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flH V Bill I Iff HflMBi on nanu ui iiunuu Bra-gac?" ~'..* "An Information book which will con- i t niaaUe detailed Oats on exactly < Iwaris now being prepared by | lets of the <E. B. Moore classI fib school. The bis task has I tees started and committees; t -work gathering all available | ben the information is com-1 SI be published in book form. ! c is being conducted by the j igliA classes of which Miss j the information to be secured te exact number of Fairmont -women now in the service, nessed before entering-tbe serEr present address and the C service in which they are In order to get this Infor. e class is malting an appeal aple of Fairmont to send in - ' - lonaatioa concenuu^ uicn ? . ' aaiftttriends. Through co-operation 01. I:attjOhe.friends and relatives or thesej iajMBCTice the class feels that they -will j '-bedibteio get a list of every Fairmont I Person, male or female, wlia arc no-, in government service. Tlrcapjreal to friends and relative > i - of the enlisted men is beinc made in i the schools and churches of the city. | Should the class be unable to get this ! information by voluntary contribution; J they -wfllinahe a house to bouse canvas j ' of the entire city. ? is dcukcu. -, erer that this will not be necessary. I Ottoer than the honor roll the infor-i malton book will contain detailed data j on-wbat the Fairmont Y. 51. C. A. the j Red Crocs, the banks, the schools and j P other Institutions have done in v. innir.5 Evening Chat I Blister this year comes early and ^ finds as busy buying Easter clothes. I In- spite of the higher cost of every j thing; one must be dressed suitably and /well. It remains mereij a (|?s-, tlon of getting the right thing at the j lowest figure obtainable?which isn't very low?but we smile and manage somehow. From the day they told us not to worry about what things cost Pre could get them at all. eavored to get the viewhamanitarian. We know "eased ocst of evertyhing X the increased demanc ?so- we let it go at that. The stores are full of Easter novellies; Cunning rabbits or bunnies in all .shapes and sizes?some uvAu, | carrots?others carrying bits of feath- j erst' some standing alone?others j perched astride old baskets ? help . - remind the kiddies that tlic -world's ' day. of all days is fast approaching. Easter eggs of all kinds are ready for your money. Do you remember the \ Unit time father held you up to look i into one end of a large glistening canf dy egg*? And you saw a world of things inside?castles, lakes. little I ntetf, tiny bridges with Qagesvof sil> -very snow scattered over all? My. wasn?t it a sight? And when you had j the -wonder for your own and went j with vonr fragile package held : so carefully to your band, there wasn't ' .anything left to desire, jji V.Bnt now?there are so many things j to have and their higher cost only j J makes them more attratcire: for it's a r trait of the -whole race that the more a I -: thing costs us. the more valuable it is. i y dud |nst an Easter egg doesn't satisfy j . as it used to. Somebody said the otli- j } er day?**I do wish we could get back j | to simple things?life is such a strain 1 now?we are convinced we must have so mnhc that is Just beyond us and we labor so bard to get it. I'd like to get to the place where I conld be satisfied to go to church to a gingham dress. ' Now eenything is gorgette ..crepe ? everybody wants it?must ( have It?though it's as serviceable as i a bit of cobweb. _ I Gingham is now fdirty cents a yard. L The day may come ygt when we'll be I able to wear a gingham dress to C hurch. 'Wouldn't women look quaint dear in stiff starched gingham gfvrith frilled collars? *" *""" eorurinir farm ' [ Tabor. It works. It gets results in | Chacfcasha, Oklahoma. And in any ! county" it will help to some extent, at i in relieving the farm-labor j . The ffttm demonstration agent in ; Grady county, of which Chickjsha is j , the peat, arranged with the chief of j : police and the Judge of the city court J to gree him an "option" as it were, npoh- all the Tagrants and idlers ar-! raigned. The county agent promised j to use his heat efforts to secure a. job i l - tor erery man *ho expressed a will-! I ingness to go to work on a farm. [ Transient vagrants and local idlers, fjahkc, were unhesitant in deciding. ^Cfven j^/Choice of jail or the county I roadvor of hard farm work at fair I wages, they became enthusiastic 1 -^harto-bo-the-tann" advocates. , I' The county agent has an arrangeI *??nt: whereby the city and county i'sltafhoxitfee feed these men until they Bb ? - % II cm farms. Ana uiat, usuai-1 r and has been able to place Sarins the last harvest eeaalsbed farmers -with ei*htyand nptn several occasions ers in one day. These men eaU^eagrely- They -work leave If they desire. Bat le^th^^they can not do? Urn absolute qalet a Dutch as had three rooms built, tfco next, vacmrmns bevrMeh makes Ice cream so sr been found fa the roots \vl< sans for Lee Mcgce and a little later lie besan a revision of the club which ! sent Pitchers Earl Hamilton and Pars: to Columbus witb Catcher Hartley, aril in exchange got Pitcher Lowdernlillt. Outfielder Demmitt and Infleldcr Gerber. Then he swapped Rumler. a pinch-hitter to the same club for Petie Johns. This winter lie went back into geance. He first picked on Clark the trading business with a ver.Griffith and sent him a couple of players for a good pitcher and ?13.OOfl. Then he picked the hardest man in baseball to do business with. Miller Muggins, and traded him Pratt, an infielder. who didn't fit into the St. Louis club, and Plank .a pitchev, who later announced his retirement; for Xunamakcr. a fair catcher; Shocker and Cullop. good pitchers, and Mnisei and Gedeon. in fielders. Any way you look at it, Quinn is some" trader. Missionary Activity * * \ rr T1 mgniana Ave. ivi. Mrs. C. Edmund Neil, of Morgantowu conference, secretary' of tlie West Virginia M. E. Conference addressed a large audience at the Highland avenue , [ M. E. church last evening. Mrs. Neil's j address was along missionary lines and j as a result of licr appeal an organiza- j of women of the church was effected with a membership of thirty. The or- j ganlzation will hold its lirst meeting I on next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock j at the church. A Standard Bearers Company com-; posed of young women was also orgau- i ! ized which will hold its tlrst meeting j j on Thursday evening at the home of j their counsellor Mrs. Pearl Pitzer. The work of the organization was aided Try Mrs. C. Richard Hall, Conference superintendent of Young Peoples j work, Mrs. G. K. Hawkins of Manning| ton. District Secretary of Morgantown district, and several members of the | First M. E. church and Diamond street M. E. churches. Members of Mrs. Brooks class of foreign boys rendered i several mu'sical selections during the i evening. Estimated by a scientist that in a lifetime of 70 years a man grows I nails which, if uncut, would reach the length of seven feet, nine inches. I mJmm YOUR COLD WHAT YOU NEED IS DR. BELL'S PINE TAR HONEY AT ONCE. As a cold Is only dangerous when neglected, the prompt use of Dr. Beli'sJ Pine-Tar-Honey -will break it tip and;; prevent the -weakening ccush from becoming chronic. This happy combination of balsam and healing agents soon overcomes the cold terms- loosens the phlegm, relieves congestion and quickly relieves the cold. Search as yon -will, yon will not find a better remedy than Dr. Bell's PinoTar-Eoney. Not only recent or lingering Coughs bnt grippe, bronchitis or asthma are helped toward speedy recovery by Its proper use. Still sold at SSchy all druggists. '' " - - - . : : * SK . 'J .. SWEl^r SMOPEE BOBBY QU1NN IN DAVID CLASS Tiiere must be something in tfco atmosphere at St. Louis wilicu develops David Ha rum tactics in men connected with the business end ot baseball. ' Mil'er Muggins was one of the greatest traders in basebal'. He wouid ! lnide a busher any day for a couple of good intielders and a pitcher and usually got away with it. Branch Rickey has been no slouch and now comes Bobby Qninn. straight from the [ Columbus clni). with only a few I months* experience in the majors to beat them all at the trading game. Qulnn scarcely got to St. Louis isict vfla* until liml trader! Tvlar m *a^^^a*****" ' - |^ ' J j ptrr-ra Mtfce CI r yve rvoee AHX> II L Jg. v. HARUM ; AS BASEBALL TRADER I "The past 4 years I have bcca fto- ! ins do-urn. down. down with catarrh of the stomach and had to give up work a year ago because of ay v.-cak- ' ened condition. I suffered terribiv from bloating and colic attacks. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy was recoiu- i: mended to me. I took a course of it I and am now feeling fine." It is a slm-! pie. harmless preparation that re- j moves the catarrhal mucus from theintestinal tract and allays the inflam- j mation which causes practically all j stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose trill j convince or money refunded. Crane's drug store. Holt. Drug Co., j Prescription Pharmacy, Mannington. w- , . j AW \ ~ _ $ Pure Chev a Mick keeps | * ffi BLACK FAIRMONT MAN'S I . TROUBLE ARRESTED! i , ?EAXRMONT. TCESIM? voat?fu-au L )P The. eooasstt 1 tsr me havr"v iMS ring Gum I* * * irst away > Iry Planing your Own Cough Remedy ?j .> You Can Save About $2. and .j *:* Have a Setter Remedy Than < 1 % the Ready-made Kind. i'j > Easily "Done. If you combined the curative properties of every known "ready made" cough remedy, you would hardly have in them all the curative power that lies in this timple. home-made cough syrup which takes only a few minutes to prepare. Get from any druggist 2*,? ounces of Pinex (CO cents v.-orthl, pour it into a ;>int bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar syrup. The total cost is about G5 cents ancl gives you a full pint of really better cough syrup than you could buy ready-made for $2.50. Tastes pleasant and never spoils. This Pinex and stigar syrup preparation gets right at the cause of a cough and gives almost immediate relief. It i,A vshioimv sirens the nasty ivvocuo throat, tickle and heals the sore, irritated membranes that line the throat, chest and bronchial tubes, so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. A day's use will usually overcome the ordinary cough and for bronchitis, croup, whooping cough and bronchial asthma, tbero is nothing better. Pin ex is a most valuable concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine extract, and has been used for generations to break up severe coughs. To avoid disappointment be sure to ask your druggist for "2*~ ounces of 1'inex" with full directions, and don't accept anything else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction or money prompt !y refunded, goes with this preparation. The Pinex Company, Fort Wayne Ind. S j A Revival Servicse at j Palatine Baptist! The revival services in progress ati lie Palm toe Baptist church arc prov- j in? bj;ii interesting una success , i State Evangelist Re" Runkie is conducting the services assisted by the : pastor. Rev. J. W. Brown. Tonight ! ltev. Uimkle will preach on the theme ] "Things." and tomorrow night the i theme will be "Persons." The public.) i.s invited to attend any or all of the i services during the week which begin j each evening at 7:30 o'clock. The parsee is a unit of distance j made use of by astronomers. It i.s equal to 20.j00fr.fl00.000,000.000 [ miles, and is the distance traveled by ! light 011 three and one-third years, j ? | v v; B C. XlBor.~K. o(Lud & Mttka Bodge No. 2L Mi?t? tt Ibitat and Merchant Mob, Krit ward. every No. 201. Meats In fythton Lode* room. BtnukfllM every Tneaday evening.. Woman's Benefit A sec elation of M Msccebcee Hfirtrwi Beaton- No. W, meets every Tuesday evening. Mecca tee ban. Main street. Mrs. Oltae B. Harden. record keeper. Protherhoed Railway Trainmen?O- C WHIia, president; E. D. Holden. secretary. Beets second Sunday of each month at 1:30 p. rn. and last Sunday cf each month at 7:39 p. In the Bee Mea'a hall Loyal Order of Monte ? Fairmont Lodge No. S. Meets erery Wednesday evening at 7:20 o'clock In the Moose Home. 41S Jefferson street. R. D. Harden. Sec'y. Modern Woodmen of America?White | Camp No. 5473. Modern Woodmen J | Of America- meets every rruisy o-cuI ins at their hall in the' Skinner Blag. | R. Leigh Fleming, clerk. Mod em Woodi men of America Monosgahela Camp. Xo. 14S27. Meets every Monday. 7:30 p. m. Hall on Merchant St. Ralph Coartney. clerk. The Protected Home Circle?Fairmont Circle Xo. 016. . Meets every Monday evening at 7:30 in tiie Maccabee'e '1. Main street. r>< . A. O. U. W.?Meets on the second and fourth Monday ia each month. J. H.; Kinkead. Itec.; W. a. Crowi. Rep. G. Lodge. Degree of Honor, auxiliary to the A. O. V. IV.. meets first and fourth Monday of each month. Mrs. A. P. Jones. Lady Chief of Honor. B. P. O. E.?Fairmont Lodge Xo. 294. at 7:30 o'clock. Charles D. Barry, Sec.. I 22S High street. | 1. O. O. F.? Marion Lodg?- Xo. 11. j Meets every Tuesday in Odd Fellowc , Hall. W". S. I'ltzer. See. 1'aiat.ue, Ledge Xo. S4. Meets every Wcrfnes-; day evening at 7:30 o'clock ia Odd Fei-1 llov. s Hall, corner Main and Monroe i ^streets. H. W. Stoneking. Scc'y. Moun j tain Cltv Fnconspmeut Xo. 5. .Meets : in Odd Fellows llall on the rirst and j third Fridays of each month. C. 1L Riggle. Scribe. Patriarchs Militant.") Meets in Odd Fellows Hall Thursday j evenings. J. C*. Glasscock. Captain: j W. S. Pitzer. Clerk. j Daughters of Rebckah?"West Virginia j Lodge Xo. 64. .Meets every Monday | right at 7:30 o'clock at Odd Fellows j rlall. , Ladies' Order Golden Links?Meets at i Cunningham Hall. Jefferson street.Fairmont, every Tuesday evening at) 7:45. Worthy Ruler, Beatrice Cole. Fairmont: financial secretary. Mrs. j Martha Short Baxter, toasonic?Fairmont Lodge No. 9. Meets j in Masonic Temple first and third j Mondays in each month. Francis IS. j Nichols. Sec. Orient Chapter No. 9, R. A. M. Meets in Masonic Temple second Monday of each month. Francis F." Nichols. Sec. Crnsade Commanoery No. 6. K. T. Meets in Masonic Temple every fourth Monday. Francis E. Nichols. Sec. Fairmont Chapter No. ? - ? " -In Vfacnntr. TpmnlS SLWUl UUJ!*AI1A OB BUN DOWN! br cGAkh or seat* tirroer end lane* tnmWM -wWcJi often dKreeso >Bcf??irj* Md menei 11 life It?IT. try EOBMAJTS ALTERATIVE Wtol tB*Sffi5>w t^TesPfga.^titinten. ttQootaJ^na *>? I SlwwSaw'* ? ** ^XSBI^AKSSSS^feSimESihM How's This? Wo efitr Ob* BunOr^a x>oQintmrt tor or cut of Cnintib ?b?t ctsaot b* iw^ty HtPli cmwb MMfcte 'v? * """ ft* ^ *?> tnfcen ScafJSStSfrrattI! *AMryMktn takes Bdn Cataafc thart y daetf ???% f?r tegUmontH. free. r.CCBENSI*OOLtMAflHk :. \Mft f an Sn?M?h 41 \J. Jj. O. UCWO U< first and third Thursday. Helen Fleming. Sec. Ladies of Modern Maccabees ? Dent Hire No. 753, Ladies of the Modern Maccabees. Meets the first and third Fridays of each month in K. of P. Hall. I. O. of R. M.?Setting Sun Tribe No. 16. Meets each Thursday evening ct Bed Men's HaH. First ward. H Ernest Hawkins, K. of R., 188 State : street. First ward. Woneta Council ] No. 6. Degree of Pocahontas. Meets | every Friday evening at Red Men's j Hall, First ward. Library Association?The Board of Df j rectors of the Fairmont Public Library Association meets in the Library Parlor the first Monday evening of each month at 7:30 o'clock. The officers are: President, Mrs. N. R. C. Morrow; vice president. Mrs. George DeBolt; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. J. Walter Barnes. Other members of the board are: Mrs. Jennie Eagle. Mrs. F r&ncis E. Nichols. Mrs. Charles Baird Mitchell and B. L>. Butcher. . Commercial Travelers ? Fairmont Council No. 497. United Commercial Travelers, meets first Saturday evenins is each month, in Maccabee Hall. L. E. Bennett. Sec'y. Order of Owls?Fairmont Lodge No. 1622. Meets every Thursday In old K. of P. Hall, McKinney Bldg. W, H. Randolph. Sec'y. Brotherhood Railroad Cirmen of America meets every Wednesday evening at Red Men's Hall at 7:30. W. F. Gantz. Pres.; G. A. Sperling, Recording Sec'y. A. O. H.?Meets every second Sunday at Knights of Columbus Hall. M. J. O'Neal. Rec. Sec. Boutlou Division. Ladies Auxiliary. Meets first Friday of each month in K. of C. Hail. Knights of Columbus?Fairmont Coun Cleric. MS Albert Court. Marion Co. Medical Society?Meets taat Friday at each month ta the Fleming JSdgs. President. Dr. X- C. Holland: vice president. Dr. L- IX Howard; secretary. Dr. H. R. Johnson; treasnrer. Dr. W. H. Sands; board of Cannon; Drn. L. 2?. Yost. X E. Offner. Wa. F. Beyers; delegates to West Virginia State Medical Association. Drn. H. H. Out. a. L. Peters; alternates, Drn. K P. Smith, C. W. Waddell. American Insurance Union?Meets each second and fourth Tuesday of the month In the K. of P. Hall on Main street. Y. M. C. A.?Fairmont Avenue and First Street X. M. Hartley, president; B. I- Butcher. Secretary; X O. Watson, treasurer. K. O. T. M.?Showalter Tent No. 7. Meets every Friday evening In McKinney Bide. Pythian Sisters?Mountain City Temple No. 5, meets every second and; fonrth Tuesday evening in K. of P. j Hall in the Flaming Building Millie: K. Evans, M. of It. and C. German Beneficial Union?Meets first ' and third Thursday ot each month at 7 p. m. All dues and assessments, must be paid on or before the first! day of eacb month. Ernest Schwan-j er.~ prcS.; August Friedericli. Vice) Krcs.; T. J. Fast. Sec'y. Knights of the Golden Eagte?Mus- J grave Hall. Meets every second ana j fourth Thursday of each month. J. L. j Shackelford, Master of Records. Marion Auxiliary to the fjrotiierhood of Railroad Trainmen meets every! second and fourth Thursdays of each ! month in the Maccabees" 'hall at 2 p. i m Fresidcnt. Mirtr.e Hovatter; secretary. Sirs. V.'ard riager; treasurer. Mrs. Jennie' X. Hupp. W. C. T. U.?Regular meeting third Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. Mothers" i | Transfer, Hauling and E t and carefully. I W. S. T1 g Bell phone 8, Ccn phone 100. j PRICES FIGURE i The man who spends bis money ' 5 no money to spend. And the deal 3 exborbitant price soon has uo custt |j onr busines son such an ecomnomb 3 able to save yon money, and yet .ma 5 that has made our house a leader 1 Dickerson Build 5 Fourth Street and Virgl <j Bell Phone 444. j* it's none ot our business from whom g have need ot our business you 11 : us by and by ? t? i rr?n iA\Trr rr> a n s r Aininun x ua.au g Manfactureri of Purity, Marigold S Distributors of Hay, Grail 8 Phone No. 89 CSK8333??g8SBgia????aaS?a3?gg8 I FAIRMONT CAR 8 FRED DIETRI I Builders and repairers < I automobiles. Painting a i s ?6sgass??asas?K8ac8?ee8ge8s?a3a | CHAS. W. g Watson Building. S ? A VTTV /1T1VT AViU VrHirf | Place your bnslneu with gaaaageeMiicagBaggaeBMgeea^^ | FAIRMONT | ' MANUFACI 1 AkflnlnfolvPiii s x uj i!| Offices and plant cornc I streets, East Side. Both! II line. walk in oi tceps oz ooh ?roo| I Inc. YcmU m-v? temper tiK and dl I llss- CiS atrtnyoBMitaNda II tint coat of roar writ I Ml BBII ! >11 1 RSni?u^^Bi ILgeB?w^ . gretn^lS J.5BaSBBgHlB *"cii5r T?^S?te* a?gjb Thursday v/eatiof da Modengratiofrn mi HaTT. SklarKir befldtefr HagtiafflB Urns. lacoiillat accratary. I'??jrr IB 1 TyFPEWRITERS I' I ft All Makes All Price* g - ^ ? livery machine genuine fac-1 v-fvjj ? loir rebuilt. GgaruHced for ft " "vS ? ?hk|. ::ZwM ?-- ^Sbm 3gKBK333ftgCift0?33CTft^ i-.;/? delivering done promptly |\V Parks Ays, Fairmont. |; :'jM, 11 .. J P=0ggCftffC83^C833S^g3^CS?Sa^ ' | 2 IK BUSINESS. without considering price soon has i er who charges bis customers an j[ > \V>'">:8 jrnere. Realizing thin, -we conduct ; i:"' . :aJ yet efficient basis, that we are | sir Intain the high standard of quality - ; iT"' ^ I .. _ -v^-? 1 ICE CO. MB VRER8 OF eSanitaryJce 1 I r of Merchant and Goff 's\;^ 'hones 398. mm * wo^oitt'iyQ*i>*o?Q*i>w)*o>Q^ci,<wwo*o*iyo*Q*&*> W!W>yBywBBJ?ggftoSpgiBgi<WM!Wa<WW3ycyC*<UPhCMPJr-n-^i^; UAbub f ' . _ " r loBsxs by lenses u* do yo*r p6md?- ? I vtanber ana vffl sMly ? I * fcP^iato>fctiJMOflHlKBhM?awt^ -~ ;>j&55^iraaiH 2SM vv'iSwHIBKbE ling Supply Co. nia Avinua^ Fairmont. Conwl Phono M aggnaaooapg^^ |&jjg aKswaaacsaaceaaaeaaaseesCTOBoeeeas 1 yon buy bat if in your businearyou J / make it your buslneei to buy of i'. SSs & MILLING C(h I . Maanolia and Bouquet Flours 8 ' \yQ\>*Q*yQ*o?Q?Q?Q*Q^yQ?Q*QT'Ovr^*Q\y>Q^>iQ*Q't . ' -f ! OFg^CgOgwfcw^O^Qwwfctt^VwftoCqiOSoSCgMMfcttt RIAGE WORKSj 1 of carriages, wagons and jji f||| pgacmsggara^^ BaaaaaBeegcecsgaasacw^ Hi ERAL INSURANCE. an ages tot experience. 309?g83a?saacR?fggggaE83^^ Royal NeigMoora?Saaton CarnntraeMajijl every Tuesday evening In a? Sthe-a ner building. Miae Palsy Adamicj^toswSj tary. Order Railway Qanductora ? Jhie every first and third Sunday SbBBjjSwS Men's Hall at 3:30 p. n. F. H. Brumage, secretary. Knights cf Malta ? Mountain StaM^i Commandery No. 44 . A- ft t'O-i/"**! Knights of Malta, meets every ThEurs^-day evening at 7:30 in third floorOm-- ^ ningtiam building. Eminent Sir CI Baser; Sir Knight Commander. Sir T. E. Mfnear. Worthington. W. Va?ecrtC- "-5 tary. I My New Headquarters ? Can On . './'3s MIKE ROIVroro^^g Mra* Class Shoe Repairing ," B?st White Oak Leather Oni. . ? Reasonable" Prices. ::Sq30aB All Work Guaranteed. . ISlai 308 MADISON ST. FAIRMONT. W.Vu