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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-28
Local and Personal Briefs

The man that forgets to tell a
woman that her clothes look pretty
torgets to make her admire his
good taste.
Fouud-Valuable gold watch.
Owner can have same by calling at
this Office, prove property and pay
for notice.
w. B. Simpson, of Weston, was
struck by lightning Sunday evening
and is slowly going blind from the
effects of the shock.
J. F. Dolan, proprietor of the
Hotel Arlington, returned to the
city this morning from business
trip to p ,ints north.
When told he had been refused
new trial. the young colored muf-
derer of Petersburg laughed and
said, ''I don't care"
W.. E. Kirchner, of Middle
bourne, chairman of the Democratic
County Executive Committee, was
In the city last evening.
Surveys have been made for the
extension of the Little Kanawha,
which Is to connect with the Could
trunk line through this State.
c. G. Lewis, of Charleston, has
purchased the 'tOld Sweet" Springs
In Monroe county. He will make
extensive improvements there.
The recent rains have caused a
general rise In the river and both
the local and through boats are
now running on schedule time.
It's all the rage now. Ping
Pong. You car get a set from
$d.5o to IS at McCoy's Book Store.
26 st
The Kingwood postofhce was
entered by robbers early Tuesday
morning. Only about $50 In
stamps and money was secured.
Leave your orders for Cut Flow
ers for the Commencement exer
cises at once at Huston's Green
House, this city. S 26 tt.
An insane man, Thomas Cart,
who was confined In jail at Clay, w.
Va, escaped while on his way to
the hospital and Is at large In the
woods.
Mike Heating, oil producer and
genial gentlemen. spent a couple of
days In town last week, when he
to Sistersville. - Salem
Leader.
Lost.-A bunch of keys, with
ring having name of w. G.. Hays.
Butler. Pa, finder will please leave
same at West Va. Tool Co. and get
rs ct
James Madison, of ParKersburg,
has sued the Ohio River railroad
for $4,000. His arm was frac-
tured about year ago while on an
excursion.
If you want to give your sweet
girl graduate little present, send
around a set of Ping Pong. Yeu
can buy them only at McCoy's
Book Store. 70 St
Morris Flora, aged 81 years, died
at his home at Paw Paw this week.
He was the second mayor of the
town and a we'll known justice of
the peace.
Mrs. c J. Conway and two chill
dren, of the South Side, lett the
city this afternoon for Washington,
Pa, where they will visit friends
for few days.
Miss Nellie Ankrom, the charm.
Ing daughter of Attorney and Mrs.
S. B. Ankrom, of Middlebourne, Is
the guest of Mrs. John Stealey, of
Brown Betty street.
A charter has been granted to
the Cheat River Coal company.
Governor White Is interested In
the company. The coal lands are
situated near Kingswood.
Mrs. John Mccoy. of Birming-
ham, Alabama, Is the guest of her
ME, e, Mrs. James Daggs. She
will remain here for som e time Wis
iting her relatives In this city.
Lost-A white and liver colored
pointer female dog. Finder will
please return to 234 South Wells
street and receive liberal reward.
27 1T d &w
Major Clint Moore, general man
&wA
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-28

Two dress makers at once. Call at
dressmaking department OF A. d.
Work & Sons. 28 1t
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-28

Bad weather for the Ice man.
Fair and continued cool tonight.
Temperature took a sudden drop
The weather man has plead
guilty.
Ping Pong sets at McCoy's Book
Store. 26 st
III. o. Stealey, of Wheeling, was
In the city today.
A hobby Is an Ida that goes
around with a crank.
Harold Grhber. of Jacksonburg.
was In the city today.
Truth was invented to make enc
mies for the man who tells 1t.
No man ever realizes how much
trash he owns until be moves.
About the enly perfect people in
the world are the perfect fools.
This Is hard world. It's final
gift to a man Is a marble shaft.
Charles Bissett, of the Eastern
Oil company, was In the city today.
Get your seat reserved for Com
mencement exercises Friday night.
Prepare to take part In the Elk
ercises on Friday. Decoration Day.
J. N. Van Camp, of Padeu's Val.
ley, was q business caller here to-
day.
Unless a man Is satisfied with
himself he Is not In the seH+made
class.
Friends can be bought, though
you never can sell them for any
thing.
Some wives are so economical
they are always roasting their hus-
bands.
Charley Kidwell Is now manager
of the New Martinsville Daily
Dispatch.
ALT Smith, prominent farmer of
Frew. was a business caller In the
city today.
Every woman knows she is a co !.
quette, but she doesn't think others
suspect 1t.
The Episcopal Council for this
State will be held at Parkersburg
next week.
A girl with money In her own
name generally has no trouble to
get 1t changed.
What a monotonous old world
this would be were 1t not for the
decisions therein!
H. w. Smith, editor of the
bloody Tyler County Star, was In
the city last evening.
CT. Mcconnell, a popular young
man of Matamoras, Ohio, was bus
mess caller here today.
T. R. Cowell and J. S. Glenn.
two we'll known oil operators, went
to Marietta this morning.
Attorney E. R. B. Martin, of st.
Marys, went to Middlebourne this
morning on legal business.
Silas Henderson, a prominent
citizen of Meade di strict, was bus.
mess caller In the city today.
1.-THE oil development Is a little
quiet, but we have just as much oil
as ever. Weston Democrat.
Mrs. Turtle, of Roanoke, Va, Is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Staples, of Wells street.
w. Fl. Burns, of the National
Supply company, was a business
visitor at Parkersburg yesterday.
Joseph Hervey, prominent oil
operator of New Martinsville, was
a business visitor Ia the city today.
M. G. Rulings. we'll known and
popular driller of this city, returned
last evening from the Meadville oil
field.
We are pleased to note Mr.. F. L.
Blockmarr, who has been quite
seriously Ill, Is much improved to-
day.
c. F Mercer, the genial proprie-
tor of the Hotel Mercer, was bus
iness caller at Middlebourne yes.
terday.
No matter how low dressmaker
cuts the opera gown. she always
gets the bill high enough to make
nm for III
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-28
ARE YOU AWARE

In the course of one year the
balance of your watch makes
o,33I,2oo,ooo revolutions.
Think of 1t. In time the oil
gums, produces friction and
the delicate bearings. destroy.
ing their high finish and per.
feet fit, thus running an ac-
curate time piece. An or.
binary machine Is oiled daily,
your watch should be oiled
once a year. Let rs examine
1t, IN honest oponiou from Us
will cost you nothing.
S. J. ANDERSON & co.
jewelers..
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30
rhe Delay in the Pension Fund.

The State Pension Board was in
session last week, and has requested
the newspapers to publish the follow
ing statement.
while the law provides that the
pension money shall be disbursed on
the first Monday of April Of each year,
owing to the delay on the part Of GER
tain cc:nty pension boards and their
failure to make reports to the State
board on the first Monday of March, as
required by the rules Of the State
board, the State board has been un-
able to examine new applications and
dispose of them until to-day-their
second meeting. The reports from
some counties have been received since
the 1st of April and the struggling ap-
plicatiOns from counties have been
coming in up to the present; some,
in fact, were received by the
board today. The members compos-
ing the State board are anxious to dis
bnrse this fund at ths earliest date
possible, and any delay in disbursing
the same cannot properly be charged
to them. It is fact that if the boards
lad held their meeting the 5th day Of
April, for instance, which was be
yond the date the last regular list
was received and disapproved, all
those applications that were not in duo
form-several hundred deserving peo-
people, who. 8 it is, will receive pen
sions, would have been left OFF the list
entirely; but the board having return
ed them fo2 correction, the delay caus-
ed has resulted in their being on"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30
Southern Railway Cheap Rates.

The Southern Railway offers the fol-
lowing low rates:
Southern Baptist Convention, Ashe-
Vile. N. c., May 8-15-One frat. class
fare for the round trip from all points on
its lines to Asheville, N. O., and return,
Dates Of sale May 6 to 10 inclusive. final
limit May 21st. 1902, except that by dc.
posit OF tickets with joint agent, Aahe-
Vile, on or before May 18th, and payment
Of fec OF fifty cents, an extension TO not
later than juno Q, 1902, may be obtained.
Annual Meeting General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Miss,
May 14-N-Oue hrst-clsss faro for the
round "trip 70 Iackeon, Miss, and return
from all points. Tickets will Be -old
May 12, IS and II, with hnal limit May
80. 1902. The Southern Railway In con-
nection with the @. & G. via Blrming-'
ham 10 moat direct route to jackson,
Miss.
Annual Nesting Southern Educational
Association. Chattanooga, Tenn, July
lone first-class fare for the round
trip. plus $500 membership fee to Chat
tauoogs, and return, from all points 90
count OF this occasion. Dates OF sale
Juno n, July let. inclusive, with final
limit July 9th, 1902, except that by de-
posit Of tickets with joint agent on or be.
fore July 6th, and payment os fss of 11ifsy
cents ec exsanaion Of not later than Sep
tember 10th. 1902, may be obtained.
For detailed information as to rates,
reservations. tickets, etc.. apply to any
agent Of the Southern Ry. connecting
lines or address w. III. Tayloe, Aest. Gen
Pass. ,Agt., Atlanta, Ga; r. W. Hunt;
Div. Pass. .Agt. Charleston, s. c; }. c
Beam, Dist. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30
A Remarkable Citizen.
Greenville Mountainous

There are many persons in Anderson
and Greenvillc counties who will re-
call the remarkable old gentleman who
is mentioned in the following commu-
nication to the News and Courier. He
was q resident of Williamson for
many years, and was connected with
the Greenville and Columbia railroad
when the Confederate war began in
1861, Mt which time he volunteered
with the Gist Rifemen and thereby
.became connected wich the Hampton
Legion. Mr. Hudgens is hale and
hearty, and the exuberance of youth
remains with him in an extraordinary
degree, not seeming to be more than
three score in years when we met him
two years ago.
Editor of The News and Courier:
In the little town of Foreston, on the
Central Railroad, there lives nm inter-
esting old man, who may rightly claim
to be the oldest bridegroom in South
Carolina, for the last year, at the age of
"a he married hissecond wife. This old
gentleman is Mr.. II! II. 'Hudgense n
prominent citizen of the town. He was
born in Union County, November s5,
1916. His grandmother on his fathers
side lived to be 90, and his great grand
father on his mothers side, Joshua
Selby, of Union County, lived to be 1O3
years old. Mr.. Hudgens wants to beat
them both in age.
His father emigrated to Georgia and
settled several miles from the Creek
nation. Mr.. Hudgens moved to Colum-
bus when IA and remained there twenty
years. He used to see the Creek In
dinns constantly and knew the Ian
guage we'll enough to trade with them.
After leaving Columbus he lived at
different places, fifteen years of which
were spent in Charleston. He came tc
EofestOn in 1881, which has been his
home since.
Mr. Hudgens saw active service in
the war for Southern Independence and
was at the first battle of Manassas
His first wife was Miss Olive Wells
of Maine, whom he married in 1910
| ~>N0 "hO oASo Ill 1CO1s 1luSU AuRuHl
MIR. Hndgens married his second wife
Mrs. Mary NJ. Maurice. He has two
SONS by his first wife.
He has been engaged in the saw mil
business and farming at Foreston, and
now rncs g small farm and buys cross.
ties. His eyesight is returning and he
not only enjoys perfect health, but ha.
a good appetite.
He attributes his long life to regular
habits. For seventy-two years he hal
been member Of the Methodis
Church.
Mr., Hudgene has the appearance Of
man of about 90; his form is erect ani
he moves with the briskness Of q mid
dle-aged man. He is genial gentle
man, and one Of his meet remarhabbli;
characteristics is the brightness of hil
mental faculties.
| Mcdonald Furman.
Privateer, Sumter Cc April 10, 1909
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30

following the Congressional elections.
he thinks that for 9 House to continue
to legislate after majority Of it's mem
Ders nave been turned down by the
people. as frequently occurs under
present laws, is misrepresentation.
Representative Richardson, the DEM
ocratic leader Of the House, thinks
congress ought to do something to
bring the Beef Trust to book. He has
introduced resolution directing the
Ways and Means Committee to inves-
tigate the recent extraordinary rise in
the price of meat and provide, if pos.
sible, some legislative relief.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30
Low Rates 10 CptarIestou.

On each Tuesday aud Thursday during
way Co.. will seil tickets from Anderson
to Charleston and return at rate of S3.70
for the rouna.trip. Tickets limited three
days from date OF sale. For further In
formation call on or write to r. r. Thorn
ton, ticket agent, Anderson.
Buy your Poultry Netting from Sull!s
van HdW. Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

The action of D. Davenport, Union
county's representative in the state
legislature, in introducing bill pro-
sviding for the appointment Of pro-
bate Judge in each county. whose duty
it will be to deal exclusively with the
probate business, is being highly COM
mended by those who are familiar with
the condition Of the court business. 1t
is true of Union county, and more large.
ly true of other counties in the state,
where the civil and criminal business of
the county is larger than it is in Union,
that the probate business gets very
much congested at times, and important
settlements of estates are delayed for a
period which makes it very inconvenent
for those interested in these SUITS Mr..
Davenport's bill would do away with
the necessity of waiting for term of
court to probate will, or for an admin.
istrator to make final report, and the
settlement of these cases would not re-
quire the services of an eminent jurist,
but could be attended to just as we'll by
some one who was versed in the law of
the state as applied to civil business.
The bill is now in the hands of the
judiciary committee of the house and
will likely be reported favorably.-Cres-
on Adverti ser.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

The energy behind the opposition to
the plan Of giving concessions to Cuban
sugar emanates from a considerably
scattered source. 1t seems that there
are now fortytwo beet sugar mills in
operation in the United States, of which
there are seventeen in Michigan, eight
in California, six in Utah, five in Colo
rado, four in Nebraska. two in New
York: and six in other states, while
about ninety more exist in the minds Of
company promoters. Impressive statis-
tics are assembled by the no.consession-
lists on the we'll known protectionist
plan to show how many acres must be
planted to supply the factories, how
much money accrues to the farmers, to
farm employees, to the families of farmers
and farm employees, to railroads, agri-
cultural implement makers and every
class cf men, women and children in
the community. The juice of the beet
cannot be converted into granules and
cubes without the free use of COAL. lime
rock and sulphur. 1t calls for barrels,
bags and chemicals, and the whole pop.
ulation is hypnotised at the sight Of so
much prosperity when in rash moment
may be thoughtlessly cast away, all be-
cause of our love for the Cubans at the
expense of our love for the great Ameri.
can consuming public!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
HE CHOSE THE BAR.

In writing of the departure Of Matt
Hunter to begin his life sentence in the
penitentiary, the editor of the Mt, Ayr
Record concludes sketch OF the unfor-
tunate young mans life as follows:
The state gave him free education.
Churches were all about him, calling
him to higher and nobler life. He
chose to reglect all and prostituted all
his powers and privileges to gambling.
He deliberately became leech on SO.
ciety and scourge to the community.
He chose to neglect all opportunities and
to defy all moral sentiment. He had
warning after warning, but all to no
effect. He saw men honestly toiling
daily while he scorned all labor and
lived on the wages Of sin. 1t is prob
able that in the last ten or fifteen years
Matt Hunter has not done one honest
days work or earned an honest dollar.
He was professional GAMBLER and there
fore fashionable thief. He took mems
money without toll or giving value re.
ceived. Of the eighth commandment,
"Thou shalt not steal," he mad no con-
ception. That moral sense had become
outraged and dead. The end was come,
one end, but the awful one is yet to
come, "His own iniqulties shall take
the wicked" Retribution is the system
Of nature, says Arnot, set in motion by
the act of sin is like the "virgin kiss" in
the Romish inquisition. The step Of
him who goes forward to kiss the image,
touches secret spring, and the strong
marble arms enclose him in deadly
embrace piercing his body through with
an Numbered knives.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
RURAL CARRIERS BY CONTRACT.

ut is proposed in congress to have
rural mail carried by contract, presum-
ably to the lowest bidder. If tie propo-
stion is engrsfted into law patrons of
the rural deEvery Will wish they had
never seen the service,
"lt is simple thing for a carrier on
star route to take closed pouch and
carry it to the next postoftice. Any old
thing can do it. But it is quite another
thing to carry and deliver mail to pat
rons of a route. 1t require a person of
a reasonably clear mind to give good
results in the nural service. If the work
is let by contract qualifications must be
subordinate to other considerations and
the most Indifferent individuals will be
employed.
SIT is not reasonable to place the
rural service on the lowest bidder basis
| If rural carriers are to be placed under
the contract system, why not also put
city carriers on the same footing? Then
if carriers are to be chosen from those
who will work for the least money why
not choose postmasters on the same
plan? Just imagine postal service in
the hands of persons who offer to work
cheaper than others. Efficiency would
soon be lost sight OF.
SIT seems to us that this attempt to
degrade the rural service, while eff
cheney is maintained elsewhere, is an
unjust discrimination against farmers
Unless rural delivery be efficient and
kept in the hands of competent carriers
it should be abolished till the govern
ment can support it properly. Carriers
should be selected on merit and Their
salaries should be at least $500 year
The proposition to have the work done
by contract would be practical destruc
ton of rural delivery. If the service is
to be continued it should be properly
maintained.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

The four greatest men of to-day, in
the opinion Of Henry Labouchere, are
Marconi, Roentgen, Edison and Car
negie. 'Celebrated statesmen and dis
tinguished soldiers,'' he says, 'gener-
ally do more harm than good. The fore
most benefactors of the race have been
those who fought against abuse, super
stition, ignorance or disease, or have
discovered the means of adding to the
resources of mankind.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

There are now ll,ooo bills awaiting
consideration in the house OF represent
atives. At one session recently 5000
bills were introduced in seven minutes.
Over $4,000 bills have been introduced
at this session..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

The steel trust has announced Its
earnings for the past nine months as
1874 600, 600, and simultaneously the CEN
,Ssus bureau gives the population of the
Unitedf States and its possessions as
81 100000 souls. A dollar per person in
nine months is good rate Of profit.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Working "a Hours a Day.

There's no lest for those tireess little
workers-Dr. Kings New Life Pills.
Millions are always busy, curing torpid
liver, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague. They banlsh sick headache, drive
out malaria. Never grippe or weaken,
Small, taste nice, work wonders. Try
them. 25c at Van Werden's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Subscription Rates:
Advertising Rates.

Yearly advertisers cents per inch per issue
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Locals;5oents per line each insertion.
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Legal advertising at legal rates.
Church and other notices where an admis-
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

The Reading, Pa, superintendent of
schools has officially told the teachers
that they must read the daily papers
and keep the run Of events. ''In my
judgment. he says, "the teacher who
says she never reads the papers is not
qualified to teach"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

1fit were not for the fact that the
only American killed in the battle of
Santiago was killed on the Brooklyn,
the navy departmentmigh have proven
that Schley wasn't in the fight at ALL
Topeka Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Ge1lxhl1u
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. all right, if you are too fat:
md all wrong, if too thin already.
Fat, enough for your habit, is
healthy; a little more, or less, is
no great harm. Too fat, consult
4 doctor; too thin, persistently
ihi:., no matter what cause, take
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil.
There are many causes of get
ting too thin; they all come
under these two heads: over
work and under-digestion.
Stop over-worlx, if you can;
but, whether you can Or not,
take Scott's Emulsion Of Cod
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can. There's limit, however;
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Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
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''can't eat unless it comes Of
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
President Roosevelt is keeping Nc.
Kinley's cabinet only as fast as its
members may slip away.

The question with some Americans is
whether England and Germany deserve
any credit for standing by us while we
were running over poor old Spain.