rolling Lee, of New York. His death leaves Dr. Lee as the only male descendant of the Confederate chieftain. COAL OUTPUT, Production of coal ? bituminous and antrocite ? for th? week ending Sept. 30 is estimated at about 11,. (>00,000 net tons by the Geological Survey in its weekly report. This was calculated to be suflicient to meet current consumption, though probably quite enough to allow storage for the future and at the same time, apply ail the winter re quirements of the northwester states whose ?diipments must jnove by way of Mi e (ireal Lakes water route before navigation closes. The week's anthracite production will amount to between I ,?S0D,00U and ] .000.000 tons, lite report said and t lie bituminous output will l>c from 0, (>00. 000 tons to 0,000.000 tons Production is scheduled ;il I he pres. cut time only to the limit placed upon it by transportation facilities at the coal lields. The output of the week was nearly a million Ions above th'e week I v production rate for 1021. INCOMES. Complete statistics of income for the calendar year 1020, ? made public by the Commissioner of Internal Hcvenue, show that 7, 250,011 indi_ viduals lilcd income tax returns, paying a total tax of -SI ,075,053, 08(> and that 303,233 corporations re ported net incomes taxed at *!,_ (125,23 1,013. Thirty.three individuals in the I'nited States paid t:i\es on incomes of $1,000,000 or more, nineteen pay. on si, 000,000 to $1,500,000. The best friend is he who tells > on kindly, though firmly, of your faults: not he who flatters you on yo?;r atliinmen' ??. HEW STAMPS. The first ?>f Uncle Sam's new postage stamps. the whole series of which i> being revised, went on sale this week, the Postofliee Depart, ment announced. It is a peacock i blue stamp of 1 1 .cents denomina- 1 lion and hears the portrait of lUitli. I erford 15. Hayes. The date of Oct.) Jlli was selected as con\nicmorating . the one luimlrcth anniversary of the former President's birth. The lirst ? to be sold was o 111* red for sale at Fremont, Ohio, liis home city. The new 3. cent lloosevelte stamp i will be available Ocoher **7t ?i. the birthday of Theodore llooscvell One reason for the selection of I'ooseveltc's portrait for the 3 cent stamp was the fact that this denomi. j nation is more widelx used on let. i ters to foreign countries, where the i former President's fame is believed to be perhaps more general than that of any of the American ex. Presidents. It is planned to place on sale the new 30. cent stamp with a picture of the Arlinton Amphi theatre kind the to, nib of the Un known Soldier on Armistice Day, November 11th.. In the new series the 13 cent stamp has been dropped and 14 .cent and 25_cent stamps have been added. The portraits and other devices for the entire new series have been finally decided on as follows: 1. cent Franklin; 2-ccnts Washington; 3. cent Lincoln; 4. cent Martha Washington; 5. cent Roosevelt; 0. cent Garfield; 7 .cent McKinley; S. cent Grant; O.cent .lefi'erson; 10. cent Monroe: 11. cent Hayes; 12. eet Cleveland; 14. cent Indian: 13. cent Statue of Liberty: 20. cent Yose mite; 23. cent Niagara; 33. cent Hull' alo; 30. cent. Arlington Amphi theatre; si Lincoln Memorial; s2. Capitol; $3 America. COAL INTERESTS MEET. Approximately 100 representa, | lives of the bituminous operators and miners from Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois. Pennsylvania and West Vir ginia .met in Cleveland this week to consider matters pertaining to the I coal industry which have been sub dued since the mine strike ended, and to make arrangements for a conference in next January. At this ti^me miners' wages for the coal year beginning April 1, 1023, are to be formulated. Another purpose of the ?conference will be to initiate an in vestigation of the industry concur rently with th'at to be carried on by I lie fact-finding commission to be appointed by President Harding. The conference Also, ,may recom mend representative union officials and operators for places on the President's coal commission. The hope has been expressed on both sides that the conference will reach some amicable understanding which will enable the, m to reach a wage agreement prior to next April and thus avoid another national coal strike. MALDEN HAS FIRE. Damage estimated at between $50,000 and $00,000, was eaused Monday when flames swept Main Street, Maiden, burning ton resi. I donees, three stores, a small building I used as an ofliee, and a vacant store j house. The postoffice, located in 'one of the stores, was also destroy. I ed. About 35 persons were made, | homeless by the lire. The blaze, ! 'which spread furiously from house | to house, was said to have original. I ed on he lirst lloor of the Odd Fol.l j lows' Hall, which was occupied !>> the l.eipsie general store. Mr. j L.-ipsie. i! was said, attempted to j light a gasoline lamp, when il ex.' pioded, throwing the inflammable hpiid to all parts of the room. The llaines continued until every lioue in the block had been wiped out. The (Charleston Fire l)cpart. < aenl arrived and checked the blaze j and prevened it from spreading to th'e next block. i WOMAN FOR SENATE. A nation. wide drive to place a i woman in the United States Senate ; is being launched by an organiza. j tion of women, ccording to slate, j nient by Mrs. Puttie HufTner Jacobs.] of Birmingham, Ala. Irrespective j of party affiliations, these women have set out lo assure th'e election of Mrs. Anna 1). Ollsen, of Minnesota to the t'pper House of Congress. They plan a national drive for funds for Mrs. Olcscn's campaign. Mrs. Olesen is centering her campaign for election against Senator Kellogg upon the incumbent Senator's vote for the seating of Senator Newberry. ; Following the line of least resis- 1 lance is what makes rivers an I men crooked. , POCAHONTAS MARBLE. There is sufficient marble in the} h'ills of Pocahontas county to sup. | ply the needs of the entire world 1 for generations to conic and the ! quality of the stone is uncqualcd in j any part of the ountry, according ; to the report of (ieorge (I. I'ndcr. hill, a famed geologist of Vermont j made to the owners t?f the land more | than 20 years ago. The deposit of marble at Ililis. ! horo. near Marlinton, rceentk came ; to puhlie attention through efforts of j Pocahontas county citizens t have j the capit-ol eonvnission construct the new state capitol with the na. ! live West Virginia stone. The West Virginia mai hie is within easy ac.j cess of railroads and it is divided i into two qualities. The geologist j said the "red and ,111:11*0011 marble are counterparts almost of the mar. | hie found in Hawkins county, Tenn. and in Swanton, Vt., both' valuable and much sought after." Speaking of the dove grey varieties, lie said they have 110 counterparts, adding that "this marble is at once chaste and rich and would find a ready ,niarket wherever beauty is appre ciated." Let us hope that the new State House may be buil of native stone ? and that \s'.one be Pocahontas Mar. Me. LIONS IN OHIO. Heport of a Big Four engineer and liremcn that they hail seen two lions just ahead of their train near Vic. tory, Ohio, spurred bands of villag ers to renew their hunt for the beasts, which ii'ave been reported in j that vicinty. The scene of I lie ani mals' latest appearance was two miles east of there on the W. W. Borden farm, everal miles from the spot where they were seen by Wil liam Wilkcrson. Hunting parties have reported linding several spots in tire woods where some large ani mals have slept, but there was 110th. to determine whether they were lions or some wandering far.ni stock I'nder :i large straw stack near the Wilkcrson farm hunters found j where some animal had tunneled I its way to the very center, and this j they believe indicates they have found the lair. It is near this stack I that cattle stampeded several nighis ago. a/id less than two miles from , where the beasts were first seen. GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION. Investigation of C. Fred Edwards' $(H>,000 primary election expense account was begun by the Cabell county grand jury after listening to a sweeping and drastic charge from I). E. Matthews, judge of common pleas court. The wealthy Hunting, ton mattress manufacturer, who ad. niitted extending at least that amount to gain the Republican noni ination for United States Senator in the August primary, is facing indict ments on at least two counts ? for having been delinquent in reporting h'is expenses to the Secretary of State as required by law, and for having exceeded the limit of *4,125 for the state as set by the corrupt practices act. Edwards, as a can. didate, ran fourth in the race; Howard Sutherland, incumbent, (be ing the nominee. The grand jurors were charged with making a thor ough and complete .inquiry by Judge Matthews. He declared that viola, lions of laws regulating activties of I candidates in elections were attacks upon the very fabric of American ! government. SAFETY FIRST, i In* teachers in elementary schools or West Virginia are rcipicst cm 1 l?\ Captain George M. Ford, Stale Superintendent, in letters sent out hist week. to iutciisifx the teaching of safely in the graded schools dm*, i 11 ^ the week of October S to I I. in. elusive, stressing particularly means to prevent accidents on highways. The Schools also arc asked by Superintendent Ford to observe lire prevention day on Monday, October !>. The subject of lire prevention al ready is being taught in the schools of West Virginia, while the week of October 8.14 is meant to emphasize safety. An invitation is again to bp extended to the elementary school teachers and pupils of West Virginia Superintendent Ford said, to par. ticipatc in the second annual na tion i safety campaign. OLDEST MASON PASSES AWAY. John Sterling, the oldest Mason in the I'nited States, died at his home at ClirisHcld. Maryland, Oct. 1st. lie was over !?."? years old. the lirst cashier of the Hank of Chris. Held, and then its president. P )M*t borrow ! Subscribe. LAYMEN AND PASTORS MEET. The joint meeting of the West Virginia Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church and the Lay. men's Association of the same bod\ was held last week as the close of the fourth day of the seventy .sixth annual conference heng held at Fair mont. The principal speaker was Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell. St. Paul, Minn. .who is presiding at the conference Bishop Mitchell gave a sermon on the subject. "The Triumphant Program of Methodism' in which he related the progress of the Church from its earliest period to the present day. The Laytucus Association convened on the 2*.)th for a ten days' session. This is the fifteenth animal meeting of the or. ganization. A conference was given to an anniversary service on the Women's Foreign Missionry Societ ies of the State. More than a half. million dollars were turned over to the treasurer at the iinal business meeting. This money came from ministers all over the State and included all benevo lent funds donated by congregations throughout the State. The money will be assigned to various mission ary societies as it was contributed for this purpose. DRAW VENIRE FOR TRIAL OF KEENEY. A panel of thirty. three veniremen from which will be selected thejury of twelve men who will sit in the trial of C. Frank Keeney, President of district No. 17. United Mine Work ers of America, with headquarters at Charleston, hjts been drawn by he jury commissioners of Jefferson county, at Cu'urles Town. The trial will commence October li.'i before Judge John Mitchell Woods at Charles Town. Keeney. head of the organized miners of West Virginia, is under indictment fr treason, conspiracy and accessory before the fact in the murder of three Logan county deputy sheriffs for his alleged direction of armed miners from Kiinawh'a and nearby counties on the 110:1. union fields of Logan and Min.v? a year ago. At torneys for the State announce he will be tried lirst in connection with the murder of the three Logan oflicers. The penalty is the same as that for murder. PROPOSED AMENDMENT. Complete conscription of the na tion's resources ? wealth and mater ial as well as man power ? in time of war, is embodied in a constitu tional amendment introduced in the Mouse by Ptcprescntative Boyal C. Johnson, of South Dakota. The pro. posed amendment, it is said, has the endorsement of President Harding and is also backed by the American Legion. The proposed amendment reads : "That in the event of a declara tion of war by the United States of America against any foreign gov. eminent, or other common enemy, the Congress shall provide for the conscription of every citzen, and of all money, industries and property of whatever nature, necessary to the prosecution thereof, and shall Limit the profits for the use of such moneys, industries and property." A YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. In Wood row Fckard, ten yi'iirs old, flu* Point Pleasant High' School has the youngest student of any in its class in West Virginia and it s probable the hoy is the youngest high school student in the I'nited Slates. Young Kckard rceeied his primary education in a country school nearby. He began his studies ;tl the age of four and despite his extreme youth stood almost coutinu ally at tiie head of his class. His general average last year was !M?. LAWYERS TO MEET, The West Virginia State liar As. .vociation will hold its annual meet, ing in the City of Huntington on Thursday and Friday, November Hi and 17 next. The State liar Associa. tion has not met in that city since HHI.X. Carney M. Layne. President of the Cabell County liar Associa. tion has announced the committees for this meeting, and Huntington is preparing to entertain the lawyers of the State in royal fashion. SOME OUTPUT OF CARS . Henry Ford stated recently that there are now 5,101) cars a day be ing turned out of his factories, and that this number is 200 below the dc/nand. The Ford factory is run. ning at full peed, and the machinery luring out its daily capacity. If there were not pet dogs in the world some men would have no home companion at all. WILL HAVE FOUR-H CLUBS. Nearly 300 teachers in West Vir ginia rural schools last year organ, jized Four.H Agricultural Clubs among the boys and girls in their schools, and thereby qualified to re_ > cuive the coupon of credit which 'entitled them to additional pay. This pay varied between .SI. 00 and $3.00 la month for what ever period the teacher worked with the club. The 'members of these school. clubs rep _ j resent from 2.000 to 3. 000 of the 12 000 boys and girls wh'o carried pro jects last year. This year nearly i double the number of teachers arc; [expected to qualify for coupons of | credit extra pay by starting clubs, in their schools. Much interest in | the club work this year has been 'shown by the teach'ers al the various J county institutes, in each of which the matter was presented and dis cussed. Many teachers have already notified the extension division of their determination to organize a live club among their pupils. Club members are from 10 to 18 years of age. A club must h'ave at least five members, and not less than this number must complete their project The 4-H's stand for Head, Hand, Heart and Health and club work emphasizes all four of them. PURCHASES BONDS. The redemption of more than three , million dollars of Virginia Debt Bonds at about 85 cents on the dollar, th'us effecting a great saving i for the State is announced by the State Treasurer, W. S. Johnson. Some of the bonds were purchased at low as 75 cents on the dollar. Th is and other information very creditable to the State is contained in the following statement by the Treasurer : I "The 1010 I.egislaurc provided for the issuance of ?13,500.00 3 1.2 per cent coupon bonds on payment of what is commonly kown as the Vir_ giia Debt. These bonds were dated January 1, 1010. The Treasurer is required to redeem by purchase or drawing S075.000 par value of these bonds each year, until 1030. l*p to the present time 1 have redeemed by purchase upon 1'ic market, *3,125.. ?100 par value of these bonds at a cost to the State of *2,058,879.20, or at approximately 85 cents on the dollar, thereby saving the State of | West Virginia 11 per cent upon the redemption of the foregoing amount or the sum of -S406.520.74. DRAWINC CLOSE. Tlit' flection is drawing near and it is time th'at all local candidates, be in the field and ;nnke a thorough campaign of the county. Be it re membered that the smallness of the Democratic majorities in (irce-i. brier county in recent years can bft attributed to the lack of activity on Ihe part of candidates and Demo crats in general. Our Republican friends in recent years have been working and Democrats h'ave been in. active. There is no excuse for not win ning a Democratic victory this fall. The people are tired of high taxes and the expense of local State (lov ernment and a logical campaign should be run in a way to win back what the party has lost in past years, and th'en to make good after election. This is not a year for in difference and inactivity on the part or Democrats but it is a year for the hardest work that has ever been done in the county for the party and for the people, (let to work now and stay at and on the job until the close of the polls on November the 7th. RADIO ACROSS ATLANTIC. Officials of radio station \Y. (). 15. at Newark. New Jersey Monday an nounced receipt of a wireless mes sage declaring that the voice of a woman singing and Ihe strains of an orchestra, that were broadcast from Newark in an attempt at trans. At lantic communication, had been heard in London. Officials at station \V. (). R. declare that this is the first time actual radio communication had been across theAtlantic. ARE YOU .REGISTERED? According to the registration laws registrars will sit in each voting precinct in the State on October 23 and 21 to correct their list and reg ister voters who have not been reg istered. The coining election will l>e an important and historic one. You will want to take pari in it. but cannot vote if you arc not registered Remember the dates, October 2'frd and 21th and see that you are prop erly registered so that you will not be disappointed on election day. Don't borrow! Subscribe.