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NEW BLUE LAWS
RATED UNIQUE
examination by physician and
CERTIFICATE OF CI-ARACTER
REQUIREMENTS.
CHURCH WINE IS SAFEGUARDED
Purchaser Muct Make Affidavit That
Sacramental Component Is Not To
De Used as a Beverage—Number of
Times Alcohol Has Been Prescribed
Has To Be Stated.
iBy Ernest W Helm.)
Charleston, \V. Va.—Forms for pre
ecriptions and affidavits by sole means
of which alcohol and wine may be
bought in drug stores when state-wide
prohibition becomes effective, which
have been drawn by Tax Commission
er I". O. Blue, and f.tcetiously called
“Blue laws,’’ are pronounced the most
unique regulations ever devised to re
etritt the sale of intoxicants. In order
to purchase wine for sacramental pur
poses even the churchman must make
affidavit that he (or she) is a person
over the age of 21 years, and is not
of intemperate habits and is not ad
dicted to the UBe of any narcotic drug;
that ho (or she) desires to purchase
a given quantity of wine; that said
avine's to be used for sacramental pur
pose1;. and that said wine is not to be
used as a beverage, or for any purpose
other than that stated.
i-nymcian s txammation Necessary.
Much the same form of affidavit is
prescribed for the purchase of alcohol,
the affiant swearing to his temperate
habits and stating the disease in the
treatment of which the spirits are to
he employed. However, before mak
ing this affidavit the applicant must
have submitted to an examination by
u physician and have secured a "char
acter."
Following is the form of prescription
to be Issued by the physician:
The amount of alcohol prescribed in
the foregoing prescription is to be
used for - disease for which
this prescription is given, and is to
be used in - doses; that said
alcohol is prescribed for-pa
tient; that the undersigned physicain
has previously prescribed, within the
year next preceding the date of thiR
prescription --, prescriptions to
the the person obtaining this prescrip
tion; that the alcohol herein pre
scribed is absolutely necessary for
medicine and is not to he used as a
beverage; that the undersigned phy
sician. at the time of giving this pro
scription, made a personal examina
tion of such person, and that he tor
ehei is known to tlie undersigned phy
sician to be of temperate habits and
not addicted to the use of any narcotic
drug.
Cody ts Accidentally Shot.
. Stewart Cody, superintendent of the
chicken farm at the West Virginia ex
perimental Station, Morgantown, was
taken to a hospital at Keyser, having
been shot in the face by the accidental
discharge of a revolver on a Baltimore
* Ohio train. A Pennsylvania con
stable dropped his overcoat, in a
jacket of which the revolver was. The
hammer struck the arm of the neat,
discharging the weapon and wounding
Cody.
Promotion For Trotter.
Charles P. Trotter, a West Virginian,
who went to Washington from Pres
ton county, and. in years of service in
(he postal service, has arisen to be
chief clerk to the first assistant
postmaster general, has been appoint
ed postmaster at Itenver with an in
crease in salary of $500 a year.
Must Stay at Capital.
(Jov. Hatfield has instructed the pub
lie service commission not to hold
hearings outside their rooms at the
state capitol unless under his direc
tlon The order, it Is said, comes as
a result of a hearing at Wheeling re
cently of the Manufacturers' Light A
Hear Co., in which an increase of three
cents in the gas rates is in question
Cluster Lights Considered.
With the receiving of bids by the
board of affairs on the municipal light
ing proposition, the question of the de
sirability of lighting Capitol and two
or three of the other down town streets
with the cluster light system was re
vtved and is probable that the matter
will receive the serious consideration
of the hoard.
Veterinarians Meet.
Responding to the call of Commis
sioner of Agriculture Williams, state
veterinarians met at Marlinton, dig
cussing the eradication of bovine tu
berculosia and hog cholera In West
Virginia. Commissioner Williams
urged a rigid inspection and pointed
nut the danger to human beings.
School Funds Arc Disbursed.
State Auditor Darst has distributed
♦ he portion of the general school fund
to the several counties of the state.
This distribution was made on the
district unit and approximately $90,000
was disbursed among the districts
which are unable, on the present val
uations and at the maximum rate of
levy, to maintain a school term of six
months. This state aid to the "poor”
districts, practically all of which art
farming districts, Is divided between
Ibe teachers’ and Lh« balding fund.
lavncrai vaccination L’rg-o.
In a bulletin Betting forth the host
methods of keep'ng imtrune from
smallpox. Ur. L. A. Potty declares that
the dread disease, in a mild form, is
pre\aleat. He sa\r>: “Tnere Is abso
j utely no reason that smallpox should
excite the least bit of alarm, as it is
• the one disease in which modern
science with all its advancement has
i produced a certain mems of control
and extermination. I refer to vacci
nation. Vaccination, if successful,
confers absolute immunity to one for
over a peTiod of years from ? to 12.
There is no danger In the simple pro
• cedure and the resulting ulcer is 6oon
well. An exhaustive research of med
ical literature has failed to bring forth
I one anthentic report, or even the men
tion of one, whereby an arm, leg or
part of either has been lost, or even
Injured by vaccination, beyond a scar."
: Railroad* Must Make Report*.
The public service commission is*
sued a nttmber of Important orders af
fecting the railroads in West Virginia.
One of these orders requires all com
mon carriers both intrastate and in
terstate, on or before March. 1914, "to
' furnish the commission with a copy
of the annual report of the presidents
and boards of directors of the year
1913, to the stockholders; to furnish
the commission with a summary re
port of all accidents occurring in this
; state during the year 1913 resulting in
death or injury to an employe or other
: person, stating the names and resi
dences of the persons killed or in
jured. If known, and the causa of such
accident.”
Possible Candidates in Fifth.
Hon. James A. Hughes is an avow
ed candidate for re-election in the
Fifth Congressional district, and op
posing him. likewise avowed, are Ed
ward Cooper, of Bratnwell; Hugh Ike
Shott. of Hluefleld, and E. T. England,
i of IjOgan. In addition to the aforemen
tioned candidates rumor has coupled
the names of a number with the com
ing battle. The possible entrance of
ex-Sheriff Ira J. Harshbarger into the
congressional race will make a change
in the situation. Hon. Elliott North*
cott is mentioned as a possibility, as
also Hon. Wells Goodykoontz, of Wil
liamson, and Hon. Edward E Wll
; liams.
Guesses As To Appointments.
While the best guess in Washington
still seems to be that Ned Smith, of
, !• airinont, will be appointed marshal
of the northern district, it has become
apparent that the matter will not be
settled without a contest by several
candidates for the place. Chester D.
Wbitham, of Wheeling, is an active
aspirant for the appointment. Joe
O’Brien, of Wheeling, is being urged
for one of the assistants to the dis
i trict attorney of the northern district,
while Dr. O'Kane is regarded as a
possibility for the Whe* ling postmas
I tership.
: Poisons Harder to Get.
Roth the physicians and druggists
of West Virginia are directing their
efforts to the suppression of the sale
of poisonous drugs which have been
popularly used by those attempting
suicide. The pharmacists who are do
ing their utmost to keep their p ofes
sion on a high plane, have done a
great deal toward lessening the sale
of these poisons and they feel that
with the promised assistance of phy
I sielans they will be able to reduce sui
cides by the poison route to the mini
mum.
Girls May Teach.
An injunction granted by the circuit
I court of Marion county, prohibiting
students of the Fairrnon* Normal
! school from ’ practicing" teaching in
the Fourth Ward school of Fnirmont
for the purpose of gaining experience,
was suspended by the supreme court
Request of C. A. O. Refused.
Judge Samuel D. Littlepage. of the
Kanawha circuit court refused to sus
tain the motion of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Co, to limit the
time in which the excess fare coupons
would be redeemable by the specie’
commission appointed some time ago
The railroad company contended that
holders of the coupons were not stir
rendering them as rapidly as they
should, causing unnecessary expense
Protest Is Forwarded.
A copy of resolutions adopted by the
board of commerce of Morgantown
protesting against the government’s
i suit against the United States Steel
Corporation, has been sent to Con
gr°ssman Sutherland with the request
that, it be flied in the house of repre
sentatives.
No Decision Is Reached.
So decision was reached by Hon
James S. l-akin and ex Gov. Wm. O
I Dawson, members of the state hoard
of control, w-ho are, looking over pos
sible sites for a location for the Fair
mont State Normal school.
Decrease in Mint Fatalities.
The department of mines has com
pleted its compilation of the fatality
record for 1913. it shows a decrease
! of about 7 per cent In spite of an In
crease of 7 per cent In the number of
men employed. The total number of
fatal accidents was 335 as against 3.79
, in 1912. a decrease of 24. The miners
employed now flumher 73,251 as
ag&ins 68,:j48 In llil2, an increase of
5,273. fine hundred and nine of the
33.) fatalities were due to careless
ten.
PEACE TERMS FIRM
GOVERNMENT 13 NOT ENTERING
INTO COMPROMISE WITH OF
FENDING TRUSTS.
SO ASSERTS MR. M’REYNOLDS
Attorney General Wants It Understood
That in Dealing With Corporations
His Department Is Not Yield
ing Any Just Claims.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.—Antitrust legislation
in the great absorbing topic at pres
ent in the capital and from letters
which come in from the country it
seems to be holding the attention of
business and professional men every
where. It is being discussed In news
paper correspondence dally, and In
this correspondence also it has been
bolding place, because of the manifest
Interest and in some cases the appre
hension which has been shown con
cerning It.
Close advisors to the president huve
expressed a pleased assent to the use
of the word peace which has appeared
so prominently recently in the head
lines of Mr. Wilson's anti-trust plans.
The l>etuocrats. however, seem to be
fearful lest the people may be led to
believe that peace means compromise.
Compromise is a word objectionable
to Attorney General McHeynolds, who
has said that when u compromise is
entered Into each party to it gives up
something for which it has contended
as its right. It Is becoming a little evi
dent in Washington that some of the
Democratic leaders fear the change
from a virulent policy against big
business to one less aggressive will
leud men to suppose that the party has
weakened in its purpose to make the
big corporations behave themselves.
The Democrats explain thnt Mr. Wil
son's peaceful words of the last few
i weeks, and their acquiescence in what
the administration has said, should
not be taken to mean that big corpo
rations are lo be allowed in any re
spect to continue to break the law.
No Compromise With Wrong.
Mr. McReynoids apparently wants
I It definitely understood that the gov
; eminent does not intend to surrender
a thing lor which it haH contended. He
glad apparently that there is an op
l>ortiinlty to settle out of court many
of the eases against the trusts, but
I he is determined, it is said, that no
one shall think his department or the
administration is yielding one thing
which it does not. believe It is right
to yield. It is held by the department
of justice officials that In all of the
agreements with big corporations thus
far reached the department has ob
i talned all things which it has demnnd
j ed. The attorney general lias let It
bo known that it is his Intention to
be guided by no other policy in any
case. Briefly, corporations to escape
prosecution miwt "come to Washing
! ton to ngree to proposed terms."
In the case of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph company n direct
i question was put to the attorney gen
: eral: "On w’hat terms can we square
| ourselves?” Mr Mclteynolde took a
long time thinking on this case and
; »hrn he told the officials exactly what
' ’hpy would have to do to make their
I operations comply with the law
against the trusts. It Is said that the
I company officials sought a cornpro
j rnise, being unwilling to give over
| certain profitable things which they
thought under certain constructions
might be considered to be within the
law. Finally the terms flxe* fcy the
attorney general were accepted In
every detail and the telephone and
telegraph people were not i*artlcularly
sour-faced over the surrender sltua
I tlon.
What, happened in (ho telophona and
telegraph case has happened In the
Npw Haven railroad rase. It is j>oa
slble of course that In some of the
details of the arrangement between
the government and the rorporatione
there may be found things which have
♦ he appearance of compromise from
the government end, hut the depart
ment of JuB'iro seemingly Is willing
to challenge anyone to produce ade
quate proof that there has been any
giving where giving was not right.
Adopting Progressive Ides.
Home days before President WII
son completed his message on
anti-trust legislation it became known
and was published throughout the
country that he Intended to
recommend the creation of an In
terstate business hoard to look after
olg commercial affairs In some
what the same manner ns the Inter
state commerce commission looks
after the affairs of tho railroads, but
with powers more limited fhnn those
given to the railroad supervising body.
In these dispatches some time ago
the exclusive Information was given
that President Wilson intended to bor
row a part of the plan of the new Pro
gressive party Intended to regulate
business It is believed In Washing
ton that, there seemingly Is basis for
tho belief to be found In the talk of
the Democratic leaders, that before
the end of the present congress In
March. 1915. tho powers of tho hoard
which the president wants to have ap
pointed will bo largely Increased and
that ultimately it will have a standing
equal to that of tho Interstate com
merce commission.
Tho administration apparently lias
felt that the Progressives of tha coun
try, led by Theodore Roosevelt, would
say It had become a convert to their
views If It should recommend tho es
tablishment of such a board aa Colo
nel Roosevelt and other Progressive
/
lenders have advocated from the first.
It la thought here that the Democrats j
believe they can develop this Prog res- !
j *iv«* plan so slowly us to take away
whatever capital the Progressives 1
may tr> to make out of the adintnls- ;
trillion's apparent conversion to one of !
their policies. Already the Prog res I
sives of the country are saving that
President Wilson has begun to steal
some of their thunder
Making the Guilt Personal.
Today the leaders in congress are
still conferring on the matter of
strengthening anti trust legislation so
! as to make it certain that guilt can j
be rnude personal When Theodore
Roosevelt was president of the United ;
States he was credited with saying
that dozens of managers, euperintend
ents, head bookkeepers and other jun
iors in big corporations could be put
into Jail for violation of the anti trust
laws, but that It would bo little less
than criminal to put the little fellows
i In Jail and to let the big fellows es
cape.
InvptUgaUona by the attorney gen
eral's department in the Roosevelt
and Taft days showed that the heada
of great corporatioua which were be
lleved to bo conducting business in
violation of the law had so covered
up their personal tracks thut they
could not be followed by the law and
reached by ita hand. One of the worst
features of the whole situation wrh
the willingness of the big men so to
arrange things that the responsibility
should fall on their subordinates, who
would have to go to prison if any
body went.
Now what the Democrats are trying
to do is to make the law so strong
that there will be n certainty when
there are law violations that the big
fellows can be arreBted, after assur
ance that the evidence is right to put
them behind the burs. Admittedly,
one of the hardest tasks which the
I>emocruts have is the framing of a
law that will produce thiH result. Time
and again the guilt of the big men has
been known positively and yet It has
not been susceptible of proo*
Colombian Treaty Not Liked.
Day by day the . belief is grow
ing stronger In Washington that
the l?nited States senate will refuse
to ratify the treaty with the Co
lombian government that the state
department has prepared containing
a provision for the payment to the
Colombians of $25,000,000 for their
loss of Panama and also containing s
paragraph of apology from this gov
ernment for having recognized the in
dependence of Panama "over night.’*
It will be remembered by most peo
ple that during the Roosevelt admin
istration, when we were trying to se
cure u right of way across the isthmus
for the great lnteroceanic canal, the
people of the state of Panama, which
was a part of the country of Colom
bia, declared their Independence,
which was instantly recognized by the
United States. Some people have held
that the revolt of the Panamanians
from Colombian rule and our Instant
recognition of their status as an In
dependent government were part of a
put up Job and that consequently we
owed the Colombian government not
only money, but an apology because
we made the Panamanians' independ
once certain by our act of recognition
Mannis Taylor, who Is acting as
counsel for the Colombian govern
ment. Is urging thnt the United
States not only shall agree to pay J«ito
the treasury of the South American
country the buih of $25,000,000 for the
Panama strip, but shall further soothe.
Its wounded feelings by humble apol
ogy for an act of the Roosevelt ad
ministration, Indorsed later by the
Taft administration and which many
senators and representatives seem
fully to believe lias been Indorsed by
a majority of red-blooded citizens of
the United States.
Balk Especially at Apology.
There are Republicans and Demo
crat* in the senate whose personal
nnd political relations with Theodore
Roosevelt are not warmed by the fires
of affection. It will take a lot of
pleading, however, to get these men
to vote a gift of $25,000,000 to the
Colombian people as payment for '
something which many Americans
think did not belong to them. It can
be said that from all appearances the
suggestion of an apology Is more re
pugnant to the majority of men In con
gress, Irrespective of party affilia
tions than is the thought of the pay
ment of money.
Men here who have known William !
Jennings Bryan personally always
have maintained that his standards of
morality were untouched by hlpoc 1
rlsy. Mr, Bryan, however, may have ;
had his own angle of vision when he j
contemplated this Colombian Indern- |
nlty matter. Men who have made a
study of the whole matter, and some
' of them are Democrats and senators,
j think that If the United States com
| mltted an immoral act In recognizing
: the Independence of Panama, the act
, was morality Itself when set by the
side of the actions of the Colombians
when Uncle Sam was trying to get
| them to grant canal concessions.
Why Is the senate of the United
1 States likely to refuse to apologize
In the name of this country to the
Colombians'’ There are plenty of
Ttemoc.rats In the senate who would
like to Join with Mr Bryan and Mr.
1 finnnle Taylor in making an apology.
; were It not for the fact that ever
1 since this government recognized th»*
| Independence of Panama and “thereby
j offended the Colombian*," Democrats
In congress have been voting for leg
islation based on the very act of rec
ognition. The majority In congress
seemingly would make scores of Its
members ridiculous If It should vote
to give the Colombians a cent and
they might stultify themselves If they
should rote to tender an apology.
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A desirable type of poultry nouse in use at the Experiment Station.
FILLING THE EGG BASKET
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS
Proper Selection of Pullets, Laying House and Feed Are Im
portant Factors In Securing High Priced Winter
Elggs—Seasonable Suggestions
(Horace Atwood. Wont Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station.)
L*»rgt», clean, white, fresh eggs are
now aelllng, December 15th. 1913,
wholesale, for 50 to t>0 cents per dozen
In New York City. Express charges
front any part of West Virginia on
shipments of eggs and the commission
charges would amount to less than
•even cents per dozen, when shipped
by the case, making the eggs net the
producer 15 to 50 cents per dozen.
There is consequently no doubt but
that it is wise to 1111 the egg basket
in winter, if one can do so.
How To Produce Winter Eggs.
For eggs in November, December
nnd January, reliance must he placed
principally upon early-hatched pullets,
Leghorn pullets for this purpose should
he hatched in April and pullets of the
heavier breeds should be hatched
about a month earlier, so that they
may arrive at maturity before the ad
vent of cold weather. It possible, they
should he given free range during the
summer, ns they are apt to he more
healthy and vigorous arc! make better
layers than when closely confined
while they are growing. Kgg produc
tion is a reproductive function. In
other words, it is u matter of fecundity
—the ability to produce offspring in
large numbers.
The food that laying hens receive Is
only one of the fnctors that afreets
the production of eggs. Fowls for this
purpose should be healthy and free
from lice and mites. They should not
be overcrowded or overfed on certain
feeds. They should not he fed too
scantily, or frightened, or placed 1
amidst strange or unusual surround
ings. and In the winter time they
should be able to take an abundant
amount of exercise, as exercise pro
motes health and vigor. These are the
important factors In egg production.
Feeding for Egg Production.
Liberal feeding Is the keynote of
success in obtaining eggs in the win
ter time. There must be an excess of
nutritive materials over and above the
amount necessary to maintain the
fowl, and eggs are only produced when
there is this excess. On the other
hand, fowls that are fed too heavily,
especially when they do not get
enough exercise, as sometimes hap
pens in winter time, become sluggish
and out of condition. So there is a
happy medium, when the fowls re
ceive just enough and not too much
food to keep them in I be pink of con
dition, and when they are obliged to
take u considerable amount of exer
cise in order to obtain their food. The
exercise can be provided by scattering
the whole grains which they receive
in deep straw litter so they will have
to work for all the grain they need. |
Whole Grains.
If corn, wheat and oats are avail
able, It is a good plan to mix them In
**<liiH 1 parts by weight, and to feed
thla mixture In such quantities that
the corn nnd wheat will all be con
sumed, but If there la occasionally
aome oat* left In the litter no great
harm will be done.
Mash. 4
In addition to the who!* grain. It
necessary. in order to get a Rood e
production, to feed the fowls some
thing which contains a larger amount
of protein or nitrogenous mutter thun
the whole grain contains. This la
usually accomplished by feeding tha
fowls ground feed usually called mash.
The ground feed may conslnt of a mix
ture of rornmnul, wheat bran and
ground oats, «<> which about 10 per
cent of beef scrap Is added. The beef
scrap is a very Important part of the
mixture, as It contains a large amount
of protein and Ih Also rich in^sh con
stituents, especially in phosphorus. If
plenty of sour skim milk is available
for tlie fowls, it will not be necessary
to feed much, if any. beef scrup Tits
mash may bo fed, either dry in hop
pers. or It may be moistened with wa
ter or sour milk and fed once a day.
Usually It is a good pluti to feed mois
tened milk once per day, in such quan
tities that the fowls will eat it in a half
hour or so.
Green Food.
Laying bens in the winter tim*
should also be provided with green
food of some sort. For this purpose
there is nothing better than cabbage
or mangels. If these are not available,
oats may be sprouted. This is not
difficult, as a home-made oats sprouter
can be made by any farm boy In a
few hours, or a galvanized iron one
may be purchased from any mail-order
house for u few dollars.
In order to provide the material for
the egg shells, crushed oyster shells
should be provided. This material
costs only fifty or sixty cents per hun
dred-pound sack, and should he used
more extensively by the poultryme
of West Virginia.
To sum tip the whole matter, then,
we should have early-hatched pullets,
and these should he liberally fed on a
ration containing plenty, not only of
fats and carhonhydrates, such as are
present in corn, but also plenty of pro
tein and ash constituents, which are
found in liberal quantities In beef
scrap nnd sour milk. The fowls
should be caused lo lake an abundant
amount of exercise; they should be
housed where there is plenty of fresh
air, they should be kept free from lice
and mites and provided with green
food and plenty of fresh water. If all
these things are promptly attended lo.
there should be a good profit from the
farm fowls during the winter when
eggs are high In price.
ORCHARD DISEASES
(N. J Olddlngs, Well Virginia Agricult,
It is very important to give the or
chard careful attention during the
spring and summer, but much can also
be accomplished In the line of disea
prevention while the trees are
The apple acab may be alm<
tlrely prevented by proper at,
during the fall and winter,
nprlng. Ft haa been prove*
ouh practical experiment*
Ktia which produce* thia d|
rled over winter very l<
dlaeaaed leave* which
the orchard. Plowing]
In* the leaves ha* bet
and efficient metht
apple scab from mai
were seriously trof
grab Ih sometimes
to h certain extent
but the lime sulpf
the trees should re?
or early spring will
in hucIi placed.
This Ik a good seal
the source of applo rnsf
of land can be cleared i
during the late fall and
cedars are easy to loc
grasses and vines are k
*o many of *he other tre
have lost their leaves.
ft is a good time to go
and gather any "munim
peaches which are hangi
The rotten apples on tl
al«o a source of disease
picked up or plowed und<
Peaches which have beet
the brown rot had best
since plowing them ur
effectively prevent their
disease another season. ‘