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THURSDAY EVENING, MA1 jr-iS WISE SOCGESTK i/~\ N? the best suggestions along ?j V^/ mlsT^atloh on a war footing wh Hj^tibn of this newspaper is th H| committee 'of the Chamber of Comm $ ates which believes that "a definite eiimeittfpnder the direction of the Pres ?cd to conduct a campaign of consti th e pepple as to the war and the imp s .government regarding the war so t ui derstand in advance the necessity foi ta ten by the government in behalf of t *3fteaking at a dinner of the Manli York City last week Pomeroy Burton | most a|)lp journalists, said that the grc by the' Bruish ijpverrijnenl was in its % ' ipeojje ipto the confidence of the men a at the beginning of the war. Mr. Bui i'ant to repeat.inis Diunaer on i should make the people undi jvhat we are fighting for, the nod many other things along t tak* men understand the impo :m accomplished is quite anothi rernment'at Washington are ju e." They are pcrfectlly willing iuqh .advice as Mr. Burton gi< not have the time to devise of the educational work, whii utecl .mentally and temperamer JcWaiy aWrt-of their road to k< at lit a tjme when the informal / are doing personally. They In-when- they know that whi iis public's business. Any traini hat business men in this countr; i businesses, businesses, too, tha er mjtlh6cjs, with, a degree o i credit to a porchclimber pr a sntlemen of the Chamber of C i entirely practicable and cmin round that condition in their | nment, the sole duty of which rthtfp<Bplc of what is going on re the public understand the re iallr "TTfey are, moreover, on t the posjtion that to be ctfectiv :n by a branch of the governm nt .controlled by the govcrnmt! Tirpent. .This is in line with policy of keeping thq people 1 i fike. the present under the ri| trrr Cti tcit i ! Let's nail those ducks who are trying to keep others from registering. gll&Y Everything went lovely but we had | too whole day spoiled at the singing mot theStnr??pangleu Banner at Loop | park last night when several cock| roaches failed to take off their dirty' | It takes more-than ordinary rhinocerousps to march 'as Tar and play as Lmuchxnusic aa^tho First. Regiment I If thnt bunch of women that woro I Red C^ssQ^^iorda^-ljaje town who 1 Might as well prepare to leave the | city because w>th all thp women la {Sjjjtown jip thajtfd Cross and ell the ? *rm7 What b"Sln?83 Ca" lint an? agencies of the ad P^i^i adopted and puti ink. 11T.^ retiring J r?~' t ' " W and trai ! Manager. members of the ? Dflger. occult?body, high ntsadenU coujidOed and ai Street George M. .Ralph - ~ TtWto.thfctrtdi Y80LlpATED not V tion Dept..... 250 responsibilitjesl.whi sing Dept.... 250 the Common Cpun ?' *o6h" 97 brother he thrbw a Jvo, ROBERT E. enough lor th^.riuh . 123 W. Madison Up the civic Wbrk. ? such a connection 1 "?6 / Naturally his ft inoe only) also occasion jno si onthe ?1.50 cussed'the unjusual nth 600 conclusion that;''oi mont) will be veiy niany ith 60c the Cigar Store In s* "* -tgacsfci Fairmont) callous enough to ek 18c trying to celebrate 2NTS- It would be afraid give old as well as incidentally, is the Cnmmnn (rmriril i t, Wei', Virginia, an on the back of a i the Board 01 rtffa -g? Wliy any one sh APER CALL I a wraith of a body M." II of the time of our as failing to get I hould call "WBS- AN i give name and [N filling the pos silver a paper to III I j. d j l\ targe to the sub- f^e Board of P t Virginian plans have been take lit newspaper de- J very much can be part of the plan. I year for expenses. ? ?W Properly filled I i to the people of \ 7 31, 1917. Charleston, v^lio h . request of the boa bilities of the, pos doubt that the nes suaded to give him and an adequate si iWe do not ;kno' need of all kinds At the same time v labor has greater .! ' t commerce, mis ? [J tiling is possible fo Virginia. The man who ci kind needed in sucl to this state and h resources and .our . \ invaluable- It is n are not many men . Popp "sizes up" I ; the line of putting ^ newspaper all ich has come to the gquare deal and th at of the Executive Legislature. I erce of the United one 0f the first branch of the gov- once so some ident should be ere- wjlat he has to offe uctive education of ortant operations of yesterday's Mei hat the people may a success In ever: r the various actions patriotism ot the he people. mlttee which wort attan cl?ub ln.N^ Suffrage forces i, one of England s brgach over the p ..atest blunder made NatlQnal -woman i failure to takc t plcketlng as unpa t head of affairs ^ but u ,g. ab, rton said that if we m reBponBlble fo. th.svside of the At- frage harm t :rstand why we are ig ^ plty they can kind of an enemy ^ becauge pf tl hese lines. merely make the: eeds and almost as under Are. rtance of them, but < er thing- The men Reports of youi ist like business men 0ther schemes to to agree to the wis- opposition, to it, 1 ires, but the best of times is the slown methods for doing ]ara, the marines ? le most of them are need .men. W-tnoi itally that they will fieriously handles] :ep the public lrom There is ntJ decline [ion would do good have got out of 1 ' Persist.is. r?''" months of actual it they are looking spirit disappear. :d organization will f carry on perfectly The Epienilld we t would-be bettered SoUdation Coal cor f secretiveness that ioah bonds-shows counterfeiter. d0 j(S Bharc in th< iomrnerce have sug"- taken to them. T1 ently wise plan for oroposed branch of T,le parade of t would be not only ?Pte o? the morninf , but in such a way erans, of the Civi ason and the neces- feebler, but while he right track' when' Ealn iti the venerai e the work must be ? lent, backed^by the Tho Board of He nt Snd financed by every one to boil President Wilson's 01' so- 11 will be v ully iiTfotmsd. and - J?10 tel1 wjjijtule" ght kin4 of a man of disease. a poor Liberty Bond salesman do. ? * < O- -vJ Boll your drinking water, In the terrible'rush of water a microbe or two might have sneaked into the city's supply. If he does he'll die of 'Ingrown chlorine. * * * , i The band at Loop park played "The End of n Perfect Dav." lust before "The Star Spangled Baunpr" Jgflt' * * (0i Thero was never a lovller day. * * Wc ballevo now that praying for good weather has some effect because everybody prayed. 1 ? v .... The prayer of the masculine pa- ' rudors was "Hope it don't rain." 4 'The pAyit'brthii free rides and free < dinners sex was "I can't go if it i Ml liven Providence wanted to see the i .L... mum tf-v -fTfr uri|Ki-\Ilf nnu /Jfilav raw UilUU rrilUVUI OliJ UUUJI 1 ? JNICIPAL HfYSTERY. j* j gttfwhen Bo or* Wa?* lobkiBg thit .hy Ot^y.Ae Common Council, held a,meet-' iiactedP wW. doubtless seemed to the eluded?or*'" ?fmnS tfmnted.lb aayi ily important business; to-wit, it received, xepted" thfc resignation of Councilman snyder. itipns of the ordar.Mr. Ralphsnyderdid ranted to be relieved frojh the onerous ch he probably believes*! membership in oil entails. Ratfcerjike a true and good bout his action a^veil-of mystery. It is lie to know that he has decide^ "to give " How queer "wo<k" appeap used in \ i * A :lIow members expresed regret. It will orprise that die members when they disincident among themselves came to the vingio the importance of, the post there applicants for the vacandy." Some of diafis on that board think anything they important?even the Commosj Council, brutally frank public doubtless will be ask what Councilman Ralpfisnyder is :. The Common Council never meets, to do anything if it did meet, and that, reason why meetings never occur. The joes not even have the utility of a wart: nan's neck. It is so utterly trifling thatirs cannot make a good goat of it ould take the trouble to resign from such ' is a problem that ought to occupy a lot best puzzle solvers. IMPORTANT JOB. t-of State Commissioner of Immigration ublic Works has taken a step that should n long ago, but it may be doubted that done on an appropriation of $1,500 a his is a post of considerable importance Vest Virginia, and if Charles Popp, of as agreed to look after the work at the rd, shows that he knows what the pos-jition are, we do not.have the slightest ;t session of the Legislature can be pera salary commensurate with his abilities jm to meet the expenses, w any state in the union that is more in of labor just now than West Virginia. re are sure that ehere is no state in which oportunities. In agriculture, industry, Tactically virgin territory. Almost anyr brains plus energy and health in West m make these facts known to men of the i a way that it will induce them to come lelp in the development of our immense abundant opportunities will be almost; ot an easy job at the beginning. There who could fill it acceptably. If Charles le can count upon the hearty support of lithe time and especially in getting a e right kind of financial assistance from f he cannot make good, we hope he will to realize it, and that he will resign at other man may get a chance to show r. o norial day celebration In this city waSj r particular, a line testimonial to the: community and a credit to the comced so hard to make it what it was. o at Washington have come to an open ( icketing at the White house, ^.nd.Jhe i Suffrage Association lias branded the 1 triotic. Ot course it is not as bad as ! lurd and stupid and the women who' ] r it are doing tne cause ot equal suihan all the straightout Opposition.' It j not be made to see this, for fighting | lelr foolishness in all probability 'Will i m stubborn. No one likes to quit o ig men slipping into Canada and of avoid the draft explain some of.the jut the most significant sign of tho ess of the volunteering for the reguind the guard regiments, all of which Jt the draft we .would have been most pped in our preparations for war. 3 of patriotism in the country, but we ^ touch with the government. A few war will make this let-George-do-it i i o ;!i ; ty in which the employes of the Con npariy are subscribing for the Liberty j that the public is perfectly willing to j e war financing if the proposition is j lere is a hint in this for the banks. c ? o 1 he afternoon was th? larger, but the J ; was the more impressive, jj The vet1 war are fast growing fewer and f they lose in military bearing they <1 tion of the public. | O ?r. J . } alth has lssipad- % warning requesting r the city water for'the.next ten days | veil to heed this precaution,. No one . oods have brought down to us in the J graves of the dead soldiers decorated. o Elbert Kincaid Is .no? a First Lieutenant. ' " " u George Whitmore Is a Captain. . ' Germany's ruined. " lij ft Whepyou figure thereto not* ehaifce In the world for Unole Sam you need c inspiration. Just look at the top of Pajattne Knob. i " 'f* r? 1-I . Don't forget that you're wanted at the polls Junej 5 to say whether or not^yairanngolpg to war.- ~ st^ouVft'^^idedjTegistef1.'If You've gbt one' leg, register.' If you've po stttf, register. Yoh wdtl'l 'hive to, go tfU#M4uiUfl"w yoa're soiM gpod and n'^ie|pei\?*d crippffcfl exempt. *: fv " >" * ' feltl $orean/of the; DaaUSJde. Kire department lias been 26.'<* Jirtgetrs . old all along but on June 6 he Is going to J>e over 31. ill "Sftl ttofild look lots oloer if he would ' stop eating so much young; chicken. ^ ? |j OU i BUK51b I'l'Lt 1BLL YOU ^OMETHfN HAHT peopte ATTRlBOr iTNc R64C <Muae or Mis ' PSY' ' AN_A To the People The Government of the Unite States and the people, acting throug their regularly constituted local o ficers, will on Tuesday next, June 1917, mobilize the men of mobilize th men of military age, or at least tak the first great step towa.rd that em That is essential for the* national di fense, but of equal importance and c more immediate need is the mobilize tion of the country's money suupl; We are aiding England and Franc in their fight against Germany, uc alone for the freedom of the seas, t preserve opr commerce and to protet the lives of our people engaged i peaceful trades; nor are we fightin Germany alone to preserve free Goi eminent and prevent its perishing z the hands of Prussian autocracy, bu most important of all, we are figh ing Germany as a matter of self pri tection, for had we remained netitra iihti|-.T3pglan;4 and France were ovei whelmed we would have been compel rwi ? pukfi cJnorlir ond olnno Wp par CU LU H6MWB1UJJIJ UUU M'VM^ .. - not actually fight until we have cr< ited an army. That will require quit a, long time, but we can aid our allie ibroad immediately by loaning then money With which to purchase ammu altlon tamd supp ies. A dollar loanei meani saving drops of American blood Patriotism Is sending men Into th lrniyt and' navy to fight and die. Ari the people willing to give their son but desirous, at the- same time, o withholding their dollars? The Government' ddes not ask yoi u'.' ^ * . - - . Will Hold Public Ceremon) On Old Normal Lawn . June 14. j FairtficmV Eodge Benevolent- and troteaWe Order' of 'Elks will observe iUagpay on June 14,'holding a puMic :eremony that evening on tne grounds n^front of the old Normal school, li be weather Is nice and Inside thai mildlDgJjD.the event of rain. The committee on the "Big Brother" hovement of tbat lodge was given adlitlonal members this week when Exiltcd tyulag Ml IJ^Asbcraft added Sam I. Nuztim;' Clarence D. Robinson and V. W. Ferguson to- the original comntyjwe qpnsj,stbig of.A..ft Rjurtin, H. V. Scott and Bert Leopold. New members initiated ipto the Elks t th'o Tdesdav .-light"pieeting were: ohn W. Mason, Jr., W. C. Donaldson, 1. T. Watson, W. D. North, W. S. Watop,Jt. 0. Ben{eJrCh.arJes R. Hoult and t. SrMonroe.'' Frank E. Nixon arid Paul Gothorn, f Frosflmrg lodge, were among visitng Elks at that meeting in military niform. - . Clarksburg Elks held a social Tnesay night following the' regular meetng and ParkerBburg "Elks had a big icnic on MemortaLday. John Holshuhbjy^iifcat present loafed at. Fairvlew^haa.lis.roBistratlon " "rnti&ZMci A MedicineFor the 'Jf? * Family 4% jKy.&y AVvX x^-^y V!nW%For V>1fes r EVEFLETT TRUf CONOO.) ? V ; LL fc ABO^r -THAT, i n O tr TO TMC WWR, BUT H PRiCeS 18 URCQCrf CNOLOStCAC ? , -J I I T __ L????? PPEAL of West Virginia d to give your money?merely to b It... This state must do its part, not doing it yet. We must wake grasp the situation and do our " e The banks have formed an orga e tion. with a central committee 1. Charleston, to solicit and handle 2- scriptions. Every bank in the i if should and will receive orders ?01 i- bonds which can be obtained in J. nominations as low as $50 each. T e is scarcely a person of mature y it who can not buy one of these 1 o "Liberty Bonds," and it is the dul :t every person to do so?to buy as n a bond as possible, g Juno 5 is a State Holiday. ! Would it not bo well to hold pa it tic meetings in every city, town t, hamlet, on that day, discuss this ' t- ertv Loan" ancf other ways and mi ) of aiding the Government In i crisis? Appoint committees to sc > subscriptions for those "Liberty Be I- and turn the subscriptions over to i- banks. , i- The people of West Virginia I 0 not be slackers. The prosperlt; s the people is greater than cver'bei a Wages are higher. True the cos i: living is high, but a little extra ( 1 or a little economy, and every da; t. borer can buy a "Liberty Bond''' 0 an investment equivalent to 5 a cent, on the average, and render a s trlotic service. t Are we patriots or shirkers? a . JOHN J. CORNWEL 1 May 26, 1917. Gover card made out and sont it to iii? h< at Cheboggan Falls, VVis. He is pit tain where ho wRJ. go, when ho let Fairview next week but had his c ro turned there and-will leave -ins( I (ion* to have it forwarded. The char I are that his next stop after Falrv | will be Cumberland. . rrr- s-1' MR$. FRANK SCHLAGER BURII Funeral services over the bodj Mrs. Frank Schlager whose death curred on Monday In the State hosp In Weston, were held this afternooi 2 o'clock from the family residenci Johntown and Interement was madi Maple Grove cemetery By Underta , Musgrave and Son. Rev. W. J. ^E of the First Baptist church, conduc 1 the funeral service. :? i Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Morgan, of Locust avenue, announce the blrtt a daughter. J i"1: . : v u-j h -4fj ..nr.. Rings White Sapphire Ruby Tnnov M. V|/HU Amethyst Bloodstone. Sardonyx:- w Mounted; in exclave mounting# in white! green, and English gold. 1 They majce .- .a lasting . Gradual gift. $3.00 to $12 .. ktsjHxl t-mir.---. tfJSSRIIJrAt ifcj} ( : " ii Tiiii ifTif mir* ill * n 4 II imiii i iiiil hi ii I nrni i-4 nr in iIhII R ^ , "M I j| ?V4 ; Many From Southern States qo Seek Registration Cards g ; \ \Here. & . \ ' The-eoonty clerk's office was closed tui ' yesterday and the work of providing pel ntelstniuon cards fur young men be- foi nrson 21 and 30 who areTiway from At Weir honfes wan delayed for twentyfour hours. The total number of cards re) Issued pasped the 100 mark before noon , Tuesday and (he total at this time is something like 125. ,The registration jaw provides for ?' covering -Institutions such as county W jails and'tlm registration of prisoners Ai In the Marlon county Jail has already ? been completed. There were twenty one Inmates. One of them Is a negro T| who claims his home In North Caro- I Una. Up to this time no colored men I have sought registration cards from . County Clerk Martin. The registration cards being Issued to men of military age who reside elsewhere have made it plain that there are many young man working In Fairmont who come from the southern states. The percentage has been largo -enough-to awaken the Interest of those . ,who thought the major part of the out| aiders halted from-Ohio or Pennsylval nia. The number of regfsfraflon cards . jnade iUlLXor North-or South Carolina Pi or Tennessee has handed a surprise to those who are watching the matter. ''iee .>" of' '.y SJATf J AID ?^r ..?' of ma Weston Man Wants to Send w? West Virginia Avia- v"i tors to France. {"? ; wit hrl CHARLESTON, May 31.?If Louis Wc Bennett. Jr.. of Weston, can raise suf- fou flclent funds by private subscription cd l0ftn to equip and maintain a West Virginia we aviation company, the Executive Coun- hot " cil of Defense will contribute $10,000 \ft 1 u1; to assist him in preparing an eBca- sto ,t- drille for work on the Western Front, sir n Bennett was advised today of this ac- hot ' . tton. He has been seeking to interest iii state state authorities in his proposition wa I I3 for several weeks. He proposes to C 1 train and send a company of young nut here West vir8'nla aviators to France to of i aid the Allies in achieving mastery baby of th0 aij- y of * : ? arge rf'" 1 s ITRUSSES |? eans this por All Ages. mis't Guaranteed ' perfect ru{ the truss fitting by experts. Jon oust Trusss of every class [0rgj| and description?steel, ?so it ot leather and steel com- ^ ^ae binedwith hard pads, the get soft pads or water pads. ^ par Trusses for every form m? /1 or hernia or rupture in ^ Ui aliases- tg itor. priced from $1.50 up. wn : usei 3 CRANE'S 1 rue- - fror 35 Drug Store S ;i " K iltal !?. wr< mnmmi, P H X T -)1 j rijr Xw * | ^ ^ Shoes for AH th . li.ri 11 in 'in i;<j j i ijj ,ii n 11 1 .I. , 1 THE NEW MI i Frwant day banking ii not for the t , | the people. , , i Not many years ago the hanker ac i | solJ{it^t|wp. r' I Today id conducts his bank like anj , i frankly solicits both-large and Bmall t I longer the service he needs. '[ The Peoples National Bank Is amt '; | business large' or small and offer* you I SHE PEOjPLfiS NAT II OH the b'ornsr Near th CAPITA]L$20( d coUecSi^j,,; jjptfy &^wSarfoi|| Djlata isd imfiiHitW Bi Ditlre. j man generally are feadMnm anq , I a wott?gtia4*aa> \y j 1 Arab* Not Maoti Changed, fhe Arab I* physically and lat*Bac> I Uly as tfrtla a* he erer was, hot an* H CficUUy he U unrecognisable'as hi* Siff id/. In the early days of tha ' M IW caliphate, not, only was Ab Vbrld prosperous, bqt we bfifp :orda 'of an dahqratihi 'ht'njWfp w ] mt and a complexity of admlfi8|tra^ ??tfhlch?wguldL astonish those *W -gaBB a only acquainted with the^MM^^H I d political condltlona under jwch a aba lire today. -v.j ,, |H DJII/FI FD'Q wr-ili I1HVLLL1I 0 VIIUL mm ISAIMM wmi* 1 "ominent Knight of the 1 Grip Went Out of His ^ I Way to Report It. The traveling man referred to t? . A. Lynn, of Greenwood Ave* Co- - -'9 nbus, 0., who for 17 years has been 9 the road for the Adams Bag'Co., of 9 velnnd. What lie reported was the uderful work done for. bis diges- H 11 by Nerv-Worth, and he went out his 'way to tell the good news by |9 king a special-trip to the Nervirth office at ZanesviUe, 0., for the ,, fl rpose. He said: s'erv-Worth Company: At my home Columbus 1 had doctored for some { le for indigestion, weakness, etc., .hout getting relict While in Cam , jjfl dge, Ohio, I bought a bottle of Nervirth and put it to the test and soon 9 nd it was helping nie. found decid- -9 relief after tlic first bottlo. Two "i39 eks later at Clarksburg, W. Va? I ' yM ight another bottlo of Neiv-Worth. /MB .er taking that I felt still better? ' \iVS9 mnch mucli improved, mord ongth, vfm and vigor. 1 used four ' J9 ties of Nerv-Worth and AM EN- '9 .IELY WELL. Can,eat anytliing I 9 nt without distress. A. LYNN. Irane's drug store tolls Nerv-Worth ' 9 I Hands your dollar uaci; 11 una oe?i family tonics docs not benefit VOX', Miller's Antiseptic Oil Known A* t fl make Oil J P*j|H Accomplishing Md:;t "wBXJeffaJ want to tliaak youjpr your vthn-.'cr oil, states Mr. J. C. Gibson/ ot 9 icsboro. Ark. My litt'.fc rytrl "Wru; very with diphtheria; 1 had giyon her ) doses of medicine v.hlch Cost me 9 , with 110 results. 1 bought a /3c tie of your oil and one application cved her. Now she is'well.1 It io greatest rcmody 1 ever saw'.' Mr. son made- this statement befors idreds of people. Mrs; Florence lger, 234 Whitney street,'Hartford, jB in., writes: 1 have used your Aritttic Oil'for neuralgia with goodef s. Only thing I have ever tried that ipod the pain immediately: Mrs. liams, Gadsden, Ila., writes: I have fl d your pain Oil for rheuni'atism, stiff fll its. also for sore throat, and I want SB my that it is the greatest remedy I r tried. I recommend it to all aufirs. Many cures reported dally n thousands of grateful users of ffl wonderful oil. Every bottle guarsed. Mailed to any address, pre1, on receipt of 50c. At Crane's drug yseeaeoooaoaoaosoecoooot foday, Merely a jj Case of Picking i j , I four Particular j Shoe! | " H We bought so piany Snappy S xfords this season that there's f) ily one detail left foij; you. f< ,-^j Pick the style you were look- ! , II g for?it's sura to be here. Many folks have,:told us and, 0 ; fact, we know It to be tbe> K ' |H iso?that qualities similar to uf> 'H ir styles are selling generally 0 . a much higher, price. ihurtleff . I & Welton I ePamiiy. -? ->J < | ivored few alone, but for an >1 eepted accounts but did hot I other business concern; He J1 .ccounts. and gives each ifchb. .11 1 3 *3 dern bank. It Invites your 3 a very high order of service* ? ePosiofflce. |j I