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I A Friend Wi
; Special Selling of Desirs
jp:'.- Under
Come tomorrow. While
this week only, the princip
service, stocks, styles, qual
|i5 the same. The offerings fe
Kv | selling lively; stocks are d\
* ing?buyers are enthusiast:
1|. each item, decide your neei
|| numerous other savings noi
I Lively Sale of Wor
? ' Prices of llni
Saturday Is very naturally and rl
Belling of garments for women. We
usual values, such as the ones whi
new for present and future wear, th
former selves.
I.' CHILDREN'S WASH DRESSES, exi
gfv es, value* up to $2.50, are Belling
at only
WOMEN'S SILK DRESSES, worth
material*, go on tale this week.
I; WOMEN'S SILK SKIRTS, excellent
K effect!, new large pockets.
E Special showing at
I Interesting New:
Bargains in Our J
| * MEN'S BLACK OXFORDS, all sizei
known Beacon ?hoe; good styllih eh
An unusually good value at
I VERA BUCUKAREFF |
10 a vnnup uiinmif
10 H IUUHU VVIUUVf!
ft Was Death of Her Husband
That Made a Fighter
of Her.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.?It was the
1 <leath ot her husband which prompted
2 Ensign Vera Butchkareff to enlist in
the Russian army and eventually to organize
the Women's Legion of Death,
- of which she Is commander and which
/ . ' achieved lame in a recent battle with
the Germans according to facts recelv
ed by the Russian information bureau
IS. . here. According to this Information,
Vera Butchkareff is a young country ;
B-~ . , woman who went to Petrograd from her
. native village in the province of
? ' Tomsk.
Having learned in May, 1915, that
|ber husband was dead on the German ;
frontier, she made up her mind to con- <
. tlnue the task which her husband began,
and enlisted in the 25th Reserve ,
Corps ol Tomsk. ,
After a comparatively short train- j
ing, she went to the front with a com- pan?
that was to fill the ranks. 1
It'i Colonel Stublndorf enlisted her as a 1
regular in the 2Sth Polotsk Regiment, i
2d army. For three months, Vera i
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inning tvem;
ible Merchandise Much
Price
these special prices are for
les of this store?superior
ities and values?are ever J
atured in this "Event" are I
vindling under heavyvbuyic
about the values. Study
:1s, and remember we offer
t mentioned here.
nen's Garments at
isuai Interest
ightly a day devoted to the special
make a special effort to provide unch
follow. The styles are entirely
.e prices are but fragments of their !
eellent assortment of colors and alz
69c
up to $12.50; beautiful styles, fine
C/L ?0
t(nr#vv
quality, the latest and newest color
$3.87
s of the Many
ihoe Department
i, good solid leather soles, the well
$2.85
:N'8 WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS,
mplete range of sizes, rubber soles,
rth up to $1.75. A*
sale at ?pl ,CtO
DMEN'S WHITE SLIPPERS, beauul
new shapes, button, lace or strap
rles, high or low heels, leather or
ober soles. 1 An
eclal offering at <pl?UU
Sale of Men's
'aim Beach and
Kool-Kloth
Suits
These extraordinary barlins
are not only for the
an who needs clothing for
lmediate use, but also for
e man who looks to the fure
and realizes that he will
it many seasons of hard
rvice out of these evcellent 1
\f llQO
All Our Men's
Palm Beach and
Kool-Kloth Suits
Up to $8 Go at
$4.95
Butchltareff fought with a rifle and on
March 8, 191G, was wounded In tile leg
under heavy artillery fire in a battle
which took place on Lake Naroch. The
wound notwithstanding, she remained
at ihe front with tlier comrades who
captured two lines of trenches and one
thousand prisoners.
On March 9, after the commander
and the captain were killed, she led the
soldiers in an attack which resulted
in victory for the Russians.
Afterward she went to tho Austrian
front, and was wounded in her arm,
while taking part in a counter-charge
near the Doubova Korchma. Nevertheless,
she retaine dher position in the
army. But in the next charge she was
wounded severely by a fragment of a
shell. She was taken to tho hospital
where she remained for four months.
Immediately upon recovery, she went
to Petrograd and saw M. Rodzlanko,
president of the uma, to ask permission
to organize a company of women.
In a recent interview. Vera Butchlfnrert
said -
"I saw the President of the Duma
and obtained permission to form a
woman's company which is to leave for
the front at once. We will set an example
to the men soldiers, many of
whom misunderstood the meaning of
liberty. It is enough to point to the
desertions, to the fraternization and
to all the undesirable phenomena that
are responsible for the disorganization
o four forces. I will sacrifice my life
for my country and I am sure that 1
will find followers among women.
Woman's mission is not only to give
life to man but it is also up to us women
to teach men how to defend the
iew-born freedom."
' ' '
IE WEST VIRGINIAN?E
HERE'S THE
BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH.
CANAAN, Me., Aug. 17.?The biggest
family on earth is today gathering
at the farmhouse of Charles
Dickey, and his wife Mary, the champion
parents of the world.
Twenty-two children and 15 grandchildren
will sit down at one big table
Saturday to celebrate the 36th
wedding anniversary of the Dickeys.
There will be only one vacant chair;
Mary, the eldest daughter, died recently.
I have Just spent a day with this
remarkable family. Their story is an
epic of a man and woman's herwic
struggle with poverty, in order to live
their life according to the Bible. Starting
with nothing hut good health for
36 years they have literally lived off
ine janu la ono 01 me must unpruinislng
parts ot Maine, and have increased
and multiplied and been happy
Each one of the 23 children was
born singly. There have been neither
twins nor triplets. Parmer Dickey is
now 58. His wife is 50. Both look
many years younger.
Dickey has had a tremendous 0ght
for existence. He knows it, but has
no regrets. He loves not only his own
children?but all children, more than
any other person I have ever met. He
is as tender to the present youngsters
of his flock as a young mother
to firstborn.
"My parents died young," he told
me, "and I had to face the 'four
Evening Chat
Have you made arrangements yet to
attend your family reunion? It not,
whv ant? Marlon county is a county of
famliy reunions, and if your family has
not yet acquired the habit, it's time to
do so. Ten years ago, one or two families
with very extensive connections
were accustomed to meet annually in
this county to renew old acquaintanceship
and talk over old times; to listen
to stories of pioneer adventures and
hardships, in which their ancestors
took the leading parts; and sometimes
to breathe a sigh for the "good old
days" that were forever gone. Each
year a few more families in this county
have joined the reunion group, until
today there is scarcely a family in
the county with any considerable membership
that does not hold an annual
gathering.
That this family reunion habit should
have so extensively established Itself
here is of course due in part to the
cuBtora of people in the same neighborhood
following in their neighbors' footsteps,
But it is due more largely to
the fact that Marion county, more than
a century ago, was settled by a few
hardy pioneers whose descendents
now reside in this community in large
numbers. Half the population of the
county can claim relationship in some
one of a dozen of the more extensive
family groups. Settlers in the upper
Monongahela Valley camo mostly from
a feu- communities in Virginia and
Maryland, and in many cases whole
family groups emigrated together, The
growth and separation of these family
groups and the constant lessening of
the relationship between the various
branches of the same family, have demanded
a method by which friendships
and kinships can be renewed. The
family reunion has solved the problem.
In western states family reunions in
such numbers as here would be almost
impossible, since the settlers there
were drawn, and still are being drawn,
from every section of the east.
There is a striking similarity In all
these family reunions. Above everythine
else, thev are denies and out
ings, and therefore veil filled baskets,
?packed with toothsome morsels to
satisfy the inner man,?are a necessaryadjunct.
No respectable family reunion
can be a success unless this one
thing Is given the most particular attention.
And so far, 1 do not recall
having attended any family reunion
where the tables have not been heaped
to overflowing with the most tempting
of viands. The program of every family
reunion is much the same,'?a little
music, with the family choir In the stellar
role, a family history, a few ad
dresses, taken more seriously by the
speakers than by the audience, some
impromptu remarks usually worth
while, and adjournment until the next
yehr. Not much It might seem1 for
thousands of Marlon county people to
look forward to. But there's something
more than the program. There's the
old friend who meets and greets you
with the old time handshake and the
old time smile, there'B a feeling of being
with your own people In your "Aln
Countree." there's a greeting to the
baby who attends his first family reunion,
and a good-by to the oldest member
who perhaps will never come agaJn.
To many, these family reunions are
like a real homecoming to "Home,
RwppI Hnmn "
Among Marlon county families who
have the reunion "habit" may be mentioned,?and
these are only a few of the
many,?the Arnetts, who annually assemble
at Arnettsvllle, the Barnes, the
Conaways, the Dudloy-Boggess group,
who regularly go to GUboa, the Houlta,
the Harrises, the Merediths, the Morgans,
the Nuzums. the Shuttlosworth,
the SwlBhers, and many others. There
are, in fact, more than fifty separate
families of Marion county who now
regularly assemble each year to renew
"
MBMONT, FRIDAY EVES
BIGGEST FAMIL
winds' alone. I wont to (arming down
at Clinton. At 22 I married, lly wife
was 14. We started housekeeping
with UGO in the bank, $40 in my pocket,
one horse and one cow. I now
have 22 children, 15 grandchildren, 3
cows, 3 horses, 3 good shoats, 2
heifers, a calf, 42 chickens, 40 hens
and a good little farm of 160 acres.
Canaan's been my Promised I.and!
"After eight years in Clinton I
swapped with my brother my farm
thero for this one. He threw in a
load of hay and I paid him $120. I
moved up to these hills with eight
young children in January in a snowstorm.
When we arrived, neighbors
took In the children to keep them
warm, or they might have died.
'r has tr. reni-li- linrH all mv llfi? T'vp
never had what you city people call
any amusement. My amusement Is
bringing up children right. My big
boys don't smoke or drink, nnd my
girls are all sweet and good. Ask anybody
In Somerset county.
"God meant man to work by the
sweat of his brow, and women to bear
children to her sorrow.
"I have never owed a cent in my
life. Some get all the money; others
all the happiness. I wouldn't change
places with Rockefeller for anything.
Nor would my wile.
"Wo never grumble, and we figure
that Goi will never ask us to do more
than we can bear."
Mrs. Dickey has been the "business
manager" of the family. When they
had 14 children living at home they
old ties, and this number will be added
to this year by several families who are
preparing to hold their first rounion.
Most of these families can trace the
relationship of their entire number to
a few pioneers who settled in this vicinity
more than a century ago.
These family reunions are worthwhile
in every sense of the word. Not
only do they afford the best of opportunities
of keeping up old friendships,
but they stir up that pride in ancestry
and that desire to emulate the best that
our forefahers have done which cannot
but work for the general bettermen.
If you haven't been in tho habic
of attending the reunion of your family,
take a day oft this year and be present.
If your family hasn't yet arranged
for a reunion, start the movement yourself.
ORDER OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
In furtherance of the orders of ths
Roards of Health of Marlon and Har
risen counties at a meeting hold at
Traction Park on August 12, 1917, at
which meeting, Dr. C. R. Weirick, representing
the State Board of Health,
was present and concurring, it was ordered
that:
"On account of the present epidemic
of infantile paralysis it is deemed advisable
that all children under the age
of 16 years be prohibited from attending
moving picture shows, Sunday
schools and all other public gatherings
for a period of 30 days."
Of this order parents will take due
nfttice.
Fortunately thero are no cases of
infantile paralysis in the city of Fair
mont at the present time, but as it is
on all sides of the city it behooves us
to be extremely careful. Let us all pay
strict heed to these orders.
BOARD OF HEALTH CITY OF FAIRMONT,
By ANTHONY BOWEN, Mayor.
"A Credit
to Any
Newspaper"
Jerry Ramsaye, who directs the
publicity of the Mutual Film
Corporation, la a newspaper
man of wide experience. He
knows what are the earmarks
of & good newspaper. He
picked on "The Front Row"
column of this paper for a line
of unsolicited commendation.
This Is what he writes:
"I am glad to see that
The West Virginian is
running such a snappy, interesting
motion picture
column. It would be a
credit to any newspaper
in a city of many times
your population."
[Teaman!
florist
Meredith 8t Bell 284 J.
Cat flowers, funeral deilpu.
Potted Flsnts.
HNG, AUGUST 17,1917.
YONEARTH
'ti
consumed 16 barrels of flour a year. .
Every morning for many years she j
has risen at 5 o'clock to bake nlno big '
loaves of bread and two big cakes for '
the day's use. '
Tho children have always worked.
Sometimes they collect $250 worth of
wild berries in a season. Most of the J
farm produco is consumed at home. 1
Just enough Is sold to buy sugar, tea, J
coffee, shoes and clothing.
The Dickeys "lay down" 500 pounds
of pork every fall to supply meat for
the winter. :
The township had to put up a special
school house for the Dickey chil- 5
dren,
Mrs. Dickey "rests,' as she calls it. .
between 7 and 11 In the evening, af "
ter tho children have gone to bed. In
those hours she does all tho sewing
and plans the next day's work.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
UNION .DISTRICT ESTIMATE.
At a regular session of the B. of E.
>f Union district held August 14. the
sstimate of the amount to be levied
or the current fiscal year vai deteruined
as follows, via:
BUILDING FUND ESTIMATE.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.
hue from sheriff $ 788.96 j
tedemptions 10.00
hthersources 7.00
Total .? *???... ........>| 805.96
ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS.
hutsiandlng orders 8 136.47
salaries of district officers
and employes 465.00
hellfiQuent taxes 25.00
Exonerations .'...'7. 5.00
nstitute attendance 146.25
furniture '. 125.00
tepalrs .... V.\ 868.54
supplies 75.00
hoal 100.00
laullng 200.00
'rlntlng 35.00
)ther items 25.00
ruition 325.00
Total 82,631.26
Imount to be raised by levy.. jl.825.30 i
TEAr-nnRs1 rtrvn v.stimate.
Ouolrom sheriff 5 513.54
tedemptions 20.00 ,
)ue from general school fund 740.SS !
Other sources ts.ot;
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Total 51,282.42 i
ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS.
Jelinquent taxes 5 14.15 ;
exonerations , 10.00 1
5 1st grade teachers MOO.OO 1
2d grade teachers 1,575.00 j
Total 57,899.15,
tniomit to be raised by levy.. jo.Klfi.7S
C. W. STANSBERKY,
secretary B. of E., Union District, Ma-1
rloa County, W. Va.
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