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?ri&U?*'?V*?J>?'led into
anoth'T trap of this kind? Wo hope
not. We know-what we are talking
c.bo-it when we say that no promise
ur agreement that might be made will
b? lived up to If by any dirty political
trick it can be evaded.
The way to compromise is to get
right and go ahead. The following
will bo overwhelming. Why not let
the people of. Fairmont hjive what
they want, at least once, and see if it
will not be better for the city and all
its people and all its business inter- ]
?i?ts.
HEE HAW 1
Governor Colquitt, of Texas, took
two columns of the Cincinnati Sunday
Enquirer to write himself down as an
ass, an incxcusablc waste of time and
space, as everybody .already knew It.
?Harkersburg Sentinel.
According to tho Sentinel's views
the governor Is the symbol of the
Democratic party, but It is seldom
that an ass brays as intelligently as
Gov. Colquitt. The governor is evi
dently replying to the bee haw! tho
Democratic party Is giving the peo-|
pie.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC TRICK.|
Mr. Shaver, it is reported lias told
some of the cltlssons of Bnrnesvllle
tlint bo will attoinpt to got Barnes
vlllo cut iooao from tho City of Fair
mont if tlioy will circulato and pre
sent a petition asking that tills bo
done.
Mr. Shaver will liavo Just three
votes for such a plan In the legisla
ture, himself and Ills two stamp col
leagues. . If the people of Barnesville
ere seoklng relief we artvis tnem to
Ir.ko th mattrr up with Republicans
who have a very handsome majority
In both brandies of the legislature.
Mr. Shaver knows he can get no
measure passed by the legislature,
l?ut he would liko to make It npp^av
that bo Is trying to do something for
riarucsville and put the blame for bis
failure upon the Ropubllcan party.
The people-of Barnesville are not
"Chumps" they are poople of intelli
gence enough to see through Mr. Cha
ver's little political trick. Wo know
this because of them having told us.
Bowaro of entangling alliances with
Democratic politicians is our warning
to the people of Barnesville and the
City of Fairmont. We have had our
experience with that In the present
city charter, they will neither bze fair
nor stand by any promises or agree
ment they make. They promised a
strictly non-partisan c hartor when
they had the balance of power in tho
senate and substituted a rank farce,
in violation of the plain provisions 01
the charter, and with the gull knowl
edge that they were violating a sol
emn agreement that tliey had no In
tention of living up to when they
made it.
J What Barnesville and Fairmont
needs Is some Intelligent leadership
to lead them out of bondago, and we
believe the Rpubllcans of Fairmont
can furnish the plans and specifica
tions for wholesome relief.
WAR EXPENSES OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Secretary McAdoo estimates the or
dinary receipts of the government for
the current fiscal year, beginning last
July as 220 millions from the tariff,
305 millions from Internal, revenue. 40
millions from the corporation Income
tax ami 54 millions from the new
emergency war tuxes, making 728
millions In all.
Hut tho Interesting feature of the
ostlniates of the Secretary of the
Troasury is the classification of the
For civil establishment . ,$1S9,000.000
For tho war department .. ICS,000.000
For the navy department.. 140,000,000
For the Indian service .... 21,OOO.OSO
For pensions 109,000,000
For Interest public debt .. 23,000,000
Total ordinary dis
bursements.. ; $710,000,000
Every one of the Items In the above
table, with two exceptions, relates
to expenditures on account of war
mid not of peace. It Is a remarkable
statement, considering that this na
tion is beyond all others a peace lov
ing and peace keeping nation. The
'Dulled States costs, according to the
above table, but 180 millions, while
the war department alone costs 168
/millions, tho navy 140 millions and
pensions 1G0 millions.
From these comparisons It appears
where nations are to get the money
that In centurios to" come will be de
manded to satisfy the requirements of
a liberal, up-to-date government which
looks after public health and sanita
tion, education, recreation, conserva
tion and all the other 20th and 21st
century things that will be called for.
It must get these enormous funds
by cutting off war and its disastrous
ravages on the public treasury.
Tho objoction to most of the con
versation is that one Is compelled to
listen to it.
A smart man is one who can hold a
political offlco and keep out of debt
while doing It /
ThesHteracy test Is one of tho un
important 'things. The fact, that u
rnnrl Ti'nr write great
ical instrument is that anybody can
start H.
A girl doesn't want td be support
ed In the style to which she Is accus
tomed. She wants to be. supported tu
the style to -which she believes her
self to be entitled.
The rule in our town is that no wid
ower shall marry a second wife who
la younger than his eldest [laughter.
but U is one that is difficult to en
force.
The reason a man Is considered'
handsome is that nobody ever scos
him in bis nightshirt.
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The industrious man has his points, j
hut he seldom is as entertaining as
the loafer.
devil, vou will only share his broth.
If the new charter now being pre
pared for Fairmont is passed it will |
require and Insure a lawful registra
tion of voters.
The new Fairmont charter will abol
ish the Big Four "and the big salaries.
ELECTION safeguards.
The new charter for Fairmont will
provide a complete system of election
laws, registration of voters and cor
rupt practices act, framed to meet lo
cal conditions, it will provide against
fraud by allowing any political part)
! to have watchers on the inside of elec
tion rooms. It will screen the elecUon
rooms and will prevent election " -
cers from going outside or maklufe
any sign to workers on the outshle
telling how any voter voted. It will
I establish a hundred foot^limit wlthlu
which no voters or workers will be
permitted to loiter. It will make Itj.
penalty with a heavy line for the clot
Hon officers to not enforce this pru
Vilt?win require all voters, just as the
Ohio election laws provide, to go Into
the booth alone and (ill out his ticket
without' assistance unless it is appar
ent to the election commissioners that
the voter Ib physically unablo from
blindness, paralysis, old age or some
other physical disability to fill out hi. j
ticket, and 110 help Will be permitted
or any other reason. It will prov Ue!
that If'a charge of illegal registration
Is made an dthat the officer Is unable
to serve a summons or And the voter,
tlmt after publication of notice It will |
be taken as prima facie evlden?o that
such voter is not a resident of the pre
cinct In -which he Is registered and lis
name will be stricken from tho list.
It will make it an offense for any can
did" spend over nfty do ars n
any city election. It will 0,'lir
contributions from individuals to ?1 .
It will make it an offense for
atlons to contribute to campaign fumH
In ?he city. It will make it unlaw?
for any persons or committees to so
licit and disburse any slush fund with
out making a report of the same In
writing under oath.
in other words. It will insure a fair
election by the registered voters ho
are actually entitled to vote Does
anybody who wants a fal relcction 0
jeet to any such provisions?
You will find a few more extended
remarks on the first page . Turn over.
AN UNBIASED BOARD.
The new charter will provide that
elections ho held by a board of elec
tion supervisors, no more
whom shall belong to any onepoll1
cnl party. These men will do what tlie
county court does in county elect ons
appoint election officers, registrars,
and canvas the returns. The BPP?"^
ments to be made upon reco?"J?'",a"y
ons of the commitees as provided y
la7t will provide that any committee
or fifty citizens may by petition have
any alleged violations or the election
laws Investigated by the Judge of the
c^cult court and that if the grand
jury falls to Indict and the citizens he
lleve that sufficient evidence has
been produced to make an indictment
that on petition of 100 citizens the
judgo of the circuit court shall empan
nell a special grand Jury in open1 court
to make the investigation and it also
will provide that the petitioners may
employ a special prosecutor to pros
ecute such cases, clothed with all tin.
authority that the prosecuting attor
ney of the county has. in other words
it will insure a fair, unbought election.
Doosand good citizen, either Demo
crat or Republican, or member of any
other party who wants to put an on,l
to corrupt election practices object
to these safeguards?
Why should officers sit as a can
vassing board to act on their own-elec
tion. It is wrong. .
| That sunny-eyed, rosy-cheeked jfigw)
With a sweet dimpled chin,
That looki roguish'at. ?In,
With always m smile as you pass.
i s ? ?
Chorus
Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty,
My own sweet Kitty Clyde,
In a sly little nook
By the babbling brook,
Lives my own sweet Kitty Clyde.
With a basket to put in her fish,
Every morning with line and a hook,
. This sweet little lass,
Through the tall, heavy graBS,
Steals along by the clear running
brook.
She throws her line into the stream.
And trlp3 along the brook side.
Oh! how I wish that I were a fish
To be caught by sweet Kitty Clyde.
How I wish that 1 were a bee.
I'd not gather honey from flowers;
* But would steal a sip
Prom Kitty's sweet Hp
And make my own hive in her bowera.
Or it I were some little bird
I would not build nests in the air;
Hut keep close by the side of sweet I
Kitty Clyde
And sleep In her soft, silken hair.
cl second-lieutenant wTien the Franco
Prussian war broke out. After that
h? served on ships In South America,
West Indies and European waters,
and In 1879 was made the command
er of a ship, the Zieten. By 1SS5 lid
was commander of a flotilla, and ten
years later lie reached the rank of
rear-admiral. His elevation to the
post of secretary of state to the ad
miralty came in 1898. Since then ho
has been not only the foremost figure
In the Imperial German navy, but it
might almost be said that he has been
the creator of that navy?with some
slight financial assistance from the
German taxpayers. The Idea of con
testing Brltanla'j rule of the waves
was originally Tirpitz's conception. It
appealed to his Imperial master, bur
the Kaiser gave von Tirpit* a free
hand in working out the plans he had
originated. Personally von Tlrpltz Is
a commanding figure of a man, stand
ing over six feet in his hosiery. He
wears a forked beard somewhat like
that afTected by Daddy Neptune. He
Is a walking encyclopedia on novat
matters, and it has been declared that
he knows the name, tonnage, arma
ment, displacement and date of build
ing of every warship, not only In his
own navy, but in every navy of the
world.
State Editors
Tile bell on St. John's Episcopal
church will soon ring out a message
sweeter lhan any cathedral chimes.
The minister will wear no funeral ex
pression, and will be all smiles. The
cigan will forget its sacrod hymns
and swell and ring with a wedding
march. The pews will laugh with Jov
unconflned. The "ministering angels,"
which the good Book tells us of,
j though they will "be Invisible to the
human eye but to the spiritual eye
(Mscernable, for only a thin veil hangs,
I between, will parade the aisles with
tianklconso and myrrh. And Dan
Cupid, monarch of tha world; builder
of graveyards; creator of heavens;
architect of empires and republics;
and wrecker of thrones and Impeach
er of presidents; of wand of magic
and bludgeon of annihilation, will sit
there behind the pulpit, and above
(lie people, and no one will know
from whence he comes or whither he
goeth; but every living soul tip-toes
with expectations, innocent us the
moth that flutters against the flame,
and ready when Cupid beckons
"Come," to rush and plunge through
failure, fire and flood to reach the Al
tar of Love.
Luke McLuke
(From Cincinnati Enquirer,)
The law recognizes the husband
as the h^ad of the household. But
what does a woman know about law?
There are a whole lot of people who
Impress you with .the Idea that they:
do not know what they are talking
about, and tlic blorltl and blazes evan
gelist heads the list.
When you see a married woman
sewing on mysterious articles in
April you can bet that she Isn't mak
ing Christmas presents.
A woman can get a man six ash
receivers and three cuspldores and
place them around him when he is
smoking. And all the asheB that don't
stick to hlB pants will be found on the
floor.
One half the world wonders how
the other half digs up' enough coin to
own automobiles. 1.
, -The other day , James Peacock
brought a bucket of eggs tqUown to.
eeU, .and ;,yhlie^|^rarjgett(iig warm
tai , ?~77~r,
She has moved in , Glasgow s most
.haugtity society- and. has been wel
'cooe'd with that warmth only ex
'tended to the "fin de slecle." She pos
sesses In a most superlative degree
those charms ascribed to woman anil
has been fortunate In finding an af
finity In her chosen lord.?Glasgow
(Mont) Courier..
Should Have Illustrated It With Wash
Drawings.
Mrs. Ellis gave an illustrated talk
on "Baths and Bathing."?Valparaiso
(Ind.) Vidette,
Some Jack Spratts Can't Bear Those j
Spats.
'Cause I wear spats upon my feet,
My Davie says I'm indiscreet;
"Pray can that fashion!" he de-j
mands;
Thus I have spats upon my hands.
Roasted parrots are a good emer
gency diet." writes T. R., "when they
are not tough." But from the lan
guage of parrots they're all a tough
bunch.
A striking figure of speech?a dollar J
a word.
The Christmas Use of Cotton.
A bale of cotton brother buys
For whiskers?to look old and wise,
A sainted, genial gent;
A bale of cotton Sis has hung
About her, so that she'll look youngj
And round and innocent!
Current Comment
When Dad Is All Right.
He may wear a greasy hat and the
seat of his pants may be shiny, but
it a man's children have their noses
Rattened against the window pane a
half-hour before he Is due home to
suppor. you can trust him with any
thing yoa have. He le all right.?Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
No Defeats Nowadays.
When commanders are defeated
now they explain that they have "re
grouped" their troops.?Philadelphia
Record.
THE REFERENDUM.
Those gentlemen of conservative
tendencies who have been frightened
cut of their wits at the thought of the
Initiative and the referendum; who
feared that if those two propositions
were generally adopted the people
would vote into forco all kinds of
crazy and radical measures, have not
cnly taken heart from the result of
the recent election but some of them
E.re beginning to long for a referen
dum vote on measures recently en
acted by certain state legislatures In
the east. In Oregon the people voted
heavily against some twenty odd dras
tic measures, aimed at corporations,
while In Missouri; as before noted,
they killed the Full Crew Law, pass
ed by the legislature and signed by
the governor, by 164,000 majority.
Those results, some newspapers and
financiers assort show a return of
sanity on the part of the people.
The fact is the "people" are always |
fiane. Some times the mass gets ex
cited, angry and resentful. High fi
nanciering, corporation crookedness
end railroad rebating In the past
aroused them and very properly and
righteously so. Had the people not
become aroused there would hnve
fceen no reforms. The people de
manded and got, after a hard fight,
laws to regulate and control the rail
roads and other public service corpor
ations. Their grievances were bo
many anrl so Just tbey naturally were
slow to believe that railroad mana
gers and corporation officials were,
us a rule, trying to obey the laws and
do business on the square, especially
when every little while some rotten
transaction like the New Haven Rail
road situation was unearthed. But
the people, or most people, at leaBt,
have recognized that enough Is
enough, and are not only willing, but
anxious, that business shall have a
rest and a chance to adjust Itself.
They showed that In Missouri and
Oregon, states looked upon as wild
nnd woolly in thalr political tenden
cies. \
The trouble now is not with the
people, the great American public.
It Is with the politicians and office'
holders and seekers who still think
they can obtain and maintain their
popularity by crusading against busi
ness. From the Inter-State Com
merce Commission down to the mem
ber of the state legislature can be'|
found many who misjudge the tem
per of the people they assume to rep
resent. A great many of theie were
elected to stay at home at tile recent
olectlon. Many, others will And their
turn coming around in two years, un
less they take heed of the lessons of
Oregon and Missouri. They will mako
u grievous mistake if they think the
people can be faked and fooled for
long with buncombe. The financiers
tried it and failed.. The i>olltloians
will fail aa surely as they.
The people?the /mass?*re honest
nnd fair and they are not easily hum
bugged. Bad railroad managers and
big buslne^i men.been 9pen:?na;hoD-.
e" with tha people in years gffie
Alway. murt be con.ld.rcd. Our prlo.
Iln* of Suits and Overcoats. Pay ui a
*? ? ';p:M
"That Totally DLfl
Tailor, Clothier and Furnisher
THE TOLL OFl l
THE YEAR
_/^_S the old year closes
and the new j$gxj&
Wm begins?where do you stand? HavajyaSB
progressed? Are you no better off .bowl
than you were twelve months ago?
If not, its time you resolved to DO something^in-J?
stead of NOT to do something. Why not begin to *
Better Yourself Financially by the
Time Next Year Comes Around
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Your "New Leaf" this year should lip ,-f
headed with a determined resolution ? I ":
to save.
Proper saving for system and aafetr demands banking. "W? .
Pc'dy to give you the kind of banking service yon need.
THE MANICURE LADY
By William F. Kirk
"That young slip of a girl that Wil
fred wsb loony over has gave him the
gate," said the Manicure Lady. "Poor
brother is heart broke, and the way
he is taking on you would think he
is waiting for the first rainy day
to bang himself."
"He'd be a awful boob to hang him
self for a little thing like that," said
the Head Barber. "If any slip of a
girl turned me down, I would go out
and celebrate."
"That's what the old gent told him
last night," said the Manicure Lady,
"but as father is always looking for
a alibi of any kind so be can go out
and celebrate his words didn't have
much weight with my brother. The
way he mopes around you would
think he is a Bull Moose and that it
is the day after last election. There
ain't no comforting him."
"I wouldn't try to comfort him,"
suggested the Head Barber. "If he is
enough of a simp to take a little thing
like that to heart, let him alone and
don't pay a bit of attention to him
at all, unless you want to laugh at
him or kid him about It. He won't
stay moping long if nobody pays the
least notice to him. In tho first place
I'll bet he's putting on half of it."
"You don't know Wilfred, George,"
said the Manicure Lady. "A barber
or almost any man of the world might
laugb off a thing like what happened
to.him, but Wilfred Is a poet, an<^
poets is more apt to take a kick on
their shins kind of serious and sad
like. I tried to tell him that the very
reason she turned him down showed
that she was a selfish little minx, and
that a girl which would turn down a
They brought their troubles on thera
selves, and while many Innocent ones
have been made to suffer many oth
ers have gotten what- they deserve.
But the American people have agreed
to an armistice and if their generals
trad colonels and captains, in Con
cress, on commissions and In the
statei legislatures do not stop hos
tilities the people will demote and
disgrace them.
The American people want peace,
industrial peace and they want enter
prise and industry to come from their
hiding places, and woe be unto him or
them who stand in the way.?Hamp
shire Review.
Best. Stories.;
Daughter Knew.
At (i certain jolt club in this vicin
ity/where mnch whiskey and soda
are consumed, they Are telling this
one:
A member got home late one night
for .dinner. His little daughter, in ac
cordance with her custom, ran to him,
.threw her/ arms about his neck and
kissed hi m. Then ahe screwed up her,
(ape with an expression Qf displeasure,
"What's the matter?" asked the
father, as he, observed this expression.
- "Daddy",said she, "you do smell so
of. golf."
His Mirtake. '
The proud father had come up from
the,-country-to aee. his sailor son on
board his ship. Hehad never seen
a baUl^&Ip before, and aoconlljiglV
nxarvplled threat.
SB "
cctj3- dl'
gent because she didn't think
ary was big enough^wasjnoli
girl to have for a
see It that way. .?He^BRgfig
night writing a aad^polmitW
poor zany is gelngitSSsendu
too, in spite or allitlS?^5
mo can do to steer him off.
for gloom:
Forsaken.'. VMg
Forsaken! What a awfuijfjrc
Suggesting some exceptloi
The awfullest youhaveeve?
Or I have ever camiVacroi
My heart is likod-a'lmuntett
Since. No you said' untojfi
tlon;
I think I would go on a sous
If It was not for my iridige
Forsaken! In them yearB to
When, your ml?talte8jmwaB|
I know that yo?
?Ana scalding t'ears-iwIlijBf
vJJfiSOnHH
eyes.
But all them tcaralaganiHK
Will never make my proi
ache; . ?- iffiPMjBBj
Some day, perh&p?i?^lggte
cheers
To think that me you did
? ?. '
"That last part don't bouj
as If he has took-''lffitoaheg
remarked the Hoaii/'Barber.
"I know," admlttecKtSMB
Lady, "but the pboEboy? 0
Ing a stall to win her back."
"If he does," Bald the Head
"It won't be with no such
(Copyright, 1914, Bro6k"sFa?l
officer of the watfhS
and said timidly;;/^
* "I beg your pardoi
to see my^aQCTJaW
word, I didn't . meirS
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The flrst locot
Amerioa'wastggr
in New;.-' Jersej^Jc
century ago today
Ha was born In :
years old whenib1
last trip in'charq<
glne. This engini
bridge Lion,
England, and wai
;pprted;lRto|Aij)5f
and Hudson Cam
on lts Oarbori^le
seated ctotoniffiS
its flnst^experiffij
made.the Journey
"Stourbridge Lloi
too heavy for the
ed upon, and Its
tive'/engiMMiral
but
The foUowfSri&j
lean iocgmotlfe