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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
Correspondence.
Warren.

1t has been some time since
there has been any items from
this locality in the Democrat.
Perhaps a few lines at this time
will be of some interest to the
readers.
We had a fine rain to-day
(Tuesday) which was badly
needed as stock water was get
ting to be very scarce.
The farmers have commenced
cutting corn this week. Pros
poets are there will be consider
able cut as pastures are short
and will commence feeding
early
Smith & Palston have moved
their saw mill from north Of
Philadelphia to Failing Springs
south Of Warren.
Will Gupton had two fine
steers killed by lightning Tues
day.
Miss Nellie Jarman, Of Mon
roe City, was visiting friends
in this vicinity last week.
Chance Ogle who has been
working for Mr.. Clough this
summer, left yesterday for Col
orado.
T. D. McGlasson lost three
fine calves with black leg.
The picnic given at Warren
last Thursday by the Wood.
man was a grand success.
About 1900 people were present
and all seemed to enjoy them
selves fairly we'll. This being
their first attempt the boys fail
ed to carry out every thing just
as they would like to have done.
They feel themselves under
many obligations to the boys
in the Monroe City Band for the
excellent music furnished by
them on that day. Thos. E. |
Lee, of near Ely, carried off the
prize in the old time tiddlers
contest. q. Willis won the
prize in the mule race. Will |
Baldwin of Monroe City won in
the battle race. Will Whitmore
won in the tat mans race. In
the base ball game between
Lakenan and Warre2, the score
was six to three in favor of
Warren.
Ben Morlaud, of near here
and Miss Habig, charming
young lady of Palmyra, were
married last Wednesday at the
home of the brides mother. We
extend to them our congratula.
tions.
Mart Day, Jr., returned from
trip through Oklahoma last
week and gave a glowing &C
count of that country. Mart
will move his family down there
some time this fall.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
CITY OFFICIALS.


Second Ward-D. A. Ely. J. W. Bell.
Third Ward-A. Boulware. D. D. Nelson
Secret Societies.
Observation-Disclosures No. Ga, AT
& A. M, meets first and third Satur-
day nights of each month.
onroe City r. A. Chapter, No. 1O4
meets fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLows-Monroe City Lodge,
No. 26s, meets every Thursday night.
SUPREME COURT OF HoNoR.-Mon-
roe District Court No. 467 meets
every Monday night.
A. o. U. w. Monroe City Lodge, No
1853, H. is first and third Friday
nights of each month.
MODERN WooDMEN-Monro City
Camp, No. 2236 meets every Friday
night.
The r. N. of AS meet LIST. and 3rd-
Tuesday evening in. the M. w.
A. hall.
P. E. o. Sisterhood, Monroe City
Chapter H. meets the second and
fourth Saturdays in each month.
MASONIC, Colored.-Advance Lodge
No. 5, meets first and third Tuesday
nights in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. Al meets
LIST Thursday in each month.
VIRGINIA COURT meets LIST Thursday
in each month.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23

Miss Blanche McClintic, one
OF the sweet girls of Marion
County and a daughter of Hon.
W. s. McClintic, is visiting her
brother. r S McClintic in Han.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
Church News.

week, consequently there wa:
no services at st. Judes church
Sunday.
Rev. w. Galloway, of La
Grange, has been called to the
pastorate of the Warren Bap
fist church.
The First Baptist church pro
poses to be comfortable in this
world. 1t has put in a heater
to warm the water in the bap,
tistry in cold weather.
Subjects at the First Baptist
church next Sunday will be, in
the morning, Love" in the
evening, Visionary Men"
Sunday and Monday a forty
hour Devotional mission was
conducted at the Holy Rosary
church by Rev. FIR. D. F. Sulli.
van. The sermon was delivered
by Rev. FIR, Lyon, of Indian
Creek.
Rev. l.. K. Obenchain, of Ma
con City, will conduct the reg.
ular services at the Grace Bap-
fist church next Sunday.
There will be an ice crea m
social at Indian Creek next
Sunday afternoon for the bene-
fit of st. Stephens church.
The ice cream social given bv
the ladies of the Hunuewell
Baptist church last Saturday
evening PANIED out $50.
Rev. J. H. Pritchett, Gen,
Secy. of the Mission Board of
the M. E. church South. will
preach in the Methodist church
next Monday at 8 p. m. Let all
who love preaching of the high
est order come. Members of
other churches especially invit-
ed.
The 4th Quarterly Conference
of the Monroe City M. E. church
South was held Monday and
showed every dollar on every
claim for the year paid in full.
1892 has been paid by the con-
gregation this year and there is
no debt.
100 have been received into
the church this year and the
Sunday School, Senior and Jun
Tor Epworth Leagues, Womans
Foreign and Home Missionary
Societies are in a prosperou s
condition.
The Annual Conference meets
at Fulton Sept. ~. The open.
ing sermon will be delivered by
Rev. j. A. Wales on Tuesda "
evening before the opening.
The ladies of the Christian
church served ices during the
band concert in the park Mon,
day evening and realized S12. so.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
Notice.

The Loyal Temperance Lee
gion will serve ices at the Park
next Monday night Aug. 27th,
for the benefit IF the Legion.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23

Britt, To-, Aug. 18.-An act
i've market has developed in
the paddock. shotgun and bull
dog line because the fourth an
nual convention to be held here
next Wednesday of the ma
tional Tourists Union"
This is the annual reunion OF
hobos.
A few delegates have already
arrived. They have organized
committees on credentials and
entertain ments and have issued
programme for the conyen-
ton.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23

Herman Levy was a business
visitor in the Bluff City Tues
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
Pekin Taken

The allied relief force has en-
tered Pekin and after two
months captivity the Foreign
Legation are again free. The
attack was made on the Impe-
rial city Aug Is and capitulat'
ed only after an obstinate re-
sistant by the troops of the i'm
perial Government. 1t was a
fierce battle led by Uncle Sans
boys and the Little Japs.
Saturday the jury in the
Goebel case returned the fol-
lowing verdict. We, the jury,
find the defendent, eX-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, guilty
and fix his punishment at con
fiuement in the penitentiary for
the rest OF his natural life. He
was convicted as being acces-
sorry before the fact of the Goe'
bel murder. The jury was out
fifly-three minutes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23

M. l.. Hutchinson and family,
of Hannibal, have been the
guests of their kiuspeople, DIR.
Prank S, Turner and family.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

~, he bad to send his son to Manila
or Hong Kong, SO person can OBJ
tain some idea, of the condition OF
this country in an educational di-
rection.
Had one-third of the money ex-
pended in building these grand
churches been expended in estab-
fishing schools, this country would
be something TO br9g OF in that di
rec,ion, but that was not the case,
the main thing was to keep the ma
tive as ignorant as possible so as TO
help them accomplish their unholy
purposes and it will take years to
eradicate from the hearts of these
people their hatred for the white
man.
Well will have to close as il is
late and taps will 500 sound.
Yours sincerely.
WM. RExRoAD,
Co., ID 44th Vol.
Manila, p. /.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
REPUBLICAN DESPERATION

The Republican papers are getting
so hard up for something to publish
about somebody being for McKin-
ley, that they are publishing the fact
that such and such an old time Re-
publican is out for Mckinley. For
instance, the Grafton Sentinel last
week contained big double column
headlines, "Edmunds for McKin.
ley" and went on to tell how George
+. Edmunds, the old time Repub-
lican leader Of Vermont, and United
States Senator for many years from
that State, was solid for McKinley's
reelection, ETC., just as if they had
even been uncertain about him and
were overjoyed TO get an interview
from him in favor of Mckinley.
However, since the Democratic pa
pers are publishing long lists of Re-
publicans every week who are de-
serting Mckinley and coming out
for Bryan, the best the Republican
papers can do is to hold on to their
Oldest and most reliable leaders and
announce them for Mckinley, but
even then they are afraid to do it
till they come out in an interview
and declare where they are at. Some
of the small fry Republican country
weeklies are publishing plate matter
rot sent out to them free by the Re-
publican Committee, all charges
prepaid, and in this stuff they make
the claim that the whole country is
stampeding for Mckinley, bu. are
unable to give the names of anybody
of prominence who are deserving
Bryan, except lifelong Republicans
or few gold bug Democrats who
left us in 1896
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

The Journal was worried last
week over the Democratic Conven-
ton here. First, because Holt and
Daley did speak, and second, be.
cause Col. Tom Davis didn't speak,
and claims the latter was not allowed
to make speech by the Chairman
of the meeting, etc, when every
body knows that Holt and DALEY
we're the regular speakers advertised
for weeks beforehand, and the time
50 short that they did not get to say
near all they wanted to, specially
Mr.. Daley, who had to close in the
middle Of his speech, and Col.
Davis had then started to the depot
to catch the train, as he had to get
back to Keyscr to help arrange for
the Bryan meeting.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
THE TERRIBLE STORM
That Swept Over Texas Ten Thousand
Lives Lost.

The worst calamity that ever took
place in the United States was the
terrible storm that burst upon the
Texas coast last Saturday night and
almost wiped the city of Galveston
out of existence, as we'll as to badly
damage many other towns and sec
tons. An awful wind storm, blow
ing 81 miles an hour, swept over
Galveston from the Gulf of Mexico.
blowing down or wrecking almost
every building in the city and COW
ering the highest point of land in
the city with five feet Of water, so
that the unfortunate people were
either killed or crippled in the ruins,
or drowned like rats in trap, and
1t is estimated that five thousand
lost their lives in Galveston alone.
and as many more in other sections
swept by the storm, making a total
of ten thousand lives lost in the
awful fury of the wind and waves
that engulfed all towns on the coast.
The exact death list will never be
known, as many we're swept out to
sea and whole families blotted ont
of existence. The work OF rescue
and care for the living and wounded
is gong on by willing hands who
are focking to the scene.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
cnANcERY oRnrRs.

John S. and NJ. A. Pulliam VS..
John NJ Potts. Motion to adopt
child, John NJ. Potts.
J. a. Mefheny ct al vs.. Blanche
Cotton. Motion to adopt infant.
Pittsburg Pump Co. vs.. John w.
Hill; decree Of sale.
A. S. Lovenstine, guardian, VS..
Hubert s. Lovenstine ct. al, decree
of sale.
G. +. Ellis and son VS.. VIM. Grim
ct. al, order for reference.
w. w. Graham vs.. George Sheets
ct. al, W G.. Brown appointed com
missioner.
Amos Gale vs.. Joseph A. Garlits
ct. al, decree for sale.
+. y. Hanger VS.. J. J. Fox ct. al. ,
decree for sale.
+. a. Hennen vs.. NJ. r. Ward
wells heirs, decree for surplus.
G.. {. Slurgiss vs.. G.. w. Zinn
ct. al, dismissed.
Williams, DAWSON & 60. vs..
Lakewood Hotel Co. ct. al, order
Of reference to ]. w. Watson.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

The middle name of the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor is
Herman, his full name being John
Herman Holt instead of John
Homer Holt as has been published
in most of the papers Of the State.
There are three John n. Hollis in
the State that we know of that are
lawyers AID therefore get mixed up
sometimes. They are the one
above named who lives at Hunting
ton and John Homer Holt of
Grafton, the Judge Of our Circuit
Court and John Howard Holt of
Moundsville, who is a prominent
Prohibitionist so that they each
represent great party.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

o say have you heard the news
from Manner They had an election
up there the other day and the Re
publicans actually carried the State,
and arc so tickled over it that they
have out some ROSTERS and coons in
honor Of the event. It seems that
since Tom Reed went back on them
and refused TO make any speeches
for them this campaign, even in his
own State, they hardly expected TO
carry Maine, but have pulled
through, with a loss Of about fifteen
thousand less majority than they
had four years ago. n there is any
comfort in that the Republicans
are welcome % t..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

Saturdays Charleston Gazette has
the following:
Another train load of negroes pass
ed through here yesterday afternoon
for Cabell county. There were 90
and part of them were consigned to
Barboursville and part for Hunting
ton. They claimed to be from Nor
folk, Va, and talked quite freely TO
Charleston party who engaged
them in conversation.
"Where are you fellows going7"
asked the Charlestonian. "Some of
us are going to Huntington and
some to Barboursville."
"What are you going to dor"
"Work on a railroad"
GLOW long are you going to stay7'
"Till after the election"
"Who had you to Gomez"
"Mr. Elkins."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

years TO say nothing of the timber
yet remaining within present reach.
Your correspondent was given a
ride on the engine over the 10 mile
stretch between Crellin and Aurora.
II was quite revelation TO him 70
learn that one may travel such a
distance in Preston county and be
all this while passing through a
complete wilderness. Cleared fields
could rarely be seen and then only
IN the extreme distance. For some
distance from Crellin the merchant
able timber has been removed and
much ground is occupied by small
trees and by a jungle of underbrush
and sweet blackberry vines. Where
fires haze recently swept through
the woods, the landscape with its
charred logs looks desolate enough.
Farther on, we reached a scene OF
timber cutting, and here many acres
were strewn with peeled hemlock
logs and Uttered with piles of bark
and with limbs and tree tops.
A short distance from Crellin is a
coal drift furnishing fuel supply
for the engines of the company and
the families of the employees.
Although Crellin lies at an alti-
tude of not less than s,4oo feet, the
railroad makes quite an ascent in
climbing the mountain ridge toward
Aurora. A few houses, used as
camps for the lumbermen, are scat
tered along the line of the road.
The pay roll of the company en-
braces over 800 men, about 80 OF
whom ARE employed in and about
the mill and on the railroad, the
remainder being in the woods. They
earn on the average about SI.6o
per day, but with the amount of
overtime put in this summer, the
men have made an equivalent of 20
days per month. Consequently, it
is not strange that several teachers
have formed part of the force
They can make more at the mill
than in their profession. Boys earn
from so cents to SI.ro per day, the
lower rate being paid for carrying
water to the men at work. Penn
sylvanians constitute large share
of the employees.
1t will thus be seen that the Pres
ton Lumber and Coal Company by
discussing large sums of money in
wages and in buying timber, has
been and still is, an important fac
tor in the industrial progress of I'm
ion district. With the substitution
of the railroad for the river as a
main avenue for bringing logs to the
mill, the plant of the company be-
comes in large measure West
Virginia enterprise.
In conclusion, your correspondent
would express his thanks to Mr..
Chas. Whitman, the superintendent
of the company's plant, and to the
managers of the Preston Store Com
pany for their courtesy and their
readiness to give any information
that was asked for.
O. +. MORTON.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
represent a great party.

And now il is claimed that the big
Republican slump in Maine was on
account Of the speeches made up
there by Gov. Atkinson Of this
State. lie spent two weeks cam
paigning in that State, and made
fourteen speeches in all. He was
billed for a speech at Terra Alta,
Tuesday Of this week II we could
Just keep him in the county till the
election, we would have great hopes
Of carrying it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
NINcENr u. COCK. Sec,v.

Every student who goes to the
University at Morgantown should
bear in mind that the Acme Book
Store of that place can save him
money on his college text docks and
school supplies. They sell many
of the books used in the University
second hand and can often save
students soc or sI.oo on single
book. Call and see them when YOU
get to Morgantown.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

same. order.
A. ID. Hoff, guardian, VS.. Nancy
Hoff's heirs, sale confirmed, made
to John p. Jones,
S. p. Hawley VS.. Jennie Hawley,
decree of sale.
Samuel III. Gale VS.. Sarah c Gale.
divorce yinculo matrimonii.
Isaiah Bolyard VS.. Henry Stafford
ct. al. A. +. McMillen, ]. N.
Baker and Moses Sinclair appointed
to make partition of lands.
John I. Walkers admir- VS.. John
I. Walkers heirs ct. al. w. G..
Brown appointed commissioner.
George w. Surgeons admir- VS..
Geo. w. Surgeons heirs ct. al.
Sale of property to w. G. Sturgeon
and p. M. Sturgeon for s66s con-
firmed.
Lousia f. Dunn VS.. Margery
Squires ct. al. X. w. Monroe APP
pointed commissioner.
Laura S. Trippet VS.. J. w. White
ct. al. Sale to /. p. Martin for
81, ocI confirmed.
Moses Barley VS., Lot w. Maust.
Sale for SIS to Ira Thomas con-
! firlned.
James A. Brown VS.. Hyde and
Shaw, trustees, order to pay taxes.
David Graham's admir- VS.. David
Graham's heirs ct. al. Sale for
SIoo confirmed.
Nancy A. Wolf VS.. Sarah A.
Hall. rule for security for costs.
p. ]. Crogan, trustee VS.. S. f.
Ringer ct. al. dismissed.
Staley M. Jones VS.. J. S. Muir
dock dismissed. A. p. Hamilton
& Co. VS.. Miller & Mussina dis
missed.
John S. Murdoch VS.. M. II. Muir
docks heirs, No. retired from
| docket.
Crane and Brown VS.. Thomas
Cunningham ct al. Sale to ]. A.
Brown confirmed.
John Albright's admir- VS.. John
Albright's admir- & admir- VS.. John
Albrights heirs. Sale to C. H.
Martin for $3.50 confirmed.
A. c. Bolyard VS.. Rachel l.. Boil
yard, ct. al. A. f. McMillen, ]. N.
Baker and w. A. Watson appointed
commissioners to make partition.
Annie Plum VS.. James H. Plum
divorce a vinculo matrimonii
granted.
M. III. Murdock's Com'r VS.. M.
II. Murdoch ct. al. Sale of Nc
Grew farm to F. c. Todd for So, 900
confirmed.
Julius Scherr, guardian, VS.. ]. w.
J. George ct. al. Sale of land for
S. per acre to the Preston Lumber
and Coal Co. confirmed.
VIM. G. Brown VS.. Manear ct. al.
decree of sale.
James J.. Bell, guardian, VS..
Richard and Hazel Bell, infants.
Decree to sell land.
First National Bank Of Grafton
VS.. f. b. Stone ct. al. Decree of
surplus to W. G.. Brown, trustee.
c. NJ. Bishop VS.. Elizabeth c.
Craig. Decree for sale.
Smyth and Chess VS.. James Ryan
ct. al. Injunction dissolved as to
Ryans and perpetuated as to Long
neeker.
Laura V. Trippet VS.. ]. w. White.
Order to pay taxes.
Williams Davidson Co. VS.. w. III.
Glover. Injunction awarded.
Jacob Gale and S. P. Rodabaugh
appointed trustees for Mt. Zion
Chapel in Valley district.
J. E. Gale appointed trustee for
Bethel church.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

An itinerary that will keep Steven
son busy until election is being pre-
pared. After tour of Illinois he
will speak in Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota. From the North
west he will make jump into West
Virginia and Kentucky.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

Senator Teller will stump Ohio,
Indiana, West Virginia and Mary
land for Bryan. Teller will make a
feature of McKinley's alleged de-
Tense of the army canteen.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

The Evening Times, of Fairmont,
IS the latest venture in newspaper
dom in this State. 1t is published
by the Index Company, and the
first copy was issued Monday of
last week, and is chuck full of live
news matter and a well made up
and printed four page, six columns
to the page, paper.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

Maine and Vermont have both
gone Republican by greatly reduced
majorities over former years.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13

Arthur Sewall, who was Demo
cratic candidate for Vice President
in 1896, died at his home in Maine
last week.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-13


An extensive purchase OF valuable
coal land was consumated in Bar
bour county last week by which
about 9, 900 acres ofland passed from
the ownership of number Of Penn
slyvanians to Thaw Brothers, of
Philadelphia, who also secured Ioa
acres of land adjoining, but lying in
Randolph county, from J. c. Byers.
The price paid will average about
SIS per acre, although some of it
cost as high as $50 and some as low
as S22. The new owners will at
once put in one of the finest coal
plants in West Virginia. They
will sink four shafts I68, 2I2, as8
and 5r2 feet deep, respectively, and
will install an electric plant, to cost
$40, 900, which will include mining
machines, motors, etc. The West
inghouse Air Brake Company, OF
Pittsburg, have the contract. Wade,
Sloan and & Co., are now grading
~ miles of tract for the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad to reach this and
other coal. Thaw Brothers will
build 400 houses, of r6 rooms each,
to accommodate 1000 families, al
lowing four rooms each. They will
also erect Offices and othernecessary
buildings. Their headquarters will
be at Century, which will soon be a
large and thriving town.
On our first page will be found
some illustrated matter on the great
famine IN India and about the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo.
On the last page we give another
cartoon representing Porto Rico
begging for fair treatment from this
government, while the famine shadow
reaches out over her, and our pro-
tected industries grow fat on her
misery and mistreatment. open
the door and allow Porto Rico to
come into our markets with her
coffee, sugar and tobacco, even II il
does interfere with the profits Of the
Trusts ia these necessaries Of life.
Charles Emory Smith, the Post.
master General Of the United States.
has just returned from a trip to Eu.
rope and visit to the Paris Exposi-
ton, and the Wheeling Intelligence
announces that nc will at once take
the stump and spend the rest Of the
campaign working for the Repub-
lican ticket. AS Mr.. Smith is draw
ing big salary from the taxpayers
Of this country to administer the
affairs Of the Postoficc Department,
i strikes as that he should devote
some little time at least to that
business.