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WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSION.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Room
40. Citizens Bank Bailding.

PARNERssvRc. w. VA, Oct. IS, 1905.
To the Honorable cour, of Preston County,
Gentlemen I'VE are anxious to know
what counties are going to take space in the
Hand Book. We are getting along well
with the book Your county should be
advertised. These books will he distributed
to oil parts OF the world. We will give
away abon, forty thousand copies. aud many
more will he sold. Preston county has
much to tell. 1, produced last year;
$SS,o7I.so worth of wheat.
sIS7,oiI.oo worth of corn.
s4oa,S5s.I 10 total of all crops.
sSs,6SS.4 30 worth of fruit
sso,,oso.o 90 worth of horses.
ssSi, 600. 90 worth of cattle
5000, oos 90 total of all kinds live stock
40, SsS tons of coal
We will appreciate any other infopma,ion
YOU can give us regarding the resources of
your county. Yours,
The Yves, Virginia Commission.
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no TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
George Beverage In ensneery {

George Beverage In chancery Circuit
VS.. Court Preston
Lily Beverage County.
To the defendant
You will take notice that on the aath day
OF Nov 1903, between the hours OF sunrise
and sunset at the law office OF Rufus
Holden, In the town OF Kingwood preston
Co. w. Va, will take the deposition OF
Ed Hcnlin aud others TO be read IN evidence
In my behalf, upon the hearing OF the above
styled cause aud II for any reason the
taking OF said dispositions shall not be
commenced or being commenced shall not
be completed on said day tho taking there.
OF will be adjourned from day to day until
the taking OF the same shalt be completed.
RUFUS lIoLpKH. GEORGE BEvERoK,
Pits Counsel. ny Counsel,
fIIs Iool.it el1ol
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I w. TURNER.
Licensed Auctioneer,
Twelve Years Practice.j

Offers his services to tho people Of Preston
county az 81 90 per DAY. except Court
House Work az customary price
Address. MhNOWS w. VA
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! have 500 Barrels Of choice apples and
500 Barrels Of pure cider 70 sell. Address.
w w snocm.
Oct 81 1903 Rowicsburg. w Va.
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Settle.
Cumberland, Maryland.

Aii persons knowing themselves indebted
20 the undersigned ~ book account or note.
will please call on me % Valley Point and
settle same on or before December -. 1905.
Also the books and notes on Gibson Bros
are In my hands for settlement After
Deccniber ~, al accounts will bc placed
for past favors, we remain.
THURMAN W. GIBSON
Valley Point, w. Va.
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Tenth Notice.

I hereby give notice 20 The public that my
wife, Maggie T. CassadaY, has left my bed
and board without just cause and I will not
De responsible fof any debts contracted BY
her. ISAAC O.. CAssApAY.
November ~, 1908.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29
ORIGIN OF GREAT MEN.
Many Humble Vacations Have Given
Genius to the World.


Euripides was the son of fruiterer. Ter
ence in early life was slave. virgins
father was a potter or brickmaker, and
Horaces was freedman. Plautus was
baker. Greathead, bishop of Lincoln in the
thirteenth century, began his career as a
beggar. but his powerful talents adorned
his brow with a mitre. Luther was the son
of poor miner, Zwingli of shepherd. and
Calvin's father was not distinguished either
for affiuence or learning. Boccaccio was
the natural son of a merchant Columbus
was the son OF weaver, and originally
weaver himself. Arkwright was barber
Bunyan was the son of a travelling tinker
Bloomfield, Gibbon, Clifford, Linnaeus,
Lackington, DR.. Carey and Roger Sherman
were shoemakers. So was Whittier. Shak-
speare was the son of wool stapler and
butcher, Cowley of a grocer.
Milton was the son of a scrivener, Ben
Jonson of a mason. Fletcher of a chandler,
Pope of a linen draper, Collins of a halter.
Beattie Of a farmer, Butler OF farmer.
AkenSide of a butcher, Whitehead of a
baker, Henry kirke White Of a butcher.
Thomas Moore of grocer. Gay was ap-
prenticed to silk mercer. Sir Edward
Sugden, Lord Tenterton and Jeremy Taylor
were sons of BARRIERS. DR.. Maddox, bishop
of Worcester, was the son OF a pastry cook:
DR.. Miner was a weaver. Sir Samuel
Romily was the son of goldsmith. Rich
ardson, the gifted writer, and Benjamin
Franklin. the philosopher, were printers.
John Hunter was the son of a carpenter,
and Scott the commentator, of grazier.
Ferguson, the astronomer. was a snep-
herd In his youth Defoe was hosier and
Principles of Morality" was a linen
draper, and traded wrote according as
he had or had not customers Woods, Cur
ran, Jeffrey, Bridges, Atkins and Lord Ell
lenborough were all the sons of humble
tradesmen. Amyot was the son of currier,
Rabelais OF an apothecary, Voiture of a
taxgatherer Lamotte of a halter, Massillon
of turner Grienault of a baker, Moiere
OF tapestry maker, Rousseau of watch
maker and Rollin of a herdsman Claude
Lorraine was pastry cook. Quintin Mat
sys was blacksmith. Horne Tooke was
the son of poulterer, which he alluded to
when called upon by the proud striplings of
Elton to describe himself. 81 am, he said,
'the son of an eminent turkey merchant
The husband end father of the woman who
nursed Michael Angelo were stonemasons,
and the chisel was often put In the hands
of the child as plaything.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29
THE REFoRMAroRY CONTEST.

The spirited contest over the Goodwine
Reformatory bill was brought to a salts
factory conclusion yesterday by the action
of the House in substituting for it
bill in the nature of an amendment The
amendment strikes out all after the enact
ing clause and amends the present Reform
atory law by providing that the Governor
may remove any of the managers for cause
upon written statement made, after an OPP
portunity for hearing is given, and the
action of the Governor in the premises shall
be final.
The present law provides that removals
may be made "for misconduct or neglect of
duty after an opportunity to be heard, upon
written charges" The amendment removes
the limitation Of misconduct or neglect of
duty" and makes it possible for the Gov
ernor to remove a manager for any cause,
though it must be assigned in writing and
an opportunity to be heard on the charges
must be given. The amendment provides
that the action Of the Governor shall be
final. as it is also under the present law.
The effect of the amendment is that no
person is legislated out of office. the prin-
ciple and policy of nonpartisan manage
ment remains intact, and the power of the
Governor to remove for cause assigned in
writing and after hearing, is unrestrict-
ed. as 1t should be.
From political point Of view the amend
ment confirms the Republican policy Of
keeping the institutions out of politics, and
sustains the contention of those who main
tanned that managers of an institution
should not be legislated out Of office with
out hearing. The amendment received
the vote OF every Republican in the House,
while the Democrats, with their usual IA
cility for getting on the wrong side. voted
solidly against II. 1t should receive the
vote of every Republican senator. and
then, with the approval of a Republican
Governor. 1t will be accepted as a strictly
Republican settlement of the whole affair,
and therefore satisfactory to all Repub-
licans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

New York Commercial.
A Broadway merchant has instituted pro-
ceedings for damages against the owners
of a embarrassing Office building because,
"by its peculiar and unusual shape" he al
leges, it defects the wind toward his
store in a strong current and his plate
glass windows have been twice broken.
The disarranger of air currents is the
much-written-of "fat-iron building at the
conjunction of Broadway, Fifth avenue and
Twenty-third street.
In the building laws relating to Manhat-
tan there is nothing concerning the shape
of buildings. They may be square, round.
triangular, concave or convex, as long as
they are safely constructed and fireproof.
This compliant opens channel for exhaus-
tive discussion. How far is the owner or
contractor liable for the detection of air
currents, and what is the natural direction
of the wind? Thousands of pedestrians on
Broadway will testify that they have been
struck by more than the -four winds of
heaven at the same moment. and no. de-
gree of accuracy could be arrived at in
concluding whence they came.
This is one of the cases that has no pre-
cedent, and in these lagal proceedings the
municipal government may ultimately have
to establish the office of photographer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

making proposition presents all the objec-
tions to the employment of prison labor.
1t seems not TO have occurred to those
people who are seeking a means of en-
ploying prison labor that coal mining may
present greater advantages for the en-
ployment of a portion of the labor than
any other industry. Kansas has employed
a large number of convicts in coal mining.
Indianas institutions require a large guam
tity of coal-a very large quantity in the
heating plants adjusted to Indiana coal
large quantity would be needed in the ag-
gregate. Such scheme is not recommend
ed. but is suggested in connection with
other schemes for the employment of prison
labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

three years experience and who presents
to the board the application of his en-
ployer.
A bill by Senator Johnston prevents any
foreign corporation from owning, leasing
or operating a coal mine In Indiana. In
case OF the violation the Supreme Court Is
given original Jurisdiction and the attor-
ney general empowered TO proceed against
an offending corporation on his own re-
lation in the Supreme Court The bill Is
intended TO secure the incorporation under
the State laws of this class of corporations
A bill introduced by Senator Smith yester-
day prohibits fire insurance companies from
combining to secure uniform schedule OF
rates or common and uniform schedule
OF risks on insurable property in this
State The auditor of state Is given power
to enforce the provisions of the law ana
he may revoke the license of any insurance
company that violates the law.
Senator Layman introduced bill Tor the
relief of Daniel Foley. which provides that
appropriation of s4.310.s0 be made TO pay
for the cost of paving and curblng WASH
ington street where II abuts the ground
owned by the State and used by the Centrai
Hospital for the Insane.
Senator Conlogue brought forward Dill
similar to the one introduced by Senator
Davis recently. 1t abolishes the truant
officer and places the duties with the town.
ship trustee.
The other bills applied almost wholly TO
the needs of the communities which the
senators represented.
The Senate adjourned until 10 O'Clock TINS
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29
THE PRESIDENTS M'KINLEY
AnnRESS.

President Roosevelts address at Canton
at the Mckinley birthday memorial ban
quet was a distinct contribution to that
class of American literature. Memorial adj
dresses are apt to be perfunctory, and
obituary eulogies delivered in Congress are
proverbially empty. a few memorial ora
tons have been worthy of great occasions
and of preservation. that OF Blaine on
Garfield, and that of Secretary Hay on Nc
Kinley. Many fine speeches have been de-
iivered at Lincoln birthday anniversaries.
Secretary Hays speech at a banquet in
New York a short time ago in response to
the toast. 1.-The President of the United
States" was one of the finest eulogies ever
delivered on public man by another.
President Roosevelt's address at Canton
will rank with the best of them. The
President was literary man and an author
before he entered politics, and since he en-
tered public life large part of his time has
been devoted to Literary work. We have
never had President of as much literary
taste and training as President Roosevelt.
and when he has to handle theme in
WHICH ne IeeiS perSOndi INTEREST," III WHICH,
his heart is enlisted as we'll as his head he
Is apt to do fine work. The Canton cele-
bration afforded him an opportunity of this
kind. and he improved ii in a way that was
altogether admirable. A congenial theme
and an appreciative audience made an oc-
casion worthy of the Presidents best work.
and he was equal to it, A press. dispatch
said his eulogy on Mckinley was regarded
by many of those who heard 1t as the most
beautiful and heartfelt tribute ever paid to
the memory of the distinguished dead, and
the audience of nearly five hundred per-
sons contained many of national reputa-
ton. Judge Day, who had himself spoken
Of Mckinley in most appropriate terms,
said, in thanking the President for his
speech, that by it "a classic has been
added to the literature of eulogy." In its
skillful presentation of the private virtues
and the public achievements of Mckinley
it was a most eloquent tribute to one who,
as the speaker said, will stand i'm the eye
Of history, not merely as the first man of
his generation, but as among the greatest
figures in our national life, coming second
only to the men of the two great crises in
which the Union was founded and pre-
served
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29
LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE.
New senate Bills.

No. a02-Askren-Providing for guide posts
on all public Observation-Disclosures.
No. misunderstanding for the grant
ing of licenses TO stationary engineers-La-
Dor.
No. -Conlogue-Abolishing truant off,
GERS and placing the duties of that officer
In charge of township MISREPRESENTATION
No. 205-De Haven-Constituting the Gov
ernor and two electors, by him appointed
a state board of election commissioners
This puts the name of the candidate for
Congress the state instead of county
ticket-Elections.
No. 2O6-Fortune-To permit organized
companies to buy and sell state. county.
tate, etc.--Judiciary, No. 2.
No Notwithstanding the issuing of
bonds 10 build schoolhouses.-E
No. -Gochenour-Making the crime OF
burglary punishable by confinement In the
States Prison not less than ten years nor
more than twenty years.-Judiciary, No. l.
No 2G9 = Johnston - Prohibiting foreign
corporations from leasing, owning or con-
trolling any coal mines in Indiana or TO
consolidate any mining corporation in this
State without Incorporating in the State.
In case of threatened violation of this law
the attorney general is authorized 70 pro-
coed against those who attempt such con-
solidations.-Judiciary. No. 2.
No. 30 misunderstanding for pensions
for dependent wives and children OF retired
or disabled firemen.--Fees and Salaries.
No l-Kittinger-Requirfng all aban-
doned oil and gas wells 10 be securely
plugged and stopped.-Natural Resources.
No. 212 - Smith - Prohibiting insurance
companies from combining on rates. CLASH
fication or fisks.-Insurance.
No. 213-Whitcomb-To prevent the taking
OF coal under ground from one mine by the
owners of another mine.-Mines and Min
ing
No. MISUNDERSTANDING a change in the
law relating to the election OF directors and
officers by observation-disclosures.
No. l5-Layman-Appropria A37o.S
for the claim OF Daniel Foley for gradinl
and paving with brick and curbing thu
roadway Of Washington street abutting thl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

When the Legislature Is considering plans
to more effectually take the States benevo-
lent and penal institutions out of politics
It should find place for a clause prohibit
Ing any superintendent, warden or other
officer and employees in an institution from
taking an active part In politics. The right
OF every man. whether employed by the
State or otherwise, to attend primaries as
voter and to go to the polls and vote in an
election should not be denied. but that is a
different matter from an Official elected by
. nonpartisan or bipartisan board devoting
days to pushing the candidacy of any man
and attending and taking an active part in
political conventions. The State and not
party pays the salaries OF officers In the
States institutions. and they should devote
themselves TO the business of the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

Owing to the vacation until Monday the
Shortridge High School Senate will not
hold a session tomorrow afternoon The
body VIII convene next week usual and
take up the argument Of the navy appro-
priation BILL
1.-The Amateur Spirit will be the subject
of a lecture to the school teachers Of In
dianapolis next Saturday. at 1o:45 by Mr..
Bliss Perry, editor of the Atlantic Monthly.
The lecture will be given I'm the assembly
hall of the Benjamin Harrison School, cor
ner Walnut and Delaware streets.
The basketball game which was to have
been played in the gymnasium of Butler
College Saturday afternoon between the
Shortridge girls team and the fair FIVE OF
the college has been called off. An effort Is
being made to bring the De Pauw girls
team here tomorrow, but 1T has not been
settled yet as to whether or not the contest
will take place.
Prof. Lawrence C. Hull, OF the shortridge
High School. I'm a talk before the senior
class of 1903. yesterday morning. announced
that the graduating exercises this year
would be different from those OF previous
gramme beside the regular commencement
exercises. On Tuesday evening. June g. the
held at the school. At this meeting the
poet, orator, prophet and historian will be
heard and the entire exercise Will be In the
hands of the students. The next night,
June 10. the graduating exercises will take
place at English's Opera House. and these
will differ materially from former pro-
RrammeS n
number of speakers from the class. there
will be a valedictorian and an address by
President W. L. Bryan. of Indiana Univer-
| sity.
A sort OF curtain lecture was given the
! students of Shortridge High School yester-
: day morning by Principal Hull concerning
the feeling of rivalry between the Short
| ridge and Manual Training schools. The
| talk was in anticipation OF the basketball
game between the two institutions next
Saturday night. IL will be recalled that
after the last contest there q fstic
! demonstration in which a number of the
followers of both teams were introduced
| 20 the feeling that comes from practice
| IN the manly art" Principal Hull spoke
| of the rivalry existing between the red and
/ white and the North Side contingent and
| said that patriotism for Cne's school was
good thing. but that the rivalry should be
/ of a friendly nature. He said he saw no
/ reason why there should not be a most
| friendly feeling after a contest. just as be-
! fore, and he wanted the two schools TO be
| friends. IL is the general belief among the
| supporters of both schools that the diff
| Guilty experienced at the close OF the last
game will not be repeated next Saturday
| night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

Some of the worst OF the recent railroad
accidents show a similarity that should at
tract the attention of railroad managers
Several OF them. including the one on the
New Jersey Central described In the Jour
nal yesterday. have been caused by heavy
express trains running at top speed into the
rear OF local or slower trains. AS through
express. trains are now made up with a
number of heavy sleepers and perhaps two
locomotives and running at sixty or seven
~ miles an hour. IL is very difficult to stop
them, and collision with them means GER
tain destruction. They seem to assume
that they have the right of way and to be
run under orders 10 make time. regardless
OF consequences. 1T would seem to be
worth while for railroad managers to con-
slider whether some other things are not of
consequence az well rs making time. HUI
man life should not be totally ignored.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

Harper's Weekly.
There are signs of an existing propensity
to constrain the partial withdrawal of the
word sick from the American language
in favor of the word 'ill." Newspapers in
their headlines and elsewhere speak now
adays of "a very i'll man." 1t used to be
"a very sick man." Why the change? IAN
i'll wind Is satisfactory use of language,
IAN i'll man" CRATES on the ear, and sounds
like an attempt to improve on a usage
that had no perceptible defect. They say
this new whim is a euphemism imported
from England. A correspondent of a Bos-
ton paper discusses and disapproves it. pro-
testing not only against the use of the un-
warrantable adverb lily" but against the
growing use of the word ill., in place of
the homely word sick" This Boston prot
estant, quoting Webster, finds that
Shakespeare. with hardly an exception
uses ''ill' TO mean mental, moral or inn
personal disorders. "Ill at ease" ell ad-
vised,'' 'ill Bred ill fares.' are all fiji
and familiar uses of a good and industrious
little word that has plenty of Legitimate
work of its own to do without being con-
strained to figure as feeble substitute fol-
"sck ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

To-day Is the anniversary Of President
observance In some localities OF the Carna-
ton League. Instituted in honor of the late
President. II several Of the larger cities of
Ohio and in Buffalo. N Y. the public
schoolchildren will wear carnations. If the
movement shall really lead to better appre-
citation and remembrance Of McKinley's
character. IL will be useful. but the Amer
lean people do not take very readily to that
sort of sentiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

ST Louis Globe-Democrat.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Long ago the leading cities of Europe
found out how to keep street advertising
within proper bounds. The whole secret
lies within the simple words-taxation and
regulation. Billboards are restricted in
size. location and matter. A large municipal
revenue is derived from the intelligent
system of supervision. Advertisers are not
tremendous fences for gigantic blotches
of dropsical figures i'm loud colors. Neat
signs are allowed and must be well paid
for, the money going toward municipal i'm
provements. If vacant lots are occupied by
signs, a good share of the income should
belong to the public treasury, as in case
when a house is erected on the same land
The go-as-you-please billboard infection
ought to be taken vigorously in hand.