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Nks ' ? He Had Plurality of 17,000 ? ; Over His Nearest U .: Opponent. I : CHIQAGO. April 2?MaMyor Wll I Ilia Bile Thompson republican, waa reelected In one of the most exciting political struggles the city ever witnessed, the complete unofficial returns indicating that his plurality would be in (he neighborhood of 17,000. His nearest opponent was Robert M. Swelt zer, democrat, county clerk, whom the mayor defeated four years ago by a plurality of more than 47,000. Much of the btg vote of the mayor received four yean ago, but lost today went to f . State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne, a <: democrat who ran as an Independent by petition. Thompson's vote was 257,838 and Sweltber's 240,288. (' - The election In which six candidates A ran for mayor, fell on an idea! day ana \ the total vote cast was estimated at \ abont 700,000. I. The city voted wet by a sweeping i [ majority, the first time the question had been voted on In Chicago. The i liquor Interests made a campaign baai f; ed on the slogan "Let Congress hear your-protest" The vote was three to - one or better favoring saloons. The 1 Dry Chicago Federation made no concerted effort relying on national lcgj-i ' islation. The wet and dry question iwent on the ballot by order of the state !r snpreme court which found that the dry petition bad been kept off the balv lot illegally at the preceding city clec. k, tlops. tv,.;' Virtually all interested in the elec' tton waa centered in tho mayorality Kf fight although other city officers in eluding one alderman from each of the W- 35 wards was elected. The mayor made his campaign on hia record in office and on pleas for liv republican party support on the ball sis of national party lines. His priDctL .' pal opponent, Switzer and Hoyne, the Independent, both severely crt'Jclsed ?;' the may or and referred to "ThompPT. , sontam" and his war record. The &', mayor's reference to Chicago as "the sixth German city," hlsrefusal to issue t an invitation as mayor to Marsha] JofCE fre, of France and Ills promise of police,protection to a gathering of mem1/ bers of the People's Council for democracy and terms of peace, were urg_ 8," ed against the mayor by his opponents. The campaign was filled with specSi: tacles arranged by managers of the t Thompson. Sweltzer and Hoyne man P1 a sera, for down town street and public ; . buildings. &- A labor part ywas In the field for the first time with John Fitzpatrtck. president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, as mayoral candidate, who f!n-1 If tehod lb fourth place, trailing Hoyne. !the Independent. Hoyne polled ahou! ! . 100.000 votes which was less than half | of that received by each of the two leading contenders. Fitapatrick pollt , ed more than 50,000 out of a labor un! Ion membership or 240,000 and issued 1? \ a statement that "the labor party had established itself." The other mayoral candidates were g. John M. Collins .socialist, who polled ^ nearly as many votes as the socialist ! ' candidate reoeived four years ago. Last in the list was Adolph Cams B socialist labor, who polled fewer than i 2,000 votes. j I IeXkh \ Mr#. Virginia Carter, No. 137 40th St, Wat Advised to Take r Plant Juice. |\ Only recently tie following test!: tnonlal was received from Mrs. Virglnia Carter, who lives at No. 13? Fortieth street, and has many friends ||;i in .this city. She stated: II havjP suffered will could? scarcely keep i my stomach, as it j nd c%use gas, and 11 lstreip after eating. j ) adapted and I had roes my back and iu aqt sleep at night and e to.tey-Plant1 Juloe? iTcuped her of a bad trouble. I did so and that; it proved to be , ) I u^ded' and it put ae condition. I now a eat anything I want I ..cannot be too iend for Recommendltd me. Jam greatly rlsed at the wondercase jfcd wtl] recomaayjriends." sold in Fairmont at lants and Psalms of V?R A PUfNT j >U8 | nftifl Greenhouse. ? 054. R. | tS^HLfiY a Vf to A p.m , i WPEET. >nE <jso. 1'a Jprfes Store, , i?., ::,v< tT" f'"'" BANK DEPISITS SHOfMKCRfAS Bank Commissioner Smit Writes Governor About Recent Examination^ CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 2The most phenomenal Increase in d< posits ever shown by state banks < West Virginia in any period betwee examinations was indicated by the r port of State Banking Commission* S. P. Smith on the March 4 call, cor pleted and sent to Gov. Cornwell t day. The March statement compared wit months' peroid, shows an increase < $9,208,514.14, a bigger gain than ev< was made previously in any year. Di posits, subject to check, jumped fro $74,712,883.25 to $79,617,070; time ce tlficates Increased from $25 429,548.! to $27,017,649.21, and savings depo: its increased from $23,337,332.75 I $25,882,311.15. The state banks, as a part ot the resources, reported holding war savir stamps and Liberty bonds amountir to $7,881,749.34. In commenting c the report Commissoiner Smith callc Gre< Co Sore Throit G J^\e tjmlh '; Remedy {or InAuejfta an#all thr M^CLOSKEY eww?wwww?wiWHWw eWWWWWHWWWWWWM} RELIEVES \jfifL FATIGUE W(4j ] I FAIRMONT Cofeio ItHVHWWWWWWWMwiw WWMMWWWWWWtMWW l BREAD IS THI I GET THE BEE iGOura Phone 56-R. ewHwww?wwww?Uw iwwwwwwwwmHWW ij Winter ii comin#G?^y ? PLUMBING ! > Cleveland Ave. j>w?wwmwwwwwww^i i helmick foojnd& > 8th Street \nd Bait coal & cokef |! Mine Cars, Tipples, Screetas Inc {! and Switches, general casttjgs, e iHWWWWWWWWtWW i: ^FACTORY REBUILT i: TYPEWRITERS ;! AllMalfcs, a All Prices ;! Sold \ Bents? Repaired '; Every machine genuine tic ~ "hlmit guaranteed, for o\e year.A ~ p"* mnvmsw works ho B street. , > tibnsol. ^hone 849. WH4WfW44WW4WHWW? >44HWWWWW4HWW44W wii5lard|I ;; Complete stocksVibber Ax j! Rear Court House /' 3Uwwwm*4?WMW4wtm4 >4H4HHWW4W444WW ?>HV < | 403 Jefferson Street \ !l home * A. D. PXRI JI Work called for and delta : YOUR GOvkRNME ! > Here is your opportunity toj > sy for yourself. Gather lp ol# ! [ it sarp your waste. \ a FAIRMONT IMN aWWWWMWHMWMWljlw f HlghXcrade Jflotc * PACKARl, HUpSOr 4 SEIwlCf AN* siSjfDA "When bettwSare ar : 810 MADISON 8T. \| f " EXPERT JhrEI ;! Prompt Service i WwwwwwwttwmmtM THE WEST VIRGINIAN, F the Governor*! attention to the Items indicated and declared "the increase in deposits is the greatest ever made in the banking history 01 the state. E"I am nnable to give the reason for thds favorable showing unless it is due to thrift and economy taught the peo_ pie during the war savnlgs period. You will notice there is $24,000,000 due from hanks, with only $3 000,000 due to banks, leaving a balance of over h $20,000,000 on the rLght side of the ledger. Re-disoounts bills payable and other liabilities have made a phenomenal decrease of more than 33 per cent" - White School Leads ? in Sales of W. S. S. j ? The White school is making the o- best record in sale of thrift and war savings stamps for 1919. Nine htrndred and forty-six dollars and twentyj_ five cents worth have been sold. L Eighty-one pupils have bought for the uj first time in the post week. Teachers r. and principal are trying to teach thrift )g and economy in the schools?how to 5. take care of their school supplies, jq books and other school possessions. An endeavor Is being made to cut ir down the amount of money spent on _ candy, gum, soda water and ice cream. b 1 ? ?!-a -* a# *Mc toarh. > [g one ?VltlJCiIlX3 Ui IUD vucwk v? kui" ?v-v~ . a ins is in the amount of thrift and war id saving stamps these pupils possess. , iter Fain mmercia rs ANTISEPTiq i Wash and Spray. A preventive and ;[ oat ailments? 25e at jj S DRUG STORE ;i iDELICIOUS' \ ifSGufr refr^ng t LA BOrrLIN& i^ORKS. j; WWH^HWWMWwil^WWV / / '?- I tWWWHtHMWWHHWWWe f^TAFf OF LIFE. \\ T. WE iflAKE IT. i DEAL BAKERY |:! $ 823 Madison St !> / if. ,' ? WHWWttUWHWWMWWkW our plumbing done earl/. J 4' / ^ MAR'jrfN ' ? ofau/kind? j |j Phone 64w |; (WHHWWWWWWWWVWHMM * * : >W?WWWWW%HVWW>WVtW i MACHINE COMPANY | Line. Fdirmont, W. Va. LA^ EQUPMENTS 5 linetf'lane Wheels and Drums, Frogs S itc. 5 wwwwww?vwww?wwvw I v | wwwwwtywftwwwm i|V CHA&Wy&VANS ij: !> A Watson adnldini Fairmont i>| j: :\ B^iftyl^Gencral I' J! Plat* y.iur business .-With an |!| JI j! agelf of experiene^ !;i v I' IwwMWsmwwwwwwi i j WWSVWWWMWWWWM WWW ERVICCAGENT j: ead batteries ?ta<jepair parts <; MAYERS. Phone 1191-J. ;t wwwwWwvwwwwvwwhw j tWHMPVHHWWWWWiWVWWW* J Bell Phone 221-R. '<> ] LAUNDRY ; l&eyf ' Work Guarantee^"""" j;' Nft ASKS YOURHjELPj/ | ' roeneflt youi countrK ajp make men- !! ' rags, papers, iron an;metal. Help Jl: Jk METAL CpIPANy. tTATER Street. / \ .WWWWWWWWtWHtWWW I ir Car* and Trucks $! J, BUICK, ESSEX, DODGE $ I SATISFACTION * RD GARAGE | ? built" we will sell them'' i TELEPHONE ?#5 \ iWWWtWWWSHUWWtWWSW / i HWWWWWWWWWMWVWV DYE WORKS | LAND AVENUE ;; IS AND CLEANERS .. Phone 1433-J. !|i SHWWWMWtttWtMMWtWSM! 11 ' * - ' ^ i V ' AIRMONT WEDNESDAY IN MEMORY OF \ MR8. 8ETTA TRAVIS. Mrs. Setta Travis (cee Davis) was bom July, 1851. at Davis Ridge, and departed this lite March 28, 1919, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Dina U. Robey, on Dunkard Mill run, near Jimtown, this county. She was the second daughter of Alpheus and Hannah Davis, both deceased. She was united In marriage several years ago to Dr. Joseph Travis, now deceased, of Wintield district. She has a living brother and two sisters, viz: Austin D. Davis, of near Charles Town. W. Va, and Mrs. Mary A. Nichols and Mrs. Dina L. Robey, both of thiB county. One1 Do You R^einlanl $10 BjOfji artflu Pavs ^ fiu.po iap ccrv PoliOy ?vers operating, drivl adjusting, ,crlnking, knocked down or explosid^.I Sold to men and woe Call or Address Room 30.1 mont an 1 and In Cold Feet ai Futi By GALBRAITH President of International Associi For some reason business has slway any fundamental changes. It has alwayi of trade "whenever anything different i When wer broke out in 1914 we i shown that war inevitably causes gret And we didn't begin again until absolute war materials. Again when peace came dering wh3t force is going to give us th do not s^om to be in the regular equii Presidential election has acted as a bra! learned to believe it should be. Cold fe of business. At the first suggestion of any chan men pause in their affairs and look aro doing. The other fellows are doing seme li everything stops?except the looking, anxlouj Lower prices are offered as a of the seller. A reduced volume of busii that reductions in. fixed labor charges i prices do not serve to stabilize anythini tney had when they see values crumbllr cutting has entirely the opposite effect and bad times are upon us. President T be said that bad times were largely psyc Granting this to be true as regards t ourselves out of the ungrounded fears thi pretty nearly our whole anatomy? The present waiting policy is wroni There war no indication in Novembe ihat businoss was stopping up. The cor ally and is doing so even now. The retai biggest tradi' he had ever known; his s today adequate to meet his trade demam Mauy jobbers openly boasted that th forgetting that by bringing down the ma rtock3 and those of their customers. Tin ket broke and with the break went all played are praying for a rise in prices stability to conditions Yet they that i game from the other angle and pitch in t in motion once more. Instead of crying ly responsible?let these operators mak< able to establish and let them become bu The moment that a buying moveme prices on the upward turn, then will th uot yet quit and is in fact buying withoi I wish I could carry this message tc go ahead now or quit businoss entirely, patriotic. V'c bought Liberty Bonds at low par-but we did that for our countr; in a different way. Let's keep our facti for the good times that our preparation of the world see a broken down America But the Corpse D January exports shocked the pessii Ing was being bought and sold and thoi mixture of red tape and lack of bottoi is a box of codfish. The fact is, the figures surprised et may have gone, $622,900,000 worth of i lot of business. The figure Is the b: That ftirr.nmRtnriAA all t.h? mnrA rami stream of war supplies which we had largely ceased. Exports in January w Of course, food and raw materials account. Breadstuffs, meat and dair; represented $300,000,000 of the aggr more than their value in our exports o But manufactured articles, too, hi There is every indication that Latin At It has long desired. Angentina, whicl In December, 1913, obtained $20,000,01 America we sent $11,800,000 In Decei of 1918, and $47,000,000 in January ol only the figures for the exports from-N' Obviously, we shall await with^ea what the country did during Febr/ary. theWw wa European* Vile New Rates: $\Jo, $1?2( tWWVWMWWWWMWWWy Transfer, HauliM and/u and carefully. \jjj[?j>| Bell Phone 8 \f EVENING, APRIL' 2,1919 -i brother. Curtis Davis, or Davis Ridge, died the 9th of October last, and one sister, Mrs. LucVetia King, vile of Joshua King, deceased, died about 20 years ago. Mrs. Travis was buried at Davis Ridge cemetery where her parents and brother and sister all rest. Mrs. Travis was strong intellectually, waa very devoted to her friends, a good, kind, neighborly woman. Sho will be sadly missed by the family, friends and neighbors. Honor to her memory. Wealthy Russians are often burled in glass coffins. lutopnobile? If So, tomqbilePolicy 2fit V for Accfdeqts?52 Weeks ng. riding in, demonstrating, ad- I , run over, or injurs)} by burning nen. Ages 18 to 70. 1 Some Savings Bank Rldg. J! Ij.~ u us mo dustrial id Business ire I MILLER, JR., ition of Garment Manufacturers. s been sby and hesitating in the face of > seemed to me to be one of the axioms occurs?stop!" all stopped, although experience had! it industrial activity and high prices, ily forced to do so by the demands tor s we stopped and now we are all won e impetus to start again. Self-starter1, iment of any business. Almost every ke on business simply because we had set seems to be a spasmodic affliction ge in the way things are being done und to see what the other fellows are ooking on their own account and then Buyers become indifferent and sellers . bait, the cut first being in the profits less increases overhead which means nust be made. Further reductions in 5 us uue uuyers lose waaiever courage < ig. Instead of creating business, price ! Soon complete demoralization seta in 1 Wilson was pretty nearly correct when J ihological. J ? he present emergency, can't we reason J it have so chilled not only our feet but; j \ t at the time the armistice was signed j isumer was buying?and buying liber- | ler has -not become balky. He had the 3 tocks were not large and are not even J is. * ey would break the market, seemingly ; rket, they were depreciating their own sir plan met with success and the mar- { confidence. Now many of those who ; as they feel that that alone will lend < >ray have not the courage to play the ! md buy and by so doing start industry ! at conditions, for which they are large- J s the most of the prices they have been j lis and buy. < nt begins, then will prices rise. With e retailer operate. The consumer has , it regard to price. > every business man in the country? To hold back?to be a slacker is unpar, knowing that the market was bey's sake?let's do the same thing again sries going at full blast?let's prepare alone can bring?let's not let the rest eclined to Serve nists, both those who intimated nothse who declared flatly that an unholy \ ns prevented exportation of as much 'erybody. No matter how high prices ? mercuanaiBu in one mouin represents iggest for any month in our history^ irkable tor the reason that the great earlier Bent to allied countries had , ere pedomlnately civilian goods. ; for Europe entered into the January ! ? products, cotton, and mineral oils egate value?or about $100,000,000 J f January, 1918. j id a real part in the January figures. J nerica has begun to obtain the goods ; h imported $4,700,000 of our goods )0 In January, 1919. To all of South , nber, 1913; $19,000,000 in January ! 1919?rand for the two later months ew York are yet available. ! 1 interest the figures which will show j ! . . ' ?. _ ! mwwiHwwwwwwywww ! TSON HOTEL |ij Cafe -in Connection i; j ytfjS 0,$2.00. ij MVWWVWWWWHHWWW , stivering done promptly | j IOMAS 1] Cleveland Ave, Fairmont S.! Tired,Overwoi What You N War conditions have ma mother's time and energy i to do all in their power foi continually overwork and run-down condition/ Vino and iron tonic, wju build strong. Are IS WUteaa.Mtf*. * so it hard tot rzefto g& around and do nrjr worlc. Auer other medicines hsdlailed to hflpmeVinolrestored my health anf strength and I heartily recommend It to an^ne suffering fromNa nrfvous, rtn-down condition."?Mrs. jL M. LIttaa HE Crane's Drug Store, Mo Drug Store. Vinol is sold i cription Pharmacy, and by I inufactu Enterpri WWtWWHHMWWWWWmw I Fairmont's Pr This Compar Are One^^ I T I The Monongahela V > i I FAIRM^^I^CJH Jefferson St. \ I /\f*r iwWWW>IWtWtUy>W<WtWMW WWWHHytWWHWWWWjW Ntyre Than VP A busb-Ass orgaaiz^tjoitfthat b tbat It has become almtffetp pabtti serve the pubW wltliirf jpe iastry than ew before./- * Dickersoiyvuilctir 4th St and Vifeinia'Ave. WRIKJ Good for the merchlnt, gep rej er. makes more end -betfer leives. Fairmonfc Grain, .1' i "i 111 ?? Offices IWWMSW^lwMW^WMlW ^KAQpWPAIII " 'i,-'.;. V?j J j- it; ' ' Bteifitllililliliii I . I'-' r?t V.W . ; '' "/f^h-? J-.? ?*> * ffi'*zi tw -H . - 4 c - s! *' ''-.- V WotSM '**->*^1 kedMothers I eed is Vinol I de the; demand upon a I unlimited. In their zeal H r their loved ones, they . I are soon in a nervous, 1, the non-Secret cod liver H vou up and make you " I kecp^K>nse*for m?^o?ban3|8? I myself end got into aaAw^tfipgw? m condition, so 8trengtli|f tn^RT lad 80 { ambition. After docwR? for wjuld and getting no betapr 1 tried ySW 1 ie certainly agoofltonic. JfraWlj. D. Dawaoa. , untain City Drug Ca,Hal] I n Mannington by the Pjes- I )ruggists everywhere. < 1 11 ' "I.. 1 1 L. 'V ring, I ises I I I I A osperity and | I ty's Interests I d the Same | 1 2 I # I alley Traction Co. I I Jj ' " ''' Phono 1220 ^ * Jf ' **5 ' i m, u niji-'i uiiiwMiillHWBMBB . i u'...'.',' ?' fi n?,. UL-m f, ' '* v'