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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-03-18
in DEFENCE
OF THE HOME


Ed. Telegram AS there is a
craze in our town to get license
to sell intoxicants, we feel it our
duty to say a few words about
the liquor traffic as beverage
The speakeasy and the license
saloon are both wrong and sin
IN the sightof God. Any man or
set of men. that will make law.
in violation of Gods law, to get
license to sell intoxicants for a
revenue to improve our streets
and destroy the manhood of our
town.and county! And drive help
less families out of their homes
and give nothing but "pop-skull
whiskey" in return 1t means
destruction to soul and body for
God has pronounced woe on the
liquor traffic. WOE unto him
that giveth his neighbor drink. !"
The .speakeasy" is not SO far
reaching in destruction of prop
ty, soul and body as the license
saloon. The speakeasy is vio-
lation Of the law and runs only
by the will of the people and
when the people don't want the
..speakeasy' they can remove it.
For it is only a tenant at will.
The speakeasy frequently sets up
it's death trap out in the county.
The people of the county don't
want it and they will remove it
at once. They have the power
to do so. 1t is a tenant at will
and is not protected by law. Any
community can remove the speak
easy if they wish to do SO. 1t is
an outlaw and has no protection.
The man that sells in the speak
easy and the one who drinks
there, violate the law. But not
70 with the license saloon. 1t is
created by the law and is a crea-
ture of the law and is protected
by law. After man pays for
his license and sets up his death
trap he can do his murderous
work and you can't remove him
until his time expires. He is
protected by the law.
One license saloon does more
harm in a community than TWEEN
~ 'speakeasies. License saloons
keep crowds of drinking men
and boys around them all the
time, and creates gambling dens
and houses of prostitution. and
one can't live without the other.
They are feeders for each other.
They are bold in their malicious
work. Men are made drunk by
law and punished for getting
drunk. We give few instances
that came under our observation
in our good old license time" A
man got drunk. The boys were
plegging him and tied fire crack
ers TO his coat. The man threw
stone at the boys but struck no
one. Circuit court was in sess.
ion at the time he was arrested
and tried and IN less than twenty
days he was placed in the peni,
Tertiary at Richmond. He was
made drunk by law. Robbed of
his money and deprived of lis
liberty. Two stout young men
from the lower end of the county
got drunk in our town, got on
their horses and started for
home. They we're arrested and
before the officers got them to
Jail, one man was beaten till his
ribs we're torn from his back.
bone and he died. He was made
drunk by law. The mans friends
from this county organized a
company to march to Clarksbure
and have revenge for their broth
er's blood. We had to send som,
OF our best citizens to the love-
end of the county to negotiat,
peace. The situation looked
alarming for a while. We mad,
. this man drunk by law and killed
him for getting drunk. Ant
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-03-18

Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, Ohio,
says, after two doctors gave up my
boy to die, saved him from Group by
using One Minute Cough Cure" 1t is
the quickest and most certain remedy
for coughs. colds and all throat and
lung troubles. r. j. Criss. 4.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-03-18

What pleasure is there in life with
headache, constipation, and biliousnesisji
Thousands experience them who co mn.
become perfectly healthy by using DC
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills. r. j. Criss. 10
We are anxious to do little good III
this world and can think OF no pleas.
anter or better way to do it than Dy
recommending One Minute Cough Cure
as preventive of pneumonia, consuM, .,p,
ton aud other serious lung tro m.;s
that follow neglected colds. X, >. ott'e
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-03-18

There are three little things which do
more work than any other three little
things created-they are the ant, the
bee and Dewitt's Little Early Risers.
the last being the famous little pills for
stomach and liver troubles. r. j. Criss.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-03-18
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VAL
UABLE TOWN PROPERTY IN
SALEM
SALEM

BY virtue Of the decree entered at the
January Term, 1898, OF the circuit court
cause Of W. NJ. Blair. trustee, against
John NJ. Warner and others, I will on
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-03-18
Blood Must Be Pure.
And Hoods sarsaparilIa Makes
Il Pure, Rich and Healthy
eerofuIa Swelling on the Neck
Completely Cured.

Dcrofuia Swelling on the Neck
Completely Cured.
4My little boy, aged - years, had .
ecrcfula swelling on his neck. The SWELL
ing was lanced and 1t discharged for some
time and pieces Of bone came out. 1 be-
gan giving him Hoods sarsaparilla and
his neck is entirely well. Ny wife has
taken this medicine with good results,
and We believe It the best we ever used"
". B. BARNEY, Rocklick, w. Va.
"scarlet fever left me with impure
blood. Pimples broke out and i had sick
headaches. began taking Hoods sarsa-
pariila and It cured me. It gave me pure
and healthy blood and / have never had
sick headaches since. have found pure
blood q necessary for good health and
Z Hoods Harsaparilla makes II pure" MRS.
BENJAMIN r. ANpREAR, IS No. York
Street, Wheeling, West Virginia.
Hoods SarsapariIla
Isthe sest-In fact the one True Blood rartaer
Hoods Pills easy in eject. 8 cents.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-03-18
NOTICE.

Take notice that on Tuesday, the 9Th
day of April, 1893, there will be an
election held in the Town of Clarks-
burg under chapter t01 Of the Acts of
1897, entitled IAN Act to Amend and
Re-enact and to reduce into One the
Several Acts Incorporating the Town Of
Clarksburg, in the County of Harrison,
Defining the powers Thereof and De-
scrlbing the Limits of Said Town" for
the election of the officers and common
council provided by said Act, viz: A
Mayor, Chief of Police, Superintend-
ent of Streets and Water Works, As
SCISSOR, City Collector and Treasurer,
City Clerk and ten Councilmen. two
from each Ward. for two aud one years,
respectively, as provided in said Act.
Said election will be held and conduct
ed and the result thereof certified, re-
turned and finally determined under
the laws in force in this State. relating
10 general elections, on the 10th day of
| March, 1891, and not under the Austria
liam Ballot System, and will be held at
the places enumerated below in the re-
spective wards and by the Commission
ers named.
Nutter House First Ward. )-R. R.
Barnett, james Price, Silas Ash.
AAuAA AhuhCII NSeCOho Two
Parrill, Blackburn Hickman, George
Cost.
N rthcott's Justice Office tThird
Ward. )-J.R. Amlss, NJ. j. Ogden, A.
Caywood.
Id Armstrong; Office Fourth Ward.)
u. r. Adams, j. w. Sitter, Minter
Peck.
Mayors Office tFifth ward.)-E.
GnoN1a ~ NJ
The respective municipal tickets this
year will be printed and distributed at
the expense of the respective parties
and candidates as by statute provided,
and the town will have nothing to do
with it.
Given under my hand this 10th day
MARVELLOUS NJ. THOMPSON,
1G-td Recorder.
ct the same time an places above
named there will also be held an cleo
ton for one School Commissioner for
Clarksburg School District. All voters
residing within said School District,
but outside of said town will vote at the
Mayors office.
BY order Of the Board of Education.
Given under my hand this 10th day of
February, 1903.
HARVEY W. HARMER, sec'y.
TRUSTEES SALE.
by virtue of deed of trust executed
to me as trustee by John ]. Allen on
the 2sth day of March, 1888, and of
record in the Office Ct the clerk of the
county court OF Harrison county, in
Trust Deed Book No. K, page "a, 1 will
offer for sale, by public auction. ut the
front door of the court house of Harri-
son county, on the
18th DAY OF MARCH, 1895.
for CASH IN HAND, the one undivided
fourth interest of the said John j. Allen
III q certain tract or parcel of land con.
tanning 240 acres more or less. situated
in said county on Jack RIM, being the
undivided one-fonrih interest in said
tract of land, which was devised by
Mary E. p. Allen, decd, to the said
grantor and to r. E. Allen, b. @. Allen
and Eviline 8 Wood.
l5.4t JOHN j. DAVIS, Trustee. !.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03

kell, John Shelley, Ed Bauersfeld'
Peter Schlemmer, Dan Corken.
Charles Bleuer, F. W. Borgolte, Swan
j. Apple, G. c. Roberts and E. d. w.
Holmes.
The United States civil service
commission announces that an exam
ination will be held for the internal
revenue service in Peoria, H.. on
some date between Oct. / and 10. All
persons who desire to be examined
should apply to the secretary of the
board of examiners at Peoria. ILL.,. for
application blanks and full informa-
ton relative to the scope of the ex-
animation. Applications on form
1O1 must be filed in complete form
with the secretary of the board prior
10 the hour of closing business on
Sept. /, otherwise the applicants can
not be examined. Soon after filing
applications, applicants will be noti-
fled as to the exact date of examina-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
CORDOvA CHAT,

Cordova, Aug. Il. ii. Reeves is
about again after his recent illness.
Mrs. Teunis Ecklebery is still quite
poorly.
William Mill and wife, of Hillsdale,
were Cordova callers Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. eager returned
from Glen Falls, n. Y, last week.
Miss Ruth Savage, of Moline, WIS.,
tied Miss Margie Osborn in camp last
week.
Mrs. Edith Brown and son Bernard
are visiting relatives in West Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Reynolds visited
Mrs. Reynolds parents in Albany
Sunday.
Mrs. W. ID. Hall, of Port Byron,
visited last week with her cousin,
Mrs. Bessie Freek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Beal, who came
here from Zuma recently, are living
in Mrs. Welch's house.
Mrs. Frank Wilson has been visit.
ing in Davenport several days and at,
tending the saeugerfest.
Mr.. and Mrs. jenkins, of Moline
drove up TO DIR. Hoke's Saturday, re-
turning Monday afternoon.
Henry Hoffman came up from Mo
line to spend the Sabbath with hi.
, wife and children at their summer
cottage.
At the school election Monday w
j. Heany, one of the retiring mem Der:
of the board, was reelected, and ID. T.
Pinneo elected in place of ID. Tim
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Police Matters,

j. Meyer will be given trial to-
morrow morning ON charge of
assault and battery preferred by Jake
Shomer.
Harry soush, a lad residing in the
west end of town, is under arrest,
charged with the theft Of watch
from Willie Pankow.
A golden-haired, hatless, little girl
was brought to the station today, she
having strayed away from home and
become lost. She could not tell her
name. She found a fatherly COM
panion in City Electrician Dickman,
who danced her on his knee and told
her nursery rhymes while an effort
was being made to locate her parents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Accidents,

Louis Liebold, a stranger, while
doing odd jobs at Lloyd's bicycle
store on Second avenue this morning,
fell and badly injured his right foot.
DR.. Bernhard was called and admin
istered to him, after which he was
taken to st. Anthony's hospital in the
ambulance. 1t is feared the member
was fractured. Liebold's home is at
Dayton, Ohio.
Two rigs, one occupied by Mrs. j. S.
Woodin, colided on Third avenue
and Ewenty-second street this morn
ing. The occupants of both were
thrown out, but escaped serious in
jury. Mrs. Woodin's rig was some
what damaged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
"Chimes OF Normandy."

The Marie Bell Opera company did
not sing at the Tower last evening,
the rain interfering with the perform.
ance. The Chimes of Normandy
will be put on again tonight. The
cast of characters is as follows: Hen
ri. Marquis Of Cornville, George
Byron Browne: Grenicheux, fisher
man, +. +. Seamans; Gaspard, a
miser, Harry Lightwood; the Bsilli,
Eugene Rogers; the Notary, Jack
Henderson; Gertrude, Miss Lottie
Kendall: Suzanne. Miss Addie Num-
ford; Annette, Miss Grace Gordon
German, Miss Vivian Rossiter; Ser
polette, Miss Ada Palmer Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
FlaCmau Killed,

Barney Flanagan. flagman for the
Rock Island road at Davenport, WAS
run down and instantly killed while
on duty this morning by a gravel
train. his body being terribly man
gled. He was 40 years old and had
been employed by the road about
forty years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03

Ask to see our new coffee pots.
We sell the best sewing machine
made. All kinds of needles, oils, belts.
etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-03
Licensed TO Wed.
Attention. Old Soldiers.

The manufacturers have instructed
I. Ii. Thomas. druggist, to give a
bottle of 25-cent size of Foley's Collie
Cure free to the first soldier of the
civil war who applies for same. 1t
is the great remedy for chronic diar-
rhoea, cramp collie and all bowel COM
plants.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
Ice. &c. II C. c. c. fail, druggists refund money.
ASTo
Beam the The Kind You Haze sNays Bougt
''S' si NNzzM<
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13

posed Of English peers about him
eager for hint Of the way leading to
a fortune. He has evidently deter
mined that in losing his fortune he
will not lose his lords. They are going
with him into ruin and disgrace. His
confession has caused the withdrawal
Of several from clubs attended by the
Prince Of Wales. All the noble lords
can say is that HOOiey lie cad and is
not telling the truth. Without addi.
tiOnal evidence. of course HOOley's
word is discredited, but such dOcu-
ments do exist and heirs to titles dat
ing from the Norman conquest are
about to be convicted of schemes
which would disgrace hOstler. Hoo
ley is doing just what everybody in
Nebraska expected Messrs MOsher and
BARLEY to do. And il they had, this
little city would have been shaken to
its centre even as London is now.
The boys exported from Omaha to
sell the Omaha papers have a lung
capacity and brassy, resonant voices
that drown out the local newsbOys and
seriously annoy the local publishers.
The Bees bearded agent has the voice
Of professional announcer. His
extra resonant notes turn corners and
ill the air to the entire exclusion
OF the iceman's yell. which, until this
mans arrival. has been blOOdcurdling.
Now that the local papers are entirely
Outyelled they begin to realize the
nuisance of the newsbOy's really ear
splitting cries An ordinance regula-
ting the amount of noise allowed to
any one person would be greatly ap-
preciated by the residents of the down
town district. Considering that news
boys of two Of the city papers have
done their vocal leather. lunged best
to subDerge all other noises in their
cries. the protest of these papers
against the efforts Of the Bee and the
''Wurl Hurl'' to sell papers here by
the same method is comic.
The distance between words and
phrases called idiOmatic and those dis
pissed as slang or argOt is one of time
rather than quantity. For instance.
that which was slang in Shakspere's
time though he hesitated not
to use it. is classic now and
the formal pedant and ultra purist
linger lovingly on the syllables coined
by the gamins of the sixteenth GEN.
fury. Every word we speak, {" quotes
Brander Matthews of Doctor Holmes
in the July Harper's Monthly, Every
word We speak is the medal of dead
thought or feeling, struck in the dive
Of some human experience. worn
smooth by innumerable contacts. and
always transferred warm from one to
another According to DIR. Holmes
definition slang is only new made
language with the marks of crude
mint and cruder machinist still
upon it. There is thorough winnow-
ing OF every seasons harvest Of words
and very few slip through the last fine
sieve held by stylists such as Lowell.
Emerson, Holmes, Longfellew and the
scant score of living American writer's
whose approval is almost always ne
cessary before word can have any
standing in society 1.-THE society of
writers). 1t is somewhat surprising
to read in thisarticle by Mr.. Matthews
ON :sNaxU Word,, nd Ola Z. 49, -,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13

ideal, but better than education for
the rich alone, q eystem of law more
or less imperfect, but supposed to ap-
ply to the rich and poor impartially,
a system Of religion consisting Of de-
nOminational interpretations OF the
teachings Of Christ, and system OF
limited suffrage. None Of these in
situations are perfect and into all have
crept abuses, but take them all in all
they are the best in the world. The
people, who have developed them,
find fault with their institutions and
are competent to change what be-
comes useless. The discomfort and
spirit Of contradiction and criticism
characteristic Of the American type is
not the least useful Of the fashions Of
thought We intend TO introduce into
Manila. Probably the natives will
not be SO happy. but the birth Of a
soul is painful and happiness yielded
place long time ago to development
as the chief end of man.
As postscript, it seems to me very
inconsistent that the pre- achers who
have insisted that the rationale er-
istendi Of foreign missions is the
spread Of Christianity and its accom-
panying phases Of mental freedom
shoulI be the first to resist the whole
sale salvation, political and moral, of
the Philippines, through the agency
Of the United States.
IL is not clear that meters will re
lieve the water department to the de-
gree expected by a hopeful council.
The sane number OF men will be re-
auired at each station, and the coal
saved will not equal the decrease in
the revenues. The meters will cost
forty thousand dollars but the council
passed this item over lightly because
the meters are to be paid for in
monthly assessments on the indi-
yidual consumer. 1t is questionable
il the city cen enforce payment for
meters which il undertakes to keep in
repsir. The consumer who objects to
paying fifty cents a month for the
meters which the council insists upon
ordering hiss fair chance to have his
objection sustained by the court. The
council was unable t. resist the temp
tation to do the thing in large way
SO long as the people were to pay for
the meters directly and the sum was
not going to be subtracted from the
next years city budget. This
princely disregard for expense is not
confined to the Lincoln city council
The board Of directors Of all the large
cities is nothing il not lavish. What
are they there for il not to buy, to
build, and to create employment for
voters? A patronage and importance,
which. in their unofficial capacity.
they do not enjoy, has suddenly been
conferred upon them by trusting citi-
zens and they feel that it would be a
disgrace to leave any money in the
treasury from one year to another.
Most of the people who have been
obliged to relinquish their holdings
on account Of their inability to pay
taxes move away, SO that their criti-
eism is not to be dreaded by the cOun-
cilmen who have duty to themselves,
families and neighbors t. perform.
The series OF stories celebrating the
exoositiou by Eta Matheson published
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13

apropos Of nothing In the state or city,
and having adi6used air of superiority
to. and an aloofness from the immedi.
ate Affairs Of the people who subscribe
for the paper and advertise in it. In
insisting upon such definition Of an
editorial the publishers have sacri-
feed the influence which would nat
urally accrue to them in the sphere of
life which they have elected to sur
round themselves with, TO the job
ONCE which they operate. presume
it was because Of the Lincoln variety
Of editorial that Mr.. Smith preferred
to call the contents of this page some
thing else. The present editor also
does not aspire to the dignity nor
alOofness. nor consummate precaution
Of leader writer ON the republican
daily papers Of this city, but only to
set down from week to week few
plain direct observations on the life
We live, and che reasons why.
The Kansas City Star says in regard
to the Round Robin from the troops
at Santiago, what everybody thinks,
viz:
The war department ought to be in
charge OF man with sufficient energy
and judgment to perform, Of his own
accord. The duties which the present
secretary OverlOOks until his atten-
tion is called to them by the disas-
trOus results attending their neglect.
When the companies are disbanded
at the conclusion of the war and
Johnny comes marching home again
without having struck blow or fired
agun for the country he was willing
to die for, he will he disappointed per-
haps and discontinued. Nevertheless,
the prompt enlistment of the young
mel Of this country has given us a
new conception Of the dynamic
strength Of this country and of the
devotion Of its citizens. Many Of the
youths who enlisted were college boys.
gently bred and luxuriOusly reared.
These boys have endured the hard
ships of a private's life without COM
plant. They were idealists prepared
to give up their innocent. hopeful
young lives for the country to whose
first call they responded with loyal
ty tnat has given every American
worthy to belong to the same nation
with these boys new and deeper love
for America-for they are America.
They have had to content themselves
with a service Of endless drills, in
cheerfully eating food against which
their gorge rose. in camping. day after
day in the alternate rain and sun, in
being sick Of fever and in obedience
and Difference to superior officers of
the same social grade Tor perbaps
lower as themselves. In battle they
would have done brave mans part.
But they were not sent into battle.
Instead these velvet handed boys have
done police duty, made hOstlers of
themselves and carried wood and
water. till theirspines were columns
Of pain and all in the name of Ameri.
ca. So that when they come back
they will never be reproached for not
fighting. Let no one dare to call their
service inglOriOus. Such devotion and
self sacrifice is not offered in vain. 1t
has united the north and the south,
the east and west. and enlarged the
vision and the hearts Of the men and
women who have stayed at home. The