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.MONDAY, JULY 9, 1917.
ENGLISH AS IT MAY BE TAUGHT IX W. VA.
At its recent session ".the School. Book Board of West Virginia contracted
with the American Book Company, generally known as the "school book
trust." for Kimball's Elementary English. The Intelligencer has been fa
vored with a copy of that book. From. a somewhat hurried examination it ven
tures the assertion that there are not?ten pages in the 272 pages of the book
In which loose English or inaccurate statements caanot be found. For in
stance, on page eighteen of the book we are informed that the signature to a
letter should always be the writer's full narae. If this is true, then our great
est literary men, and our most distinguished professional men. are constantly
Via error. We venture the assertion that the signature J. T. Smith is just as
accurate and just as seemly, -when appended to the ordinary letter, as John
Thomas Smith or Jeremiah Tecumseh Smith. The only sensible rule on this
?object is that the writer should sign his name in the form by which he usually
prefers to be known.
On page twenty we observe that "Miss"' is the title for a "single woman."
The use of the word "single" to describe an unmarried person is. to say the
? least, not good English. Among loose talkers and writers such use of the
word is common, but it is not common among writers who are precise and
careful in the use of words. A book on English should be precise and care
ful.
On page twenty-two we find the question. "What sort of a night was it?"
"Sort." primarily, does not mean kind or quality. Etymologically it refers to
a part of a whole, a number or quantity obtained by the classification of indi
vidual units. It cannot be properly applied to a single individual in any case;
nor can it be properly applied to objects that are not capable of being select
ed or classified from among a number. Providence has not given to any man
the power to "sort" either day or night. We may say a sort of apples, be
cause a number of apples may be sorted; but sort in that use does not neces
sarily imply quantity or kind. A single thing cannot be sorted. It is hard to
believe that the distinguished college professors who sat upon the School
Book Board and recommended Kimball's Elementary English are the kind of
men who use that kind of English.
On page twenty-eight of this remarkable work- we find this sentence:
"We see one sheep and a hundred sheep." The learned college professors
who imposed tliis book upon the school children of West*- Virginia may use
that sentence occasionally, but we believe that when they wish to express
this thought they say. "We see one sheep and one hundred sheep."
On page thirty we find the sentence. "Twice, thrice, the villagers were
startled, hurried out. and came back only tx> be laughed at." This kind of
English is written by young reporters on newspapers, and it passes where
men throw their thoughts tocether hurriedly. It is not. however, good Eng
, lish as English understood by men who know something of the framework
of the English language. The presence of active verbs and passive verbs in
w_ the same construction is confusing.
Kimball's Elementary English, however, seems to revel in the word
"sort." On page thirty.four we find the question. "What sort of a person was
the boy?" and on page thirty-five we find the assertion "They form a sort of,
list."
Now. The Intelligencer has nothing in the world against the word "sort." j
Tt Is a rood old word. It is solid and substantial, but we do object to draft
ing this word into extraordinary uses and imposing upon it extraordinary and
entirely uncalled for burdens. j
On page thirty-seven we find the remarkable assertion. "There are large
green grapes that it make? my mouth water to see." The Intelligencer does
net believe that the distinguished college professors who imposed this book
upon the people of We.u Virginia can parse, diagram or analyze that sen
tence. Try it as they may. they are bound to find words in it, to which they
cannot give a place. in any intelligent analysis. The author meant, "there
are large green grapes to see which makes my mouth water," or to be less
precise, "ih^rp are large greerj grapes, which make my mouth water to see."
Pace ninety-four of this rather remarkable work on English, however,
is entitled to some .-pedal consideration. We find under the rules for the
use of the comma, rule ten. "Words in a series are separated from one an
other by a comma." "A comma" might be kept very busy to separate many
words in a series. Probably the author meant that "words In a
scries are separated one from another by commas." Rule eleven, immedi
ately following, says: "Yes and No at the beginning of a sentence are set
off by a comma." "Yes and No." at the beginning of this very sentence were
not set ofT by "a comma." or even by commas. The author doubtless meant
that "yes and no" used as answers to questions at the beginning of a sen
tence, are se' oft' by commas.
Under capital letters we find a rule. "All proper names should begin with
a capital letter." As above remarked, relative to "a comma." "a capital let
ter" might be seriously burdened if required to begin many proper names.
The -author doubtless intended to say. "All proper names should begin with
capital letters."
In rules sixteen and seventeen, on the same page, we find exactly th?
same mistake.
The Intelligencer has not had time to make a thorough study of this
book. It has glanced through the work hurriedly. It has observed, however,
with great interest, frequent references to Webster's New International Die*
tionary. We find such references on page 50, page 113, page 201, and on
other pages a reference to a pronouncing gazeteer, supposed, to be a part of
this dictionary. Noah Webster was undoubtedly an authority on the use and
pronunciation of English words, but many good dictionaries have been pro
duced in this country during the past half century. We were puzzled by the
constant references to Webster's Dictionary until we discovered that the
Fales acent of Webster's Dictionary was the American Book Company, .the
publishfr of Kimball's Elementary English. We have known for many years
_ that it was the practice of the makers of certain lines of proprietary remedies
to include in the packages of wrappers containing one particular patent medi
cine, advertisements of other preparations made by the same firjn; but we
didn't know until we took up Kimball's Elementary English that this thrifty
custom had been adopted by the makers of school books for the children of
West Virginia.
In all seriousness. The Intelligencer suggests that any school teacher
who has had the training in English which a first-class high school should
give should be able to compile a better, a more accurate and a more grammat
ical series of lessons in Elementary English than the book which has been
adopted by the learned School Book Board of West Virginia; and any job
printer, with only reasonable facilities, could produce such a book and sell
it to the school children of West Virginia at a profit for less than the price
that is charged by the American Book Company. The Intelligencer has
never thought a great deal about the advisability of a Slate-owned and State
operated school book printing plant, but the recent impositions upon the peo
ple of this State by the School Book Board justify some serious thought along
that line.
SENATE'S REVISED TAX BILL,!
There can be, especially under the |
present emergent conditions, no such
thing as a perfectly acceptable rev*
nue tax bill. That felicitous harmony
is reserved for Eutopia. The Senate
re-draft of the House war tax bill,
however, has produced a more rational
and equitable measure. The head of
the House Ways and -Means Commit
tee, himself, confessed to the crudity
of its efforts and stated he would have
to shut hi3 eyes when he voted for it.
Much of the Senate's good work will
hare to underjro some revision to pro
vide for additional taxation owing to
the withdrawal of taxes on distilled
spirits, which the recent action of the
Senate on the food control bill -has
brought about. In providing for this
now deficit it may necessitate jarring
some of the nice balances that now
obtain in the tax bill.
As the Senate redraft stands it is
much less vexatious and free of ridicu
lous Inequity. The objects of taxation
are not only better graded, but the to
tal amount to be raised has been cut
nearly $ 1 f>n.000.0O0. which leaves room
for gradual increases to meet the
needs of the future instead of slap
ping on an excessive burden at the
start. The ridiculous horizontal tariff
proposition and the iniquitous retro
active tax on incomes have been
eliminated. The income surtaxes in
the House measure have been read
justed to the realm of reason, and the
flat rate of tax on war profits in ex
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL SERVICE OF THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER
YOUR UNCLE SAM'S REAL FRIENDS
Which Among- His Nephews Has Been Evidencing the Abnegation
Demanded of Them in His Hour of Need? .
By JOHN L. W. BIRKINBINE X
Author of "Tin- Story of Iron": Minim; and Metalliyjjirnl Export.
I That the measure in which the
' labor group involved in our iron and
; .si eel plants, wiih their allied in
j tlustrics, shares in- the price of the
[ finished product a measure amount
i ing to more than SO per cent of the
) final costs? must be considered in
?connection with the price paid by the,
federal government, was ma-de evi
dent in a previous article. And the
fact was noted that threats of strikes!
for further increase in the various
j wage scales are continually being
! made. I
i The propaganda of the Food Con-j
servation Commission will have a|
(tendency to reduce living expenses]
I universally, affecting not only the pur-j
chasing power of the dollar of the rich I
man but of the laboring man. aa well.]
Should any such amelioration of 1 i v- ,
ing costs be accomplished as is antici-i
pated, it is no more than reasonable
to ask that labor, as well as capital,
shall sacrifice to the common weal!
at least a part of its profits.
, This fact of major importance, is
to be noted in connection with the
matter in hand: I>abor, especially
skilled labor such as is indispensably
required for shipbuilding, for the
| manufacture of steel plates, for ore
land coal mining and for transporta-j
j tion ? is practically assured of imnvu-t
I nity from the risks of the battlefield .
tinder the announced plan of exemp- 1
? tion in the selective conscription act'
! This is a boon of enormous value "to j
| its resipients. a boon denied to the
I sons of the men who employ that
j labor, even as it is denied to every
! other citizen between the ager of 21
1 and 31 years to whom no special ex
| emption shall apply: Capital as
represented by practically all the in
dividuals who posses it. has thus Tar
shown a supreme devotion to the
! safety of the nation, not only in vol
! unteering its mohey and its material
regources but also in giving its eli
gible members to the fighting serv
| ices of the United States. Labor,.
. through the assurance at least of Mr.
: Gompers as its best qualified rppre
i senfative, has promised equal loyalty
land like abnegation. In view of the
| discrepancy between ' the services
that arc implied by the selective con
scription act, sirelyl it is only reason
able to expect that" labor shall yield 1
I a larcer measure pf abnegation on;
its side, rather than display a ten- j
dency to levy upotf the national re
sources for all that the traffic will
bear.
As between capital a<nd labor, thus
far on our road to the goal of victory
over the malign forces which have,
so pitilessly oppressed us, the people j
of this country have beheld an amaz
ing reversal of the attitude towards
the common weal traditionally attrib-!
tit ed to the two classes concerned in
effecting our preparations for the na- j
tional defense.
Capital previously was the object,
of ceaseless and merciless attacks as
beins without the smallest realization
of its duty to anyone but itself. Vet.
with some few exceptions, capital has
voluntarily yielded every advantage
of, its assured strength and power for
the sake of the country at large in the
achievement of the sublime aims to
which our democracy is dedicated in!
the tremendous struggle on which we
have been driven to embark. Nor'
since 'the beginning of the trend of
events that have forced us into the
arena has there been any sign that;
the men of wealth and influence were'
likely, on tbe whole, to assume an i
attitude which could in any manner i
handicap the nation in the full exer- '
cisei of its vast resources. The most j
hopeful phase of our delayed prepa
rations for real effectiveness is that
American capital, genius for organi
zation and business initiative have
responded to the daunting tasks as- 1
signed them not only with whole
hearted enthusiasm but with a no- j
table disregard for their own private
interests such as has been surpassed
by no other body of our citizenry.
On the evidence, as it appears from j
recent developments in the industries
on which the safety of this American
people primarily depends, if the Unit
ed States is going to be strangled
financially in the conduct of its war.
the fingers that grip our Uncle Sam's i
throat will be. not those of his old
college chum, capital, but those of his,
favorite nephew, labor.'
coss of 8 per cent has been changed
by the Senate in imposing graduated
taxes on excess war profits up to 40
per cent. The House provision -would
have allowed the greater part of these
profits to hare escaped, profits creat
ed by war which should logically help
pay for the expense of war.
Other simpler and less onerous
fnrms of taxation have been provided
by the Senate in place of the hit or
miss jumble* in the House measure,
v.hich have tended to give more bal
ance to the taxes levied. It is pos
sible that this may be upset to some
extent through the restrictive liquor
legislation Just agreed upon in the
food control bill, but the necessities
that arise out of this cannot have
much effect on the equitable features
already established.
Joan of Arc onco saved France, and
may not the Amazon regiments of Russia
play a crcat part in saving: that country
to freedom.
SCHOOL BOOK COMMISSION
In response fo the request of Gover
nor Cornwell. the chairman of the
State School Rook Commission has
announced that that body will recon
vene In Charleston tomorrow. There
is no intimation in the notice that the
Commission will reconsider its former
action in making radical changes in
the text books of the schools of the
State, but it is hoped that the mem
? bers have become convinced of the
unwisdom of the iweep'ng displace
i nient of the old books they have made
and the unnecessary hu:den thev are
imposing upon the people at a time
when they are leist able to bear any
expenditures than the actual necessi
uts demand.
"When the selective draft bcsins to op
crate keep your eyo on your serial num
ber.
KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT
If our foggy Sixteenth street even
ing contemporary had consulted the
instructive comments of The Intelli
gencer on the address of the Hon.
Fred 0. Blue before the West Vir
ginia Bar Association, in which he
discussed the power of the State to
compel public service corporations
supplying commodities arising within
the State to furnish adequate supplies
to consumers within the State, It
would not erroneously have Btated
that "his opinion (Mr. Blue's), how
ever on this subject, and as outlined
i:i his address, seems to be in con
flict with a recent ruling of the United
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States Supreme Court in dealing with
the exportation of natural gas out of!
the State of Oklahoma."
That Is wholly misleading, for the
reason that Mr. Blue In his address'
! expressly stated that the Slate had.
jno authority to forbid the exportation
of natural pas to other States. But '
pir. Blue did contend that through fhe >
.exercise of the police powers reserved
to the State the legislature could con-!
jfer power on tho Public Service Com
mission to enforce such regulations
jthat would give West Virginia con-;
jsumers of natural gas an adequate!
supply, within the limits of produc
tion. before it can be supplied to cus
itomers outside of the State. Any other
(conception of Mr. Blue's contention is
in error. I
The Florida ."peculator who hold his'
potatoes for a higher price until they'
rotted nnd wcTe condemned when he
tried to sell them, shows that ? skin '
games often peel the eklnner.
SENATE'S BAN ON WHISKY !
t After one of the most prolonged and
sensational debates ever witnessed in'
.the United States Senate, that body
has agreed to wipe out the manufac
ture and sale of all distilled liquor;
during the war. Beer and wine are
exempted from the Inhibition imposed
on whisky. While this is most dras
tice legislation, and will cost the env
i
^rnment over one billion dollars in tax
I losses and outlay in payment for con
ifiscated stocks in bond, it is argued
.that ihe compensations to the gen
eral public will be worth the sacrifice '
in money.
There can he no doubt but what
the moral feature of the question was
as largely considered in the Senate
'vote as the material question of con
serving the food supplies of the eoun
Jtry. And there can be no question but
[that the operation of temporary pro
hibition with respect to whisky will
strengthen the' anti-liquor forces when
constitutional prohibition comes to be
considered after the war, as it surely
will come.
Another "murder of innocents" whb
effected liy Saturrlny night's iJcrman air
raid on London, killing nine women and
children and wounding sixty-seven. And
they call that war. j
A MORTIFYING BREAK
It was, to say the least, extreme
jbad taste to intrude a discussion of
one of our national humiliations upon
| a meeting designed to pay honor u.
the Russian mission, such as occurred
at New York. last. week. The spec
tacle of a former President of the;
United States wrangling in public
with the leader of a labor organiza-j
l tion was anything but edifying, nor I
jwas it calculated to impress the rep- j
rcscntatives of a country just emrg
ing from the rule of autocratic des
potism and taking on the responsibili
ties of a democracy.
One can 'readily appreciate Mr.,
Compers" anxiety to relieve organ-!
ized labor of the odium of any com-1
plicity in the disgraceful outhreak at
East St. Louis, but the occasion was
.'exceedingly ill-chosen. But one would
i ,
lhave expected more poise in a man
of Col. Roosevelt's large experience.
(in public affairs than to have aggra- i
jvated a situation which violated all'
j i he proprieties. |i was the same as|
if a host and hostess, in private life,'
had aired their domestic differences
before their assembled guests, and
this public verbal scrimmage beiween
j Mr. Compers and Col. Roosevelt was j
as vulgar as ;> domestic eruption he
jfore company would be unseemly and
j embarrassing.
j Canada has also been compelled to'
resort t? conscription, the Dominion j
having been drained of the willing ones, i
llyilwcg is again Mlled to address the
msmu: ,
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Wednesday ? The Big Summer Remnant Sale? Wednesday
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Broken assortments of Stickerei Edges and
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Play Suits..
Base Ball, Boy Scout and Indian Khaki Suits,
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July Clearance of Enamel Ware
4, 6, 8-qt. Covered Berlin Kettles
6, 8, 10-qt. Preserving Kettles,
Coffee Pots
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STORE HOURS
8 to 5 Daily
8 to 6 Saturday
Geo. M. Snook Co.]
Reichstag and he Is expected to
draw some now peace proposals from an
Inexhaustible store tip his voluminous
sleeve.
Maximlllian Harden, the outspoken
Merlin Journalist, has aagin heen sup
pressed. Mr. Harden has evidently been
telling some unwelcome truths.
?>rman.v and the Vatican are at odds
i'vor the brave Cardinal ' Mercier of Rel
giuni. hut the Pope refuses to recall the
gallant prelate.
It will cost the government Jl.n31.
n-if) in revenue anil outlay in buying'
tip the handed liquor stock of the coun
try in carrying out the whisky prohibi
tion clause in 1 lie fond control bill. Rut
more than thai will be saved to the
people by not drinking it.
1. W. W. also stands for "1 Won't
Work." *
OB LIGATION.
1 mav not have the strength to set
Mv" will against the tyrant's arm.
Or cause him sullenly to let
Mis prcv escape the threatened harm;
But If the" bully does not choose
To suffer mo to shield the weak,
I tenderly can bathe the bruise I
That blacken on the martyr's cheek.
1 cannot hope to gladden all
To whom each day brings only dread;
I cannot answer every call
From .those whose dearest hopes are
dend;
But 1. within the little sphere
In which my daily (asks are laid,
Can speuk the faith and lend the cheer I
That make the doubter unafraid. !
1 am not numbered with the few
Whose fame extends through every |
zone;
My place is with the millions who
Pursue a daily course, unknown;
But. even so, l have no right
To shun the wrongs I should assail;
T, ton, must help with nil my might,
Anil 1 am guilty if ] fail.
? y. E. Klser in Leslie's.
MOUC; AN TOWN?- William E. Glass
cock, Jr.. son of W. IS. I'Hasscock, for
mer governor of West Virginia; Steele
Troiter. son of F. II. Trotter, president
of West Virginia university, and Rob
ert I.. Brock, son oi a prominent Mor
.ganiown co?| operator, have enlisted In,
tl\?* Wcsi Virginia National Guard. All
three were students in West Virginia
university and would have been gradu
ated next June.
FAIRMONT -The German language |
as a course of study will not be taught!
hereafter in the public schools of Fair
inoni. according to an announcement by
th* board of education of the Fairmont I
independent school district. Italian or.
Spanish is to substituted, but tho
selection will not in- made until the I
nex I meeting of the board. <
CHARLESTON- T>r. . H. 1.. Jepson,
slate health commissioner and secretary
ex-nfficio of the state health council,
has .innounced :he first meeting of ihe
new council will be held in Charleston' I
July 10 and 11. The examination of
applicants will, be conducted in the.
chamber of the- house of delegates, be
ginning July 1 ft li is expected there
will be nearly 3T. apnlicants.
PH 1 l.l .1 PI.? The eighth annual ses
sion of the Baptist assembly of West
Virginia will be held at Philllpi August
T to 13. Ajnong the speakers already I
obtained are Tir. \V. J. McGlothln. of i
Louisville Theolocica 1 seminary: Rev.
M PI\on. of Columbus. ?>.; Dr. EI
kanali Hulley. of Pblllipi; Rev. F. E.
Brinlstool. of Clarksburg: Miss Janet
McKay, of Philadelphia, and L?r. Lin
coln Hulley. president of John B. Sete
"on university, Florida
CHARLESTON ? This city is planning
10 give a hearty welcome lo the Belgian
war mission when it visits Charleston
011 its return from a lonp trip through I
'lie west and middle west. The date of
the visit here has n"t vet been an
nounce,! i,y the state department at
Washington. Charleston is the Belgian
center of West Virginia, most of the
former citizens of the little nation, rep
resented by the mission being employed
In glass factories near here. Charleston
will be the only stop on the itinerary of
the mission between Cincinnati and
Washington.
CHARLESTON* ? The month of July
will be such a busy time for the "West
Virginia public service commission that
all of its employes have been informed
that none of them will be granted va
cations until August. Hearings already
have been set for practically every we\k
day in the month, counting those which
will require three or four days each
for completion. It is expected, In fact,
to be the busiest month the commis
sion ever has had.
CHARI-ESTON ? Attorney General E.
T. England has held that the provision
of Chapter 5 of the acts of 131", which
J specifics that "every appropriation
which, is payable out of general reve
nue. or so much thereof as may remain
undrawn at the end of the year for
which it is made, shall be deemed to
1 have expired, and no wajrant shall
thereafter be drawn upon it." does not
apply to the forest, srame and fish war
den's fund. "This fund," the attorney
general holds. "Is not derived out of
the general revenue, but comes . from
hunters' license and the like especially
provided for in the game and fish laws.
Moreover, the appropriation of this spe
j clal money is ma<fe ' automatically and
will continue until the law is repealed
| or modified by the legislature."
i PHILLIPI ? The county court of Bar
| bour county at a loss to know what to
I do with funds secured from the sale of
road bonds, voted in Barker district for
I the construction of 18 miles of road of
j a specific kind more than a year ago,
now that the prices of that kind of ma
terlnl has greatfy advanced in price,
' making it impossible to build as much
' road as specified, has written state of
ficials for information. The court has
t been Informed that where I he. bonds
have been put on the market and sold
and the money placed in the county
i treasury. It !s a question of discretion
<>f the county court as to what portion
of the road should bp constructed for
the best interests of the largest num
ber of taxpayers.
CHARLESTON? Though 1.500 of the
West Virginia National Guard members
have been on guard duty at various
places throughout the state since war
with Germany was declared, the de
denlop of these men in practically every
instance, has been exemplary, in the
opinion of Adjutant (leneral. John C.
Bond, who declared a few days ago that
he regarded the showing as remarkable.
He pointed out that the soldiers are
Just younjr m?n and, being placed, for
the most part, on or near the border in
guarding bridges, had a good many
temptations to get into mischief.
CHARLESTON ? If a county desires
to have surveys made by' the state road
commission or an engineer appointed
by It the actual cost of such survey
will be charged 'o die county, tjie com
mission has announced. It will not be
necessary to mak* a survey in one year
covering more roads than the funds
available will construct.
CHARLESTON ? There are still too
many schools in West -Virginia, accord
ing to .1. L. Hanlfan. supervisor of
rural schools. The stale is Retting
good rouds now in many counties, he
declared, and these should be accom
panied by consolidations with trans
portation of pupils wherever other con
ditions make it possible. "There are
a great many places." Mr. Hanlfan
said, "where two or more schools may
be combined into a treaded school of
from two to four roonis within walk
ing distance of all the homes. In other i
places a school may be closed, the chil
dren coin* to nearby schools, making
It unnecessary to build a new school
house."
CHARLESTON ? One question which
will be taken into consideration by the
state health council in confirming the
appointment of county health officers.
It Is said, will be the recordu of those
who jB.ro seekin* reappointments In re
K?rd to making prompt and regular re
ports on contageous diseases. Weekly
reports are required on smallpox, in
fantile paralysis and meningitis. Mfyiy
officers. however, failed even to send
In a report during the entire month of
May. less than half of the 55 making
such reports.
CHARLES TOWN'? Several Jefferson
county firms have united with similar
interests in Winchester to protect them
selves in the purchase of coal. The
price of stcain coal for a year past has
been such a heavy tax on them that
something had :o be done, they main
lain. to reduce it or some of them
would have to suspend business. The
solution of the trouble has been the
purchase of a coal mine, the output of
\
I
which is shipped to them regularly.
They succeeded in purchasing a mine
near Confluence, Pa., 20 miles south of
Connellsville.
CHARLESTON" ? Kanawha county
high schools, six in number, had a com
bined enrollment last year of 875.
Charleston led with 606; St. Albans
second with 1(W; East Bann third with
SO. Garnet high (colored) in Charles
ton had an enrollment of 76. Big Sandy,
district high at Clendenin had 74, while
Union district high, at Dunbar, estab
lished last winter, had eight pupils to
start.
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WASHINGTON', D. C., July 8.? Sen
ator Howard Sutherland wa? & visit w
at the British legation on Saturday, a
business matter taking him thert. It
was to make arrangements for the safe
conduct, or as nearly safe as British
passports can make it, of Miss Fhoebc
M. Rexroad. of Buckhannon. who plans
to go as a missionary to Southern Rho
desia, in Southern Central Africa, which
is British territory, as soon as travel
arrangements can be made. Miss Rex
road has, during the lost four years,
fitted herself at Wesleyan college to
engage in missionary work. She la to
be sent to Africa by the Woman'# For
eign Missionary society of the Methor
dlst Episcopal church. The attaches of
the British legation treated Senator
Sutherland moat cordially and readily
enough agreed to do their part promptly
in getting the necessary paper* Issued
for Jilss Rexroad" s Journey. It Is sel
dom that a United States senator calls
at the British legation In business
hours on business (senators attend
there socially of course), so the vim
of West Virginia's junior senator was
quite an Important event at that estab
lishment and. it may be said, little less
important and more than ever interest
ing for Senator Sutherland.
If some self-sacrificing patriot at or
near Joseph's Mills in Tyler county
doesn't soon agree to take the postoffice
there and run it, that metropolis is cer
tain to lose such an establishment. The
postoffice department had already or
dered the office abolished, because it
couldn't loeate a volunteer, but Con
gressman Woodyard has perstyuled tho
officials to not finally and Irrevocably
close the general delivery window and
shut off the stove's damper. He Is
hopeful of lnvelghling somebody to as
sume charge. The patrons of the of
fice do not want It done away wjth, but
no one of them has yet agreed to put
himself out to take tho job of post
master. The department has promised
Congressman Woodyard to send a spe
cial Inspector there to see If he can
wish the Job on to someone of the less
shrewder Inhabitants.
Andrew J. Edmistcn. Jr., of Weston,
is a visitor In the city. He came here
to get Senator Sutherland %nd Con
gressman Reed to use their Influence
to have him sent to the *vond officers'
training camp. His request was cheer
fully complied with by those two offi
cials.
Congressman Neely has recoramand
ed for the officers' reserve corps ? the
August training camp? the foliowlnr:
Thomas J. Jones, or Chester; O. D.
Fear, of Fairmont, and Charles J. 8tn
zel. Jr., 'of Grafton; for position as iiblp
wright, John M. Toothman. of Fairmont.
A pension application of Mrs. Catherine
J. Paker. of Fairmont, was filed at the
pension bureau.
Among the recent visitors In Wash
ington: George E. White, of Weston;
M. M. Gamble, of Moorefleld; Birk
Smith Stathers, of Weston; Ben S.
Tope, of Parkershurg, and A. J. Edmls
ton. .Jr., of Weston.
The government ha."< Issued soil sur
vey maps of Lewis and Gilmer coun
tlfs. which Congressman Reed la send
ing out to constituents In those or any
other counties who may apply for them.
The value of these maps to farmers and
others Is. of courp?*. well known.
COX.OXES KAH
James Johnson. 31. colored, employed
in the home of E. J. Stone of the Island,
dlrd in the Ohio Valley General hospital
Saturday morning of typhoid fever.
Funeral arrangemepts will be made
upon the arrival of his brother fr6m
Williamson. Mingo county, who la ex
pected today.