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iTaoEa-HOME rit OTrlntlntr' and' :J?ublishing " i^flft'lMr^Assoclated /PreM.'. r^BL-ICATION OFFICE ^S^Monro? Street. ^TELEPHONES ajf/;68-R - Consolidated 97 Sred;at the Postofflcci at Fairmont, rl~V'Virginia, as second-class mat ?8UB8CRIPTION RATE8 Jj,%Dellverod by Carrier Daily^one month, payable month ly r >|_g? # v... $ .45 By Mall Dafiyl^bne. month 40 "llly,^four months 1.0a illy, - six months 1.00 illy, one year 3.00 I^pubRcriptions payablo In advance. ben asking for change in nddreoa -^e^old aa well as new address. j - ' ^ere i8~a.fortune awaiting the man yffo iwiU;invent a toy that will take tho place bf a doll in the heart of a child. *?? ??yi'-r ? e'.average man works eight hours, Bleeps elght hours, and spends the bal cofot the time looking for an ash ^JJKe>man a woman really loves is the one-some other woman wants. -?&*r ' Buck Kllby was discussing his friend, jfejijOlum. "He is tho sort of a fol lowjV, said Buck, "who considers It ail escapade to be shaved by a lady bar gjpjgk., I atred is that fine feeling which sisters-in-law have for each other. ' ~ ? ?giv'^'town booster is a man who lias f 'real estate to selL ? i The loneliest woman is the one ?whose'chUdren have married and mov ?Sd to'another town. SHoughiy speaking, tho unemployed ia^tbe'divided into two classes?aiim ite'iir and professional. jr'the time a baby passes through jiban'ds of three women it has been It&Srouglily protected from the cold probabilities are that it will tgmotttei^toTSeatffi - a>plan to sell and charge for gas ^ ie^consumer not according to tho ?SpjcMpotfbut' according to the actual ^^gmits that go .through should pass, ~here would the gas companies obtain ?revenue? |[^WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR. QASPARRI. j[j?wlinal P.. Gasparri, the secre tary of state of Pope Benedict XV, is ^confidently expected to play a promi nent; part in bringing order out of the European chaos. It is the supreme bltion'of the new pontiff to bring lao-w^ir-to a speedy end, and it was ^th"ffiis object in view that he so lectedffCardinal Gasparri for the im portant .post of papal secretary of Cardinal Gasparri is of peas '"ItSqngln, and was born 62 years ago j|the|yillage of Capovallazza di Us aJjinjUmbria. In his youth ho stood id of the students and his ^exceptional ability was recognizod by appointment to tiie pontifical sera 9|aJ'Rome." Graduating with iiigli ttonors^Se entered the priesthood, and while Still very young was made pro fessor of theology at the seminary nmMMmite' secretary to Cardinal Mar E'teiK^i:'little later ho was appointod [th$'6chatr ot canon law In the L'r n "college of the Propaganda Fidel, ?'randjafterward taught canon law In Mg-jCathollc Institute at Paris. For nearly a score of years he lived In ^Piiiteivjiand made many friends, even nong the free thinking officials of tfiefreSubllc. In 1888 he returned to Rome, "where he received from Leo BBPtemei titular archbishopric ot Ces then spent three years in ?outh j America as aspotolic delegate JjE^uador, Peru and Bolivia. In 1007 SeVwaS; given the rod hat of the Sac ^ecbfColiege and appointed secretary S?t|i?e<commls8ion for the codification )t canon law. Wai: ' . || SOME TIME Tou will need?? ,A;Doctor? ^Prescription Filled? "A" Good Drug Store? _ d Careful Compound .V.c- - ? " V* 1 ? ' ' Then Remember? Pwt.We ?Await Your Orders "fd^ill Faithfully mm The Truth About Jude Johnson. ' There la no truth in the report that jude Johnson lias gone across tho waters to enlist. He has gone across the bridge for ia. drink.?Atchison Globe. ' Mexico's Consolation. Things might be worse for Mexico. It has no Vice President.?Cleveland Leader. The Up-to-Date Daughter. "Do you mind if I close the door, mother? I hate to see you work."? Life. Someone Has Said "What Is Punch?" "Punch"., Is vim vitalized. It Is vigor with a voltage behind it. It Is "pepper" coupled to "push." It is power, personality, persistency and pugnacity done up In the same pack age. "Punch" Is the child of ambition and the father of success. "Punch" Is just plain, every day "horse sense" with a "kick" in It. ?' | TODAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. By O. Terence. PRESIDENT WILSON, 58 TODAY IS TYPICAL "CAPRICORN MAN." President Woodrow Wilson will pass his 5Sth milestone today, having been bom at Staunton, Va., December 28, 1S5G. He was the son of a clergy man, and was christened Thomas Woodrow, tho lntter having been tho maiden Jiamo of his mother. While few intelligent people nowadays have any respect for astrology, it will bo generally admitted, even by the Pres ident's political enemies, that he is a typical example of the "Capricorn Man," and possesses nearly all of the good qualities attributed by astrolo gers to men born under thl3 sign. Inspiration and absorption, and de votion to duty, as declared to be among tho higher atributes of men born during llio period ruled by Cap ricorn, tho sea goat. They are de scribed as high minded, self confident, deep thinkers and good teachers, and are likely to seek distinction in the political world. "They are public spirited, independent, born loaders, with the executive temperament, and hold high Ideals," says one astrologer. "They are natural leaders In under takings of great moment. They ro sent interference, and never meddle with the affairs of others. They are kindhearted, but undemonstrative, loy al but secretive. They are often im patient with details." Judging by precedent, President Wilson's birth month was auspicious, as thrco chief magistrates of tho re public have been born in December. Tho last three and the first four months of tho year include the birth days of all but three of tho Presidents of the United States. Two were born In January, three in February and four in March and April. May and June are apparently unlucky months for Americans with high liolitlcal am bitions, as not a President has been born in those months. July, August and September each include the birth day of one President. October had four, November four and December three. The twenty-ninth, is the most auspicious day of the month, with three Presidents born on that date. Two each were born on the fifth, the fifteenth, the twenty-third, the twen ty-seventh and the twenty-eighth days of various months. Not a single Pres ident of the United States has ever been born on either the first or last day of a month. A fourth of all tho Presidents have been born on tho twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth. a today we celebrate. ?X"X-*XK-vvv'X**>*x*'>,XMX'*x*-t**i*vv CHILDERMAS LONG CONSIDERED UNLUCKIEST DAY OF THE YEAR This is tlio unluckiest day of the year, according to a superstition hold for centuries by Englishmen, and not yet quite extinct in some rural dis tricts of Groat Britain. The explana tion of this belief is to he found in tho fact that tsc twonty-clgoth of Docem Ijor is Holy Innocents' Day, or, as it is called In England, Childermas, wnicii commemorates the slaughter of the nialo children ot Bethlehem by ordei of King Herod. The pious belief as ro the unfortunate nature of the day still persists In some remote parts of Corn wall, and probably not a few Cornlsh raen in tho British army?although among llie bravest of tho brave?will 1)<! affllotod with grave mlBgivings to day. Childermas is one of the Roman Catholic anniversaries which were re tained in tho ritual of the Anglican church at tho Reformation. Until com paratively recent times the belief in the unlucky character of the day was almost general In England, and many Americans can recall tho time when the fear of untoward ovonts on this day was entertained by their grand mothers. In those days nobody would begin any work on Childermas, and a majority of laboring men would not follow their regular occupations, if at all hazardous. Housewives would not wash clothes or scrub on that day, holding that exposure to cool air or water on Childermas was certain to "give them their death of colds." Nor was the acceptance of the in auspicious nature of tho day com memorating Herod's atrocity confined to the poor and Ignorant The nobil ity,^-eyen'fho royalty, shared.this fear. It is related that the ministers of Bdr ward IV.. who apparently wereJack jtba^onw^ifaj coronation on the 28th ove song 1 bare seerL' tfieydewflropfdrngtiig ; To the roM*Ju^;newlysfborn. Hut a sweeter song: has', cheered -me At the evening's" genUe' close. And I've seen an eye still brighter Than the dewdrop on the.rose; 'Twas thy voice, my gentle, Mary, And thine artless winning, smile That made this world an Eden, Bonnie Mary of Argyle. Tho 'thy volco may lose its sweetness And thine eye its vrightnesa, too, Tho' thy step may lack its fleetnesa And thy hair Its sunny hue; Still to me wilt thou be dearer Than all the world shall own; I have loved thee for thy beauty, But not for that alone; I have watched thy heart, dear Mary, And its goodness was the wile That has made thee mine forever, Bonnie Mary of Argyle. ?Selected. \ of December. The King, when so in formed, l>ecame highly indignant, and Immediately ordered the day changed to the 2Sth, accusing his courtiers of seeking to bring about his ruin and disaster to his reign. Twentieth century children are to be congratulated that another old cus tom connected with Childermas has passed into oblivion. It was long th-> practice, In all parts of Europe, to awaken the youngsters on Christmas morning by administering the lash to the spot where It would do the most good. The severity of the punishment depended upon tho mercy or absence (it it of the father, who was supposed to administer the flogging. In the sev enteenth century a man was tried in England for beating one of his children so soverely on Childermas that the voungster succumbed to tho Injuries. The cruel father was sentenced to re ceive a flogging?and that, too, in a day when many crimes were thought to merit tho .death penalty. In France this custom degenerated into Indescrlable orgies, which are duly set forth In such works as the ' Heptameron." In England tho prac tice of whipping tho youngsters, "that llio memorie of Herod's murder of the Innocents might stick the closer, and lii a moderato proportion to act over I lie cruelties again in kinde," gradually declined, and where it is still observed it has become a mere frolic, In which the parents take no part. It Is the ambition of each youngster of a Tam il} of ch.<!dren to be the first awake on Childermas, as that is supposed to give him the right to awaken the "sleepy-heads" by a sound paddling. The writer can recall when this prac tice was followed on this side of the Atlantic?and perhaps it is yet. FIRST THINGS. The first percussion lock for fire arms was Invented and patented in 1807 by tlie Hov. Alexander J. For s.vthe, a CcottiBh clergyman, who was born 146 years ago today, December 28, 17GS. Firearms were first made in Italy In the 14th century, and were employed In war by the Burgundlans at Arras just Ave centudies ago in 1414. These first small arms were really small cannon, and wore borno by two men. In 1741 Edward IV liad 300 Flemings armede with hand guns In his army, and a lttle later tho Swiss armed 10,000 men with arquebuses. The musket was employed In the urmy of Emperor .Charles V early in the sixteenth contury. Theso rude firearms were at first discharged by tho application of a flaming torch. Aliout 1517 the wheel-lock metlioa came into use, and afterward the flint was used from 1692 -until the Scottish clergyman invente dthe percussion principle of Igniting gunpowder in muskets by means of detonatlg pow der. The flintlock guns were used by all the European armies during the early period of the Napoleonic wars, and only a few guns embodying Forsytlie's invention wore in uso a contury ago. Percussion caps were first generally used about 1S2d. Since then firearms have undergouo many Improvements, and the rlfio of ten years ago is now hopelessly out ot date for military use. Just Smiles And Now You Know. There was little Josephine with her violin. When she cuddled the fiddle up under her title fair head and tickled the strings with an unerring bow?then eye and ear, and heart, of every auditor filled to surfeit, and the weary cark and care of all your days was forgotten. How does she play! Well, you hunt up tho fairest painted picture of St. Cece lia that you ever saw, then close your eyes and picture the sort ot music in your Imagination that would fit the pic ture. Then you will understand how little Joseph Ino Karyl plays the violin ?almost.?Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Tangoing "In His Name." A-meeting ot In His Name Circle of King's Daughters was held at the borne of Miss Katherine Donaldson, of 1113 Twenty-first street, Rock Island, whoii plans were made for a tango to be given Jan. 23, at the Masonic Hall. State Editors The suggestion that the next legis lature create the office of State San-! itary Engineer may not'^be .bad in the ? abstract,*but.until|&e|flimm:<\-i l?.- ? (022503.1 ? ;^'4i ?333^ ' ^ A i $??Sg!fflB. toxM?on and^rawr. ?.? Something doing in the newspaper circles this weeis, and another change is announced ~ Captain John'L. Mason, artistic jug gler of words, of jeweled sentences, of pungent paragraphs and musical sound or English floating across a iiarp of r>. thousand strings; and L. A. Fraser, nestor of the "profesh," once terror of the political bull pen, some times possessor* of orjiate whiskers and a conviv&lity that would lure our guardian angels from prayer meet ing to the tangoed halls of mirth, have secured control of the Miners Herald at Montgomery.?Pochahontas Inde pendent That reduction in the cost of our living which was promised us in 1912 lias not yet arrived. The Argus oaiil in 1912 that as sure as the Democra ! tic party was successful, just that sure would the people be of having the cost of living cut down. On with the reduction. Let joy be unconflned! ?Preston County Journal. ? 1 The Fairmont West Virginian says that President Wilson, in his aspira tion for a second term, faces two great dangers?Secretary Bryan and tho Re publican party. Mr. Bryan Is by no means the menace that some people seem to believe. Not that he is not a menace. His own candidacy will not menace the President's renomination. But. his course as Secretary of State, and his ready tongue, will tend to make the Republican party a greater danger than It would be otherwise. But the President fears only the last named of the twn dangers.?Huntington Herald Dispatch. . .jS-j.. . Rear Admiral Bryan of the dry flying squadron is in favor of prohibition?la spots.?Huntington Herald-Dispatch. Best Stories. Starting the Day Wrong. Thore was gloom on the. face of the New England fanner. "What's the matter, Elijah?" asked, his nearest neighbor. "Flapjacks glv-' en out over to your house?" "Worse'n that," said Elijah. "You ? know, 'twasn't apple year, and wlf>: soys we can't have any more apple, pie for breakfast." "Can't you make out if you have ap ple pie noon and night?" "I can, becauso I've got to," said Elijah, "but, I tell you, it upsets mo, starting the day wrong like that." I ? Fastidious Shopping. A butcher In a "nice part", of a town tells of the curious whims of some of his well to do patrons. One of them, It appears, rushod Into his shop just about closing time and exclaimed: "My husband desired that I should come in this afternoon and ordoi somo special English chops, and I've been so busy until now I haven't had the time. Now I shall be com pelle dto carry them. And couldn't you please have them wrapped up so that they will look like a book?" Officers Hunt Murder Clue COUNTY AUTHORITIES GO TO EN TERPRISE IN SEARCH OF INFORMATION. This nfternoon Prosecuting Attor ney, Sheriff Conaway, Deputy Sheriff Thomas V. Buckley and Constable W. H. Itlggs went to Enterprise and other places to secure more evidence against the men who have perpetrated one of tlio worst crimes In the annals of Marlon county. Shoe.? were taken along and meas urements . of trackB will be mode by the officers. It is also expected that when they return they will be in pos session of more literature that will throw llfiht on some of the workings of tile society. Every way the officers seem to turn there is a new phase to the case and ns the inquiry into the case developB thero are new things unfolded. The inquest was to have started this morning but an adjournment was taken until 1:30 this afternoon and at that time an adjournment was taken subject to the call of Coroner Lloyd. It Is likely that when the officers return tonight that there will bo suffi cient development in the case so that there may be no more delay in the Inquest. There will be further translations of letters made and the translation cf the bylaws of the organization will be finished. The book contains about PO pages and in the way that it is printed considerable time is required to make the translations. However, much headway has been made in this part of the work and it Is the Intent tlon that no time shall be lost In com pleting this Important part of the work. i ? Different stories are still afloat but these are being gifted and the entire situation will be such in a short time that the real sifting process can be ~ .started" The county is 'bending every energy to fathom the mysteryi-tbat f-urrounds the crime and they are al affair. WHAT GREAT NAPOLEON SAID 8hould Tax Vice* Instead of Property. In a Rich, Prosperous Community Taxes Are No Burden?In a Com munity Wher# the Local Town Is Dead Taxes Are High. [Copyrighted, 1914. by Thomas J. Sullivan,] Taxing Is an easy business. Any new official can contrive new Imposi tions, any bungler can add to the old, but Is it altogether wise to bave no otber bounds to your impositions tban the patience of those who are to bear them V What a benefit tbo government would render tbe state, the city, tiie village and hamlet It It would but tax vices Instead of property! Bonaparte said be found vices very profitable. Do got $5,000,000 annually from tbe lovers of brandy, and be wanted to know what -virtue would pay lilm timt mucb. .... Taxes I ncreating Each Ye,r* Taxes are the sinews of the state, and they are Indeed heavy. lniii hv the government were the only ones 'efhafto pay we might more easily discharge them, but we.have others, and much more grievous to 8 We am taxed twice as much by our ignorance. three times as much by our disloyalty and four times as mtjcb by our folly, and from these taxeB tho commissioners cannot ease or deliver ur bv allowing: an abutcmenc The state, county and town levy and exact a certain tax from every piece of property locnted within their bound aries t ie amount depending npon the Si requirements. In a rich pro* Derous community, where marketng and manufacturing lend their stlmuha ing influences, tales are low. A com munlty where the local town la dead taxes necessarily nre high. The explanation Is easy. Tb? * . Wl"Cl; 1 TiT^e -d vXte SoTusTgJs; It has manufacturing ! plants and industrial enterprises " great worth: it has ncwspapers bnnk trw houies and hotels, and. above all. t is a marketing center. The large amount and the high value placed upon this property materially decrease the tax demands made upon the farmer la that vicinity. Street. Paved With Jlmson Weeds. Then take the other town, the (lend town Wh(t are the cause-and effect' The cause 1b Isck of patronage, lack of j-rSSSSfe interests. Phe enecL. ^ ^ 8trPi.ui become a Jay town. h?. itrown jlmson weeds, the side walks Unve gone to decay, the stores Tre vacant, and an air of poverty and ^v^nlOTrh?veWdMreased. and alto gether It Is an undesirable place to live In, and the disposition ot such property Ja'an impossible feat As we stand and survey the rnlns ot a once prosperous and promising e ty we wJto the once successful retail merchant, now standing in the door of bis empty store, and ask for the tlons, and this Is the result On the Altar of Greed. Tl,ey sacrificed their own interests and thdr own town on the altar of ffreed unci misunderstanding. Cn nner should easily compr^ sKs-rss'rr; remains nothing to be taxed but the be^f ound ?aBEi veTit un I ly\b??"nrmer "will have M pav the taxes. This merchant formerly paid, and If the farmer con tinues throwing his patronage to ou side concerns be will continue to ^cc local values and Increase his Reflect Too Little. Some farmers read too much and re They make of their heads cold storage warehouses for other peoples| idea, lnstend of stnnding up in their own sassi ja SS srarvs f with Its stomach full of shot. What do the malt order houses do fo?. farmer? Do they relieve him of any of his tax burdens? No, they lust relieve him of his money. It is a case of representation without taxa tion, and we fear in time this manner and method of doing business wlU canse a revolution among tte pro ducers and consumers will eclipse the American Revolution. We wonid suggest to the mail order catttogiie houswi that they shear, not ?kin, their sheep. 7? assisting in making the tranala tions ot the letterB and the secret work lost bet but First National Barvl OF FAIRMONT Always must be considered. Our prices are raaioni line of Suits and Overcoats. P.ay'us a call.^ Wo;iri: "That Totally Different Shop. Tailor, Clothier and Furnisher . . 10 . ' jfllnC liHk THE TOLL,S)F# THE YEAR B JHHi . e t .. A ^ the old year closes Wisp*' J - J ? ."?> ? ? and the new^^yeitt H9 begins?where do you stand? Havo^ jou progressed? Are you no better off- now than you were twelve months ago? Tt ?' If not, its time you resolved to DO eomethin^^u^ stead of NOT to do something. Why not begixi'to Better Yourself Financially by the Time Next Year Comes Around aj 111 i ?? Your "New Leaf* this year should be headed with a determined resolution to save. . _ Proper saving for syatem and safety demands banking, IPIsit ire ready to aire roa the kindof banking irrTirjijgnnfptff LITTLE BOBBIE'S PAj By William F. Kirk | There was a Kipling Club up to the j liou3e the other nite, & a Browning Club & -Missus Browning Club. 1 never seen so many ladles In my life, j Thay wan all glad to see Ma, but they dident seem to cair much about seeing Pa, beekaus moast of thom had been to the house 'beefoar, & they had heard Pa talking about lady clubs. Pa calm Into the parlor, Jest the taim as If he had been asked in, & when Ma started to interduce him he jest laffed & sed Newer mind the naims, gurls, doant try explaining tliem, beekaus your trends know that you have good nalms & your enemys doant need any explanashuns. We shall now talk up Kikllng, sed Pa. Beefoar the ladles of the club gits started too fancy, I will myself reesite h littel poom which was onst rote by Kikllng. It Is called Gunga Din, sed Pa, & this is how one of the verses gees: So I'll meet him later on In sum new placo he has gone At th.i moment when they think his home he's in; He'll be squatting down at Joel's buy ing rum for thirsty souls. And I'll spear a drink myself from Gunga Din. Well, ladles of the Kipling Club, sed Pa, how do you like it as far as it has went? We doant like it at all, sed the Indies of tho Kipling Clup, wo are hero to tell about the reel things Mister Kikllng has rote, not the foolish par odys that his male admirers wants to malk tip won they cum hoam & in trude on our little cirkel. But I dident Intend to intrude on yure llttol cirkel, sed Pa. X was going to talk llttol Bobble & tho dog out for a nice long stroll, wen along calm frend wife & insisted that I stay & time a colossal "bluff" on the part of Leo Levison, the hustling manager of the World Film Corporation, Pitts burgh, Pa. When Mr. Frank. C. Mc Cray, of Fairmont, West Va., was In (he World office and refused absolute ly to be tied up with a World contract Mr. Levlson then offered to wager hlin a good suit of clothes that be wohld s'gn up before the expiration of six montb<<. Last Saturday the contract arrived at the World office by mall. Levison's challenge, which covered a period of six months, was taken up In as many weeks. The contract totals J.7,800 and the Messrs. Shubert-Brady. Liebler-Paul Armstrong-Blaney-Owen Davis and the other great producers cf th? "Great White Way" pictures will be shown In the Colonial Thea tre Co., Inc. The World Film Features consist of Mich great successes as Robert War wick In "The Dollar Mark;" Emma Dunn/ In "Mother;" Tom Wise In "A Gentleman from Mississippi;" "The Man of the Hour;" "America,"" the great New Tork Hippodrome produc tion. "The Wishing Ring;" "One of Millions;". Clara Kimball Young In "Lola';" WUton Lackaye in "The Ptt ;r\ "Alias-Jimmy Valentine;" "The Rena grade;" "The Deep Purple'! and^The Daughter of Heaven," a production ?x 1250,000 t" "A? ?"*- ? " Ifitin, Pittsburgh, Pa. Family of Ep Burn in C ?. '?' Bt AssoniTKD PaiSp WINTERHAVEN, Flafi Alvey, his wifo andUir burned to death early destroyed their home 0 By Associated [Pre WASHINGTON'^ Villa's forcesihiire': tacks ontBtiwu^ have concentrated; seaport of Tujcpfi? progress today,^ac to the state dewurfi Left-Wort -?j Mrs. Arthur Rob the guest of her \ Nuzum, tor severa urday nlght^torf?S her airat^MrsXlffl ly of ttlsSStyM there