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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16


THE Wallace Store company MT Wai-
llce made an assignment Wednesday
morning for the benefit Of it, creditors.
,phe sstinated assets are 81 900, ind the
liabilities $4,000.
The Wallace Store company is COM
posed of ). p. Robinson and Celia =.
Robinson, and it has been doing business
Ehere about two years and a half.
The assignment is made to Sherman g.
Dsnfaln, rs trustee, and the papers We're
recorded ut O'clock Wednesday morning
in the county clerks Office here:
The trustee is authorized to take pos
session OF all the dry goods, groceries,
hardware, china ware and all other prop
srty owned by the Arm, and dispose Of
them at public auction at retail. after
having frst advertised the sale four
weeks IN newspaper in the county.
Possession of the property is given at
once to the assignee and he is INSTRUCTED
and empowered to wind up the business
81 the firm without unreasonable delay.
The company has done a lively bust
ness and built up q good patronage.
There i . large outstanding indebted
ness to the firm, st having done rather
an extensive credit business. The col
iectiuns being short and the firms cred
5tors being rather insistent for payment
81 money due them, the assignment was
forced.
There Is understood to be number Of
creditors, but so far no list has been
eixen. There are said to be no prioriS
ties. and the trustee IS instructed to pay
ire creditors pro rata
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16
NECK BROKEN
BY FALL FROM
SCAFFOLD
I. W. Morrison, Veteran Painter Of Graf
ton, Brother Of c. B. Morrison, Of
west Milford, Meets Instant
AZ Death al Grafton.

L. W. Morrison, Of Grafton, the veter-
an house painter, fell on scaffold while
painting the cornice Of A. w. Bnrdett's
new residehce, on Main street, at that
place, about 5 o'clock Tuesday evening
and broke his neck.
he fell forty feet and was dead when
picked up. Deceased was aged about 60
years, and leaves wife and three grown
children.
Mr.. Morrison was brother Of G. b.
Morrison, the merchant at West Miiford,
this county. The latter WAS IN the city
"WEDNESDAY afternoon on his way to
Grafton. having been summoned there by
wire. whsch told: him Of the death Of his
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16
WEDDING
AT ADAlMSTON
Mis- Bertha Hammond Becomes the
= Bride of Nh. White, a Salem

The wedding of Mr.. s. L. White, Of
Salem, and Miss Bertha Hammond, OF
Adamston, took place at 3 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon at the home OF the
latters parents. DIR. David L. Ash of
ticiated. The wedding was quiet home
affair, only relatives and close friends
being present.
After the ceremony wedding supper
Was served to the bride and groom and
guests, and was sumptuous.
lfr. and Mrs. White then drove here,
accompanied by friends, and took the fast
train ezst for Washington city, where
they viii spend their honeyniper. and
upon ti,eir return they win lake up their
above nt Salem.
air. White is popular and efficient
Young druggist and runs the Salem
.9rdg company at Salem.
Airs. White Is daughter Of Rev. and
AIRS. Joseph A. Hammond, of Adamston,
popular and cultured. and has been q
sueees sful teacher ID the public schools.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16

New quotations for credit balances
have been posted, making the fourth
three-cent advance in two weeks. The
new quotation fixes the price that the
purchasing agencies viii pay for crudol
of the Pcnnsylvania quality At $i.es;
North Lima, 81 20, and South Lima and
Indiana, 1921. Rrodncers uIc delighted
with the recent advances IN the market.
It not only increases the yalue Of their
product, but causes and appreciation n
their producing properties - an deids.s
The present price win no doubt kiims,-
late work IN the old folds and would
cause ereat activity Il there WAS any
eonsiderable amount Of new territory ~
develop. There i come scsrehins Tor
new. bnt TIE results have boon 80 tinsst-
infaetoEy that many operators have lost
faith and win not take the risk. The
feds are not producing enough OIL To-
meet he demand and & s matter q
speculation as 10 whether % not kisy'
can Is worked up 80 that point.
IN The Salem district this county, tho
Patterson Fork on company LIS ecn
plotted rs 10. II On he r. I. LpNndes
fafn ANA has 8 l0-Ssrrei panper.
In he same aistrict: he Star on and
Cas- company has completed ana shot
ID lest 7Ssii On he e. a Thompson farm
ana ms 10 O. 2os6srssl pun.peE u the
ts6raoa.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16
INDUSTRIAL AGEAT lASPEcTs
Branch Railroad Which Is Building IN
steelton.-visi May Be CONNECTED
with Proposed Enterprises.

w. w. Wood, Of Baltimore; industrial
agent for the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail-
road company, Is in the city today, and
was driven to Steeiton in che afternoon,
where he made an inspection OF the
branch railroad that 8 building there.
It Is stated that another enterprise or
two are thinking seriously Of locating
here and that Mr.. Eyood's visit here may
be In that connection. one concern has
about closed a contract TO come here, but
the status Of affairs Is such that the mat
ter can not yet be published.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16
FELL AGAINST 3
STREET CAR
As II Was Slowing Up at Station IN
Point Comfort and Was Slightly
Hurt Over an Eye.

A slight accident happened on the
street car line at Rooms store in Point
Comfort Tuesday night. George Hurst,
the barber, and companion were walk
ing along the track ut that point when
a street car with Ray Hornor as motor
man and Patrick Lyden conductor came
along. 1t had nearly stopped at the
station. when Hurst fell against the
front part OF the car. He received n
slight cash over one OF his eyes and was
not hurt otherwise.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16

Ms
= T'nssa6y edition u ths SSu York
Press Tho following ilspatdll sim WISH.
ington i printed II sshis6 il stated
that * Governor i6wisds ske brother
e =: LSwnles ii this iii. 81.
avcwed candidate Tor I'D n6ii,ins sISii 81
Vice psesiaent pn tss Rspabiiskn tiaisss.
ana thas he 4 bsins doomed Is taii 81
tho tielst with fscpssyaits
Important politics waS siiseasssa Ill
the White House today when lor,ner
Postmaster General cary ana 1I6<:l'
zowndss, former governor IL Al,rvias,a.
conteffed with the President Bspnbl;.
can leaders from thai state exp1S. it's
Ebelief the party has 4 GOOD tlanSS 81
eiecting its candidate for governor. St6V.
euson A. Williams, and HE value 81 such
2 victory to the national asimihis ifasion
ANas considered.
The president feels 4 dt1n nerzon<I
interest n NE campaign, both "a Nary
land and Kentp1lsy. where tlle n>pnbii,
cans an putting up I'D strongest Kind
|of light. qhe president ana former
Governor LoNndes are close personal
friends. When HI, I.oWni1s var max
ing his contest for red election 4. rot
eFnQf. ~, Roosevelt tiien eoxcinor Of
New York vent q Maryland and spoke
y !is intetest Il can bp stated NOW on
the best authority that Lloyd 1onndcz
win p q sanaidate foE lie nomination
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-16
ADIUDGED A BANKRUPT
Randolph County Merchant Has No As
sets and Liabilities Aggregate 5000.
Case WIN Be Heard Here.

Henry n. Haidsman, a merchant al
Cotton, Randolph county, has been adj
judged q bankrupt and the case Is set
for q hearing before Referee W. Frank
Stout here October 81. he has no as
sets and his liabilities aggregate about
5000 They are cid debts, he having
made an assignment In 1896. There are
about so creditors
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
Leroy Apples.

Eight years ago r. A. Schultz receiv-
ed amongst an invoice Of apple trees
Seeding which has now developed into
one of the choicest trees in his nursery.
The tree bears this year about five
bushels of the most perfect fruit and
differing in shape and color marks
from any known variety.
About Is years ago Mrs. Enos Silsbe
planted some apple seeds and the
growth from that has been carefully
nurtured for all these years. Mrs.
Silsby has passed away but the little
sprout has grown into a vigorous tree
and presents this year crop of beauti-
full apples which Mr.. Silsbe, in memory
of his deceased wife, very properly
names the "IIayona.' '-LeRoy Inde-.
pendent. s:-.s. r. -.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
Hog Cholera.

The following has been issued by DR.
tSsss:H. Ward sof5 the state live stock
sanitary board:
The losses from hog cholera every
fall in Minnesota have been enormous
The disease can no longer be attributed
to unfavorable conditions, but is direct
ly traceable to infection and can be
kept away from herds, even in the
midst of a widely distributed outbreak
I am led to believe that a few facts at
this time, if given publication in
the county papers, will be Of immeasur.
able value in limiting outbreaks and
consequent loss, at time when crops
cannot be said to be bounteous. If you
can see your way clear to render as.
sistance to your adjacent farming com.
munity by publishing these suggestions
you will have accomplished much good
Dissemination of Hog Cholera
AS hog cholera is caused by a specific
germ, it is often carried from one
locality to another; for example, on
dirt which adheres to ones shoes or On
farm implements; by purchasing ami.
mails from infected areas; by driving
back and forth over infected areas; by
dogs, crows, and other birds.
Prevention: DO not visit your neigh
boris hog pens. Do not ship in hogs
for breeding purposes, unless it is
known and a certificate can be given
that no hog cholera exists in that
locality, for at least six months. Visitors
should not be allowed in hog pens
Dogs are common carrier Of this disease
hence if an outbreak occurs in neigh
borhood they should be kept tied up
Owners may under Section II, Chapter
233, post on their premises notices pro
hibiting any one from trespassing in OF
near their hog pens. II. Z=: 2. .s5s.-=:
When two or more hogs are take1
i'll at or about the same time owners
can rest assured that hog cholera exists
Dead hogs must be buried or burned
and it is obligatory upon the owner t.
notify the chairman Of the board o1
supervisors, who in turn must notify
the state live stock sanitary board.
Do not spend money on medicines
as there is no curative agent ye
known"
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
Minnesota Potatoes.

According to reports given out at
Sioux City, by the treat Northern rail
road, Minnesota is resting fairly on a
potato foundation this year. South
Dakota is not far behind the Gopher
state in yield and dealers there say the
reason potatoes are soaring around the
81 a bushel mark in Sioux City is ow
ing to the delay of the farmers in Min
nesota and South Dakota to market
their tubers. .ss..,z. -. = ~.-
The Great Northern reports that
twelve Minnesota towns will ship the
enormous total of ], 1,l62O0O bushels of
potatoes, as follows: Anoka, 100000
bushels; Big Lake, 27,000 bushels; Gra-
ham, $1,000 bushels; Clear Lake, 10000
bushels; Erskine, 4,5Oo bushels; Long
Prairie, $4,000 bushels; Mora, 10000
bushels; Monticello, 10000 bushels;
Milaca, $1,000 bushels; Ogilyie, $4,000
bushels; Osseo, 1000 bushels; Grundy,
$4,000 bushels.
Estimating 800 bushels to the car
this immense quantity of potatoes on
the Great. Northern railroad alone,
would furnish 1924 carloads. Shippers
at Bethel and Cambridge, Mimi, are
quoted as saying "we can furnish any
amount of potatoes" which is taken to
mean they have up in the hundreds OF
thousands. = IL .:. =. -.
Reports made to the Great Northern
from it's North ands=.South Dakota ter.
ritory indicate gigantic yields of pota.
toes. The fact the middle south has
raised no potatoes comparatively on
account OF the. flood assures a good
market for the surplus in the northern
states: Even: around Sioux City the
yield is not more than an eighth OF
what it sometimes reaches.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
October School Apportionment.

October School Apportionment.
The October apporti6nment Of the
general school fund has just been made
and discloses that the aggregate attend
ance of the state public schools is less
than at this time last year, whereas a
considerable increase was expected.
The difference is 1 1,l2o pupils. and the
state department. of public instruction
is at a loss to account for this falling
off, except upon the theory that under
present conditions of scarcity of labor
more boys of school age are being kept
out of school to work than has been
customary. s. $50. z.:@ ..-4 i. !
The total number Of pupils entitled
to apportionment this year is 352,6O7;
the rate upon which the appo portionment
is based is $3.50 for each pupil.
Last year the number Of pupils re-
turned for October portionment was
353,727, and as the money in. the fund
at that time amounted to $40, ,458 the
rate was just So for each pupil,
The appor portionment for this and
boring counties is as follows: 4
Pupils Amount
Mower 1873 $1O,51 7.el
FTeeborn 4448833 50 10, BIC. sc
Steele 1850 .O(
Dodge 226647 6O88.1t
TO CURE "A GOLD IN ONE DAY
4 Take Lsxatiye Bromo Quinine Tablets. al
81 dru>st1 refund the money tf it fails TO cure
= Groyo,s . Bignat is on each box. 81.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
Literary Notes.

So much has been written and said
recently concerning the function of the
Senate Of the United States in it's rela-
tion to popular government that pecul-
lar interestattaches to a paper in the
October Atlantic in which Congress
man sx#.ssAW. Mccall challenges, the
Poweassss1I*th Senate. Mr.. Mccall takes
as his particular theme the relation of
the Senate to the House of Representa-
tives, and from the wealth of his ex-
perience brings forth many considera-
| tions which should concern every
American citizen. Mr.. McCall's general
conclusion is that there is to be seen in
| the growing tendency of the Senate to-
control taxation by "amending" House
financial bills and to pass laws by
treaty, an, extension Of the power Of
the Senate in an undemocratic as we'll
as an unconstitutional direction.
Another small after-clap following
President Roosevelts and President
| Ellot's thunder appears in The Nine
teenth Century and after in the shape
OF an article by Frances Albert Doughty,
of Baltimore, called "The Small Family
and American Society,"" American
readers will be interested to see how an
American woman presents the question
to English readers, and The Living
Age reprints the article for their benefit
in the number for October 10.
"Four Roads to Paradise" is the title
OF novel by Mrs. Maud Wilder Good
win which is to appear in The Century
Magazine, beginning with the Novem-
Der number. The title was suggested
by this passage from the Talmud:
l. "Four men entered Paradise: one be-
held, and died; one lost his senses; one
destroyed the young plants; one only
entered in peace" 1t is love story of
New York people, with the principal
scenes in New York and Florence. In
character drawing, observation of life,
wit, and literary finish, the conductors
OF The Century confidently believe that
this novel will place Mrs. Goodwin
among the foremost story-writers of
America.
NO October magazine surpasses Scrib-
ners in general interest. The number
! is we'll balanced and has articles that
! will appeal to all tastes and moods,
EArts lovers will be delighted with ten
i q draWing ngss.r Bays shootii iiag'''z-ll,y
| A. B. Frost, reproduced in colors.
Those interested in municipal problems
will find much to interest and instruct
them in John McGraw Woodbnry's
article on 'The Wastes of Great City,
Cyrus Townsend Brady pays splendid
tribute to the late General Guy Y.
Henry. Walter A. Wyckoff writes
judicially of "Some Phases of Trades
Unionism," and his contribution should
be read by persons desiring to get a
clear view of the meaning and purposes
of unionism.
"The Socialistic Legislation of New
Zealand" is the subject of an article in
the Review of Reviews for October by
DIR. Lucien G. Warner, who has recent
ly made journey to the Antipodes
and observed the actual operation of
the much discussed laws which Aus
tralia and New Zealand have placed
on their statute books in recent years.
DR.. Warmers article is supplemented
by a significant contribution of "a
Tired Australian on "Trade Union
ism and Democracy in Australia"
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
Will DESTROY QuIAlC|'k K
Farmers Can flake rloney and Kill.
# the Worst Weed Pest by Growing
Hemp. ~. !. 5 .:== 5z.S*
From N orthfield News:

! From N orthfield News: I.
Many of the farmers of this section
andSdoubtless in all sections Sofr the.
state will be pleased to learn that
sure way of destroying quack grass in
one season has at last been discovered
and this too by raising crop on the
land. This weed pest has in the last
scoreof years or more, been gettin "a
gradual hold on many farms until now,
neatly every farm in this state has
share Of it. tits quite true that exces-
slVecultivation or continuous plowing
in one season will destroy the weed,
but this must necessarily be done at
the;expense of growing a crop.
The Continental Flax. Company,
whose mill is located in this city for
theIast year, began an experiment
with growing hemp for manufacturing
intofber and the success of their ad-
venture will be welcomed by the farm
ersin this part of the country. They
found under favorable circumstances,
thaHthey could grow hemp as well in
Minnesota as it could be grown any
where. The one great difficulty being
to induce farmers to grow it on their
land as many thought it's rank growth
WoNd be very damaging to the soil.
This, however, is not the case as the
plant has but one tap root and a few
| small feeders and does not injure the
soiEsas much as the growing of a crop
ofgEain. In countries where hemp has
beeH raised extensively, it has been
fousad that eight successive crops can
be grown on the same land with COM
paratlvely no harm being done to the
soils Last spring farmer living near
! NoNthfeld who was of German extrac-
ton and had seen the plant cultivated
insHist own country, went to the Fiber
mil asked. for some. seed to be
=soMal on a patch of land that was in
festeIWith quack grass. He, simply
4 Wa1tta1 to purchase the seed for the
killing the. cks.sss 1sh
manager of the fiber mill induced him
to try several acres Of the plant and
then contracted with him to pay fol
the use of the land: The land was
plowed deeply and narrowed in first
class condition and the hemp scattered
broadcast. The weed seed on the land
terminated with the hemp but it was
not long before the growing powers Of
the hemp asserted itself to the destruc.
ton Of every other weed in the field
AS the hemp grew to the height OF
from five to six feet, nothing more was
thought of the quack until after the
hemp was cut, then the farmer went
out to look after his patch of quack
and found that not a single blade OF
grass could be found growing in the
hemp stubble.
Farmers in this section will certainly
welcome the advent of the Fiber Mill
if they can find the method Of destroy.
ing the numerous noxious weeds that
have infested every field for the past
score of years or more. There has
been a great many acres of hemp sown
this year within four or five miles OF
Northfield and the writer has visited
many of these fields since the crop was
taken off and has found without excep
tion, that scarcely a weed could be
found in the land. -
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN:

didn't expect any thing differln'
from this laxness in doin' justice TO-
criminals especially in high life. The
bie promoters hav swindled the public
ont of millions of hard money with
their dishonest and thieyin'; projects
and big guns in all the cities are boodl.
in and murderers are bein let out OF
the penitentiary and criminals IN
general big and little amt gettln,
prompt deserts in the courts and jurles
and iud gments are bein' postponed ana
tell YOU the outcome OF it all IS an
awful low and Insignificant idee OF the
majesty of the law on the part Of E.'e,7 evil i
doers. Why, this blessed minute out
in Montana a lot Of highwaymen after
demandin' a bonus of $4,000 from the
railroad company are dynamitin' their
tracks and trains in perfectly laWless
and desperate manner. They tigger II
the big trusts can hold up the public, 1t
the coal barons can add two or three
dollars on the legitimate price OF coal
and make the public pay tor it and
thus hold 'em up successfully like any
bandit then they hav just as good a
right to hold up railroad company
for boodle and hush money. Its all
stealin' any way you fgger it and
what's the differ who gets it whether
Montana bandits or the trust robbers
and combines down east?
This amt all of it. It's two years
ago the fourteenth Of last month since
comrade Mckinley died from bein' shot
down by an assassin and yet there ain t
been single law passed to protect
the president or other high officials
from bein' similarly shot by blood
thirsty anarchists that don't fear COD
or man. The public has demanded
some stringent law that would make
an attempt on the life of the chief and
his associates death crime, no matter
whether harm was actually done or
not. But the congress as usual has just
monkeyed along without doin' any
thing just drawin' salary and schemln'
for the grab of a bigger pay. Now
what? Why, president Roosevelt is
gettin' pestered to death with cranks
that are tryin' to get at him and when
ever he goes out he has to hav body,
guard of secret service men on the
lookout to watch for cranks and as
sassins possibly, nobody knows what
may come any minute. The tail goes
with the hide. It's all off Of one piece.
It's the same lawless spirit that is
breeded by loose courts and law ex- *
-ecutions and postponin' Of justice. /
tell you things will 20 bump i this
condition keeps up. Criminals amt ain
afraid of courts and prisons. Why
should they be?
It looks like president Rooseyelt's
fear of race suicide wouldn't materi.
alize, at least in certain quarters
Down in Manhattan the average rate
of babies born in an hour has raised
# from Eve to eleven an hour, that is to
/ saw when a few years ago a baby was
born down there every twelve minutes
on an average, now one comes to light
every Ave and half minutes. Tn
afeard that folks in general don't catch
on right to Teddy idee anyhow. Tn
confident that he don't mean that folks
are 10 raise Mtters Of So to e children
under one roof. I'm confident that hs
don't mean that il many families
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-14
Income Of Post Offices.

The earnings Of the presidential pest
Offices in the state the past year show a
good growth in almost all places, and
the figures Indicate a prosperous con
dition Of the country. The figures be-
low give the gross income for the past.
year and the one preceding it, for Aus.
tin and some Of the cities and villages.
in this vicinity: 80