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Smyrna times., 1903-12-16
WEDDING PRESENTS.
some Hints About How and what
and When to Send.

some Hints About How and what
and When to Send.
K Is a golden rule to send your we'd
ding gift in good time, the first to ar
rive being ruch more appreciated than
that which is one of the many pouring
III from all quarters during the last
week.
By adhering to this rule you are also
saved the annoyance of hearing that
the saltcellars are charming. the third
set already received.
A month before the wedding day is
not too early to send the present. which
should be accompanied by visiting
card to be placed on the gift when dis
played among the others.
The package should be addressed TO
the bride if you are intimate with both
the happy couple. and 10 the brides
house. addressed to the bridegroom. if
1t is he with whom you are best ac-
quainted.
Most people wish to give something
novel, useful and pretty The future
circumstances Of the happy couple
should influence the choice.
II they are going abroad, do not give
anything unsuitable to the require
ments of the climate or SC cumber-
some that packing and conveying it to
its destination will amount to half the
value of the present.
If the recipients will not be particu-
larly we'll off II is only kind to select
some useful present. n these days
when artistic taste is shown in all the
necessaries OF life, this should not be
difficult
If the happy couple are likely to re-
ceive many presents, it is safe to give
something which will not be amiss if
received in duplicate, such as silver
sweetmeat baskets for the dinner table
or a set of afternoon teaspoons or
bronze or china ornament
Smyrna times., 1903-12-16
Enough Said.

Two Boston ladies strolling along a
road just outside of the borough came
upon the first milestone. On it was
written, Il m. from Boston" Having
never ventured so far from their native
place before. they mistook the stone for
a sepulchral monument. How touch
tng? they exclaimed. How simple!
How human! I'm from Boston, What
more needed to be said? So the dead
speakP'-Rochester Post-Express.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-16
Freight Received Daily at Arch Street Wharf

Consumers Ice Co.'S Wharf, chester.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-16
WANTED.

Would like to correspond with ex-
teacher or well educated woman rela-
tive to special work along educational
lines; work pleasant and profitable.
Falr terms at start and further increase
later. Apply to
NJ. M. FLETCHER,
S2l Equitable Building, Baltimore Md.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
SMALLPOX
AT SALEM
WELL DEFINED CASE HAS DEvEL-
oPED AND QUARANTINE HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED.
PATENT IS A MAN NAMED GREY
NoLDS, WHO is EMPLOYED IN
PINE GROVE OIL FIELD.
Expert Called in to Examine Case and
He Pronounced it SmalIpox.-Much
Alarm Felt IN Town and Sur
rounding Section.

Salem has a genuine case of smallpox
and a quarantine has been established.
The case is ut the home of Albert Grey
nolds in West Salem, near Industrial, and
the patient is a brother of Mr.. Grey
nolds. He resides in Lewis county, but
has been employed at wileyyiIle, near
Pine Grove. He came to Salem last
Thursday to visit his brother and was
taken sick Friday night.
1t developed THAT he had an eruption
on his face and body, and the authori-
ties, growing suspicious, made an in
vestigntion DIR. L. F. Kornman, of this
city, who is an expert in smallpox, was
sent for at tlc instance of the county
health board, and Monday he examined
the case and pronounced It genuine small
pox. The case is well defined and is
said to be a virulent one. As soon as
he had pronounced it smallpox, the board
issued quarantine order against the
Greynolds residence and guards were sta
toned around it.
The early action of the health board
will likely prevent a spread of the dis
ease, but there IS much alarm in the
town and surrounding section of eoun-
try.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
DODGE
FOUND
GUILTY
OF Carrying Concealed weapons a
Charged by vanGeison, and Was
Fined.-Appealed the Case.

j. w. Dodge was tried in Squire James
n. David's court at o'clock Monday
evening on u warrant sworn ont by T.. b.
VanGeison charging him with carrying
billet slung-shot or -Dtack-iaek just
one week previous to the trial. Mr.. Van
Geison swore it was u sort of black
jack In a way he was corroborated by
Samuel /. Buffers, both of whom saw
something exhibited by vanGeison after
the fight between him and Dodge that
day, which looked like the end of a
black jack, or at least was a bulb or nut.
which appeared to be a lump Of lead
with thread wrapped around it. It had
been pulled loose from a ahndlc of some
sort. Mr. Dodge was not represented by
council and he introduced no testimony
in his own behalf. The justice decided
from the evidence that he was guilty of
the charge and fined him 1925 and costs.
Dodge Informed the court that he desired
to appeal the case to the eircnit court,
and the magistrate fixed the appeal bond
at $500.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
Black Diamond Uses Steel Muck
les on Argyle SturHl. After Trying
to Beat Him Out Of Fifteen Cents
Conductor was on Duty.
Negro Escapes in Time to Get Away From What
Might Have Been a Lynchina Bee Warrant
Issued for Black Diamonds Arrest.

About $3.50 o'clock last evening Ar
gy1e StlIrm, a conductor on one of the
street cars, was assaulted while on duty
by sBlacl Diamond, we'll known coI-
orcd character.
1t appears that -I3iack Dianiondr and
another colored fellow boarded the car
at Fourth street US it was en- rolte TO
Adamston. The colorcd fellow handed
the conductor a dime, and as the latter
rendered him the change he said he
conductor put the five-cent piece back
in his pocket and rang up the fare.
Nothing more was Thought of the I'M
eident until they reached the West Vir-
ginia & Pittsburg railroad at the ELK
creek bridge, when BLACK Diamond pde
ntanded his change. The conductor re-
minded him that he had paid the other
fellows fare and hnpt no change was due
him. The negro then cllimed that he
had given Mr.. Sturm a quarter, in
stead of a dime, but the conductor main
sained that it was n dime. The cortro-
versy ended unexpectedly and very sud
denly in the conductor being brutally
assaulted by the negro with a pair of
lSRuclles. A big cash was cut across
sturm's forehead just above one of his
eyes.
There was an indignant crowd of Peo-
pie ON the car and threats were made
to do the negro bodily harm. The feel
ing was such that the spark would soon
have kindled into a flame, an dit IS well
for the negro that he jumped off the car
and fled. A lyclling bee was more than
probable.
a warrant was issued by Squire NJ. s.
Riley for the negro's arrest, but the Of
itceTs have not been able as yet to find
him. The opinion prevails that he is
either in hiding or has left the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28

HIS OHIO
HOME
Former clarksburg Resident Writes an
Interesting Letter About His New
Home.-Likes the Country Very
Much. -E-

The Clarksburg Telegram:
Enclosed please find $l.0O for which
you will please mail me the Daily Tele-
gram. / would like to know what is
going on in the old town, and as l have
heard from there so seldom and each
time the complaint is that there is no
news worthy of note, think the old
town must be getting mighty slow.
I had quite an interesting letter from
Col. phos. c. Brady, also one from Col.
p. r. Cost They were like green spots
in the desert and made one feel like
blessing the gentlemen that wrote them.
This is fine country where am,
and the more ! see of it the Erore 1 can
appreciate the advantages the farmer has
over THE farmer in old Harrison. Here
one man can take the machinery that
they have and do good big hay har-
vest. They put everything in their barns
and do it all with horses. No hoeing
corn-to ride the plow is the rule.
Just now counted the cars on freight
train going through here. There were 90
loaded cars and empties. A long train
pulled by one engine. Hay harvest IS
over. Oats cutting. Manure hauling at
ia height. / was out of town about n
mile last Saturday to fix a pump for I"
farmer. He had two teams hauling ma
nurc. They had about two or three hun
dred loads to haul out. The man said
he had hauled out 200 loads from there
in the spring. That amount of manure
would make a Harrison county farmer
glad, but it is of so common an occur
renee here that to have less would be
something to talk about.
To take a drive here is a pleasure, and
to drive thirty-five miles in one after
noon and not hurt the horse is nothing
unusual. / have taken my family in u
one-horse surrey and driven twenty-five
miles in an afternoon and got home by
O'Clock and not hurry-iust let the
horse Jog along.
guess l had better quit before you
think, am yarning. Do not forget the
paper, or we might have to come back
to see if CIarlsburg is still on the map
Very truly,
HARRIE G. JOHNSON,
Mt. Corey, Ohio, July 27.
II
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
DOMESTIC
SERVICES
SUED FOR
Mrs. Elizabeth Marsh Sues Mrs. Eliza
beth Boring to Recover Amount
Due for Services.-Interesting
Civil Suit.

Squire Samuel w. Gordon had an in
tcresting civil suit this morning. The
style of the case was Mrs. Ellen Marsh
IS. Mrs. L. Boring. The plaintiff sued
for $23, claimed for domestic service
rendered at the home of the defendant.
She stated that she had been there sew
entcen weeks. and that her whole bill
was S34. but Mrs. Boring had paid her
$II, for which she showed exhibits. Mrs.
Boring claimed that she did not hire
her at all, although she was at her
home. There were several prominent
witnesses in the case, among whom was
Mary Runion, for the defendant. Mary
had not worked at Mrs. Boring's, but
had visited there a day or 50.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
GENTRY BROS.'
ANIMAL SHOWS
Arc Coming to Clarlzsburg Next Week.
viii Perform Here August 6.-Known
the Wide World Over.

Gently Bros.'s Famous Trained AMI
nal Shows will give two performances
in Clarksburg on Thursday, August O.,
beginning at 2:s0 and s p. M. Doors
open one hour earlier. The Gentry show
i. known all over the United States as
the biggest and best of all times in the
trained animal line, surprising in scope,
magnitude and grandeur anything before
attempted. Like the building of a great
city, it is accomplished in few short
hours The gaily bedecked dogs and
ponies seen in the gorgeous parade Mt
10 a. m. are strictly in keeping with the
name Gentry, which has become syno-
nym for all that is really good in a
purely trained animal exhibition. The
Gcntrys never disappoint shows
are a mighty, mobile, moving marvel,
the wonder Of the amusement world.
Prices. children. 25c; adults, 35c.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
Former Editor of Harrison County
Herald Taken by Deputy Marshall
Jackson Before United States
Commissioners Thomas S. Spates
to Give Bond to Answer Indicte-
ment.
Will Have to Answer in Federal Court in Martins
burg in October to Indictment Charging Him
with Sending Obscene Matter Through the
Mails Own Recognizance of $500 Taken.


Ernest b. Morris was arrested here
this afternoon by Deputy United States
Marshal Dan R. jackson, of Kingwood,
and taken before United States Commits
sioner Thomas S. Spates ON a warrant
charging him with violation of the
postal laws of the United States
Morris heard the charge and entered
into his own recognizance of $500 to ap-
pear at United States court by Judge
John J. jackson at Mnrtinsburg in Oc
tober next for trial on the Indictment
found by the federal grand jury against
him some months ago.
The charge against him is the sending
of obscene matter through the mails.
The alleged ofrense was the mailing of
a certain edition of the Harrison County
Herald last summer. the paper contain
ing what the federal grand jury believ-
ed TO be vile and vulgar matter. unfit to
be sent through the mails. Morris was
editor of the paper at the time. and the
reading matter at the time was what
purported to be evidence given before the
grand jury by detectives in reference to
houses of ill-fame Mt Salem. The APP
pearance fthc publication made quite
a sensation art tho time, and many citi-
zcns objected to its going into their
homes.
The penalty for Il violation Of this
kind is very screrc, being heavy fine
or a sentence in the pcnitentiary, or
both.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
ONLY ONE
NUMBER ONE
Out of seventy-one Applicants Who
Took the First Uniform Teachers
Examination in Harrison
County.

A profound sensation was caused here
Tuesday morning by The announcement
by County Superintendent J.. w. ogen
that only one of the seyenty-one appIi-
cnnts who took the first uniform teach
ers' examination here recently had re
ceived No. / certificate.
The certificates and grades We're re
ceived that morning from the state su-
perintendcnt at Charleston and the coun-
ty examining board took them il charge
and issued them 10 tie teachers, sending
most of them by mail.
The results cf the grading Of the man
uscripts by the state board are - fol
lows:
No. l, One.
No. 2, twenty three.
No. 3, twenty eight.
Failures, nineteen.
The teacher who received the 10.
certificate is C. Ralph Davis. Of Wyatt
and he barely passed. His average was
90 per cent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
HOLT
IN THE CASE
salem Traction Company Secures His
Services in the Injunction Proceed
ings Before Judge Mason.

Judge John H.. Holt, OF Huntingdon,
one of the leading lawyers of the state
and the late Democratic candidate for
governor, nrrived here last evening and
remained over night. This morning he
went to Fairmont as one Of the @ttor-
neys for the Salem Terminal Traction
company and participated in the pro-
ceedings there before Judge Mason, in
which the latter was asked to dissolve
the injunction against the company,
which was obtained some days ago by
the Fairmont & Ciarksburg Traction
company, and in which application was
also made for an injunction against the
gairmont & ClarlSsbnrg Elleetric Railroad
company.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
MAY MEAN
PURCHASE
OF RAILROAD
Or May Have Something to Do With
the Wabash Are Reports of Elkins'
Trip Through clarksburg.

United States Senator Stephen b. Ell
kins arrived here on No. 3 in his private
car this morning. He was accompanied
by Henry c. Davis, John L. McGraw and
a number of other prominent gentlemen
They went up the West Virginia & Pitts
burg railroad and their destination is
said to be Addison. 1t is stated that the
object of the trip is to inspect the Holly
River railroad, owned by Mr.. McGraw,
with view to purchasing it. The trip,
however, may be in the interest of the
Wabash. A gentleman who processes to
be in close touch with the Wabash move
ment, says it means the building Of
the Pittsburg, Elk Creek and Southern
railway, which is part of the Wabash
system, and with which Col. McGraw
is associated.
Low RATE EXCURSION
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
FINANCIAL
TROUBLE
IS OVER
GOOD DEMAND FOR STOCKS IN
LOAN CROWD, AND PLACING OF
STOCKS AID BILLS ABROAD.
Renewed Confidence is Both Felt and Ex-
pected.-crop News ard Labor Out
Look Are Satisfactory.-Bul
Turn Next.

Private Wire to Edw. T. C. slease 8 Co.
New York, July 2s.-American stocks
in London are heavy, is to 3-s below US.
No further financial trouble is expected.
Exchange is weak on offering of bills by
foreign houses, Indicating placing OF
stocks and bills abroad. hTcre is good
demand for stock in loan crowd, es-
pecially New York Central, Canadian
Pacific and Fort Dodge. The crop news
and labor outlook continue satisfactory.
Western railroads are preparing for
heavy business this fall Banks have
gained from substreasury since Friday
100000.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
SMALL, BLAZE AT REEL FACTORS

The new fire department made its first
run at IL o'clock Tuesday and showed
itself equal to the occasion. At that
hour the alarm was turned in and the
department summoned to the factory of
the Star, Rig and Reed company, located
lust east of the old railroad depot at
the East End. The department covered
the distance in just eight minutes and
would have made still better time if IL
had not been detained by a street car
Those in charge were Chief Steel, John
NIodispaugh and Edward Clark. The fire
was practically out when the department
arrived on the scene. Some shavings
around the boiler had caught afire and
they burned. This was the only dam
age.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28

TROTTER
FAMOUS
ToPsY,. THE .TRoTTER, COMES
WITHIN TWO SECONDS OF THE
WORLDS RECORD.
Remarkable Feat Made in Third Heat
of Race on the Track at Marion,
Indiana, Day of so Ago.

Topsy, the trotter owned by w. H.
Sherry, of this city, IS making a won
derful record in Indiana. Last. Friday at
race in Marion, Indiana, in which the
purse was $1,000, she almost broke the
worlds record. The News Tribune, pub
lished in that city, has the following mo-
tice about the race.
"Topsy gave the people of Marion
something yesterday never before wit
messed on half-nile track.
"She went the fastest mile ever trotted
in a third heat on half mile track, and
there We're very few people present who
knew it.
"she came within two seconds of the
worlds record for any heat ON half
mile circle.
"Horsemen could hardly believe their
watches when they caught her time in
the third heat of the 2:ls pace. The
time was 2:l2A, but many watches had
it even faster than this. The fact that
it was made in the third heat, following
two hard drives, speaks volumes for the
endurance of Topsy, and makes the feat
all the more remarkable. She is mark
ed, but her owner should not care to be
forced into :l2 class with an animal
like Topsy. She viii be heard of lnter,
and her value was enhanced several thou
sand dollars by the feat yesterday.
DANDY Jim, who holds the half
trotting record, made the time, 2:l01a,
at Bloomington. 1t was two years ago.
"The Kindest Kind was out-trottcd IN
the 2:1s by Topsy, but the favorite made
L l.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Riverside Development company to \.
g. Strosnider, one lot, Lumberport.
Capitol Land company to Virsinin G.
Jackson. thre lots, Northview.
Cllrksburg Industrial company to Mrs.
$. II. Fleming, two lots, East clarksburs.
Same to J. A. Fleming, four lots, East
Clarksburg.
Julia Lille Hart to Harvey +. smith
me lot. Milford road.
Clarksburg Development company 70
same, two lots, Alta Vista.
+. d. Orr to b. f. NIancre, four and
one-ll,,lf acres near Wallace.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
.LOWNDES
FOR GOVERNOR
May Receive the Nomination in Mary
Iand.-senatOr Mccomas Wants
Himto Have It.

Cumberland. Md, July 2s.-It is gen
orally belicyed that Ex-Governor Lloyd
1.owndcs, of Cumberland, will receive the
Republican nomination for governor of
Maryland. Stevenson a. Williams, who
announced himself a candidate, it is pre-
dictcd, viii voluntarily decline. Senator
McComas, it Is stated, would like to see
Lowndcs nominated in order to bring the
factions together and aid in McComas'
reelection to the senate. Mr.. Lowndes
belongs to the anti-NIcComas faction.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28

New York, July 2s.-I am convinced
that what Itold you last week is cor
rect, that tho great bear market culmi-
mated at 2:3o p. m. Friday. It does not
follow that we shall run right into n
big bull market, but by watching your
chances some very fair profits on the long
side can be made within the next thirty
days. The bulls will get their turn next.
Use some judgment about taking profits.
Moderate setbacks may be expected.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
GENrRY,s ADVANCE AGENT HERE.

L. C. Mason, advance agent for the
Gentry dog and pony show, was in the
city this morning and paid the Telegram
a visit. Mr.. Mason is a genial gentle
man and good friend of tho newspapers.
and it is always pleasure to do bust
ness with him. The show he repre-
sents has ever met with n popular re-
ception in ClarlSsburg, and its appear
ance here next week will be appreciated
by a liberal patronage.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
MRS. EDIN6ER
IS DEAD
succumbs to a Tumor and Bright's Dis
ease After Long Period of Illness.
Buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.

The death of Julie Edinger. wife of
Ignatius Edinser, occurred at 1890
o'clock Monday night ut her home in
Glen Elk, and was caused by Bright's
disease and tumor, after II long ILL
ness. She was 30 years of age. The
funeral was held Tuesday afternoon by
Rev. Father Hermanns, assistant rector
ut the Catholic church, and the intcrment
was in Holy Cross cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
SHINNSTOR VS..
WILSONBURG
Is the Amusement at the Baseball Park
This AfternoOn.-Both Teams Re
inforced by Good Players.

The wilsonburg and Shinnston base
bali teams are engaged in 81 game this
afternoon at the East End park here.
Tic teams are evenly matched and II hot
contest is being engaged in. Ihe shih''7.
ton team IS reinforced by Cannon 81
Cameron, pitcher, ard Sackett OF this
city. Hastings, Of Parkcrsburs league
team pitcher, IS pitching for Wiisonburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Temporary Change in Running of Park
ersburg- Baltimore Sleeping Car,
aBltimore & Ohio.

Commencing Sunday, July 26, and con-
tinuing every Sunday thereafter up to
and including Sunday, August 30, the
Parkcrsburg and Baltimore sleeping car
heretofore leaving Parkersburg on train
No. at 7:o5 p. M, will leave Parkcrs-
burg on train No. IL at p. M, for
Deer Park, where it will lay over until
1852 a. M, and then attach to train
No. 4.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
TWO VICTORIES
FOR POINT COMFORT.

The Point Comfort baseball club de-
fcnted the sardis baseball club at sar-
dis on Saturday by the following score;
R.H.E
sardis .......... o2oOo0o-3 9 Z
Point Comfort 20 o2o4oOo3 20 - 2
yesterday evening they defeated Ad-
amston by the following score;
R.H. z.
Adomston .OoOoO0oOO-O 2 4
Point Comfort .o2o6olsls-l5 lG ]
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
LITTLE GIRL QUITE SICK.

Deputy sheriff John NJ Knox received
a telephone message from shinnston this
morning that his second daughter, Irene,
aged years, was very sick there, and
tbe opinion is that she Ind been poison-
cd. Mr. Knox went down this after
noon. His oldest daughter lns is
covered from scarlet fever and nc ah ri
Irene may be taking the disease. Ie
Will likely bring her home tonight With
him.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
Market Opened Firm.

New York, July 2s.-The market
opening was firm and cheerful and, al
though commission in houses business
was light, there seemed to be a better
feeling around Wall street Some short
covering, probably for houses which had
been compelled to sell stocks TO protect
the gains for their own customers. Pro
fessional eIemant operating for further
rally.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-28
Low RATE EXCURSION
To Mountain Lake Park and Return via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Tues
day, August 4.

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad will
sell excursion tickets to Mountain Lake
Park and return on Tuesday, August 4,
for train leaving Clarksburg at u. m.
for only 1925 fo1 the round trip. Two
lectures IN one day by Rev. Sam p.
Jones. aCH on ticket agents, Baltimore
& Ohio r,lilroad for full particulars.