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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18
saved by a Tramp.

AS train I'll west bound, ap-
preached the high trestle above
Raven Rock, w. Va. at high
rate of speed the engineer observed
a man in front of him frantically
waving his coat. The train was
brought to stop and the man in
formed the trainmen that cow
was on the track with her legs
through the trestle and could not
get off unaided
The COW was extricated and the
train was only a little behind time.
The hero of the affair proved to be
a colored tramp and his timely
discovery and presence of mind in
tagging the train probably pre-
vented terrible wreck and per-
haps the loss of fifty lives.-Cum-
berland News.
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Trustees Sale.

RY virtue of a certain deed of trust execut-
led by Thomas H. Smith and A. NJ. Smith,
his wife, to the undersigned Trustee, dated
July 10th, 1898, and recorded in the County
Court Clerks Office of Mason County West
Virginia, in Trust Deed Book No. 2l, at page
l52, &c, to secure the payment of a certain
note therein fully described in favor OF John
r. koontz, or order, and said note having
become due and payable according to its
tenor and effect and the amount due there
on being the sum of $3.50 and default hav-
Ing been made in the payment thereof, and
being required by the owner of said note so
to do, will on
Saturday, the 2lst day of March, 1908,
commencing at 10 o'clock a M, at the front
door of the Court House of Mason County,
following described real estate conveyed to
me by said deed of trust, viz:
81, one lot with its appurtenances situate in
the town of Leon, Mason County, West Vir-
ginia. and Snown as the VIM. Moore Hotel
property, and No. in the town plat and
containing twenty'six one hundredths OF an
acre. more or less.
TERMS OF SALE: on,-third cas h on day
OF sale, one third in one year from day of
sale with interest, and one-third in Two
years with interest from day of sale. The
purchaser to execute his notes with good Sc
curity for the deferred payments, and the
legal title to be retained as further security
Tor the deferred payments.
1908. JAMES MESAGER -O'"'
feb. II 4wk. Trustee.
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TRUSTEES SALE
of Land, clendenin District,
Mason County. W. Va.

PN virtue of the authority vested In me the
S@uudersigned Trustee, by n deed of trust
dated December 30, 1899, executed by William
Ebltn and Mary Eblin, his wife, recorded in
the Clerks Office of the County Court of Ma
ION County West Virginia, in Trust Deed
Book No y, pages 4S3 and 4S4, to secure TO
John McCulloch the payment OF four prom
issory notes, three of said notes being now
que ana default being made in the payment
thereof and being required by said John Nc
Culloch, so to do, shall sell at -pbblic auc-
ton, at the front door of the Couit House of
said county, on
Saturday, the 2Sth day of February.
1908,
at II O'Clock a. m, the following real estate
conveyed to me by said trust deed and des-
cribed therein as follows:
About one hundred acres of land situate in
Clendenin District, County of Mason afore.
said, and which land was conveyed 10 sai5
William Eblin by Clarrissa Russell and 9TH
ers by deed dated December 3, 1891, which
deed is OF record in the Clerks ONCE afore-
said in deed book No. 50, pages lg and 40 to
which deed reference is hereby made for n
more particular description of said lands
sale VIII be made subject to a prior deed OF
trust therein in favor of j. ID. McCulloch, re-
serving to him the payment of note for
xlJO, dated February ,, 1894, payable twelve
months after date.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash in hand on day of
sale Title good. Desirable farm.
JAMES b. MENAGER,
leu 8-W. Trustee.
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Trustees Sale.

RY virtue of the authority vested in me
Dby certain deed of trust made by j H.
Selby and +. Selby, his wife, dated on the
S0th day OF October, 1854, aud OF record in
the Clerks OFFICE of he County Court of NJ a
son County, West Virginia. in Trust Deed
BOOK No. 10, pages 40 and $50, to secure two
certain promtssory notes in said trust deed
described, and default having been made in
the payment of n part of the last note to fall
due; and being required by the owner and
holder OF said note, will on
Thursday, March 18th, 1908,
between the hours of 10 n. m. and 3 D. M,
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder,
at the front door of the Court House, in Point
Pleasant. Mason County, West Virgin in the
following described tracts of land or so
the balance due on said note.
One tract OF 81 acres, conveyed to said j.
III. SelbY by j. N. Eckard, one tract of q
acres, conveyed to j. H. SeIby By G. W.
Pu lin and wife, one tract of 20 acres con-
Veyed to j. II. Selby by w. L. Curtis and
wife, one tract containing acres and 10
rods conveyed to j. H. Selby by Levi Cole
man and others, one tract containing 23I<
acres conveyed to j. II. Selby by Regina
Sc by and husband, the deed 10 said several
tracts of land are of record in the Clerks office
OF the County Court of said Mason County,
IN Deed Books Nos. I3, page 4, Book 80 page
2S5. ',-'''
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash.
RANKIN WILEY,
feb. IL lew. Trust e.
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RECORD oFTHE PAST
No Stronger Evidence Can Be
Produced

Look well to their record. What thew
have done many times in years zone by
is the best guarantee of future results.
Any one with bad back, any reader
suffering from urinary troubles, from
any kidney ills, will find in the follow
ing evidence proof that relief and cure
is near at hand:
Mr., g. NJ. Myers, the well. known
shoemaker of Winchester avenue and
18th steer, Ashland, KY, SAYS: 'Doan's
Kidney Pills are like true friends. the
longer YOU know them the better thew
are appreciated. can add nothing To
the statement FIRST made in 1896 after
| procured the remedy at the Ventura
Drug Co., and took a course of the
treatment, which cured me. / was alb
solutely free from all backoche for near.
ly three years, then I noticed n slight
ache. as the result of cold, in my back.
A box of Doan's Kidney Pills disposed
OF 1t. have recommended this remedy
to, many, and have never heard of one
who did not endorse the claims made
For sale by all dealers. Price. Scots.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the u. s.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no substitute.
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Trustees Sale Of Land.

RY virtue of the authority vested in me
1.-THE undersigned Trustee, by deed OF
trust dated December 20, 1897, recorded In
Trust Deed Book No. 20, pages 2s7 and 2Ss, in
the Clerks Office OF the County Court of Ma
son County, West Virginia, executed by
Kate Hambrick and Ellis Hambrick, her
husband, to secure 10 John McCulloch the
payment of a note therein described and exec
cuted by said Kate HambrIck, default being
made In the payment of said note, and being
required by said John McCulloch, so to do /
shall sell at public auction, at the front door
OF the Court House OF said Mason County, on
Saturday, February %, 1903,
at 10 O'Clock a. M, the real estate conveyed
by said trust deed and described therein as
follows, to:wit: Certain "real estate situate
In Arbuckle District, Mason County, West
Virginia, containg 69ts acres, more or less,
and being the same land conveyed to Kate
Hambrick Aforesaid by r. f. Morris and
vile by deed dated February LIST, 1893, OF rec
ord in the office OF the Clerk of the County
Court of said county in Deed Book Nook No.
o. page il3, &c,, to which deed reference is
hereby made as part hereof as II the same
was herein fully recited."
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash in hand on day of
sale. Title good.
JAMES B. MENAGER,
ieO. 4, 4-w. Trustee,
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Brighter and Better Than Ever
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The Old Reliable Wheeling Weekly
Register will be Brighter. Better.
More Interesting, If possible to a
classes of West Virginians and those
of nearby States than during any ott-
e year of its history
The West Virginia Legislature is in
session. Every citizen and taxpayer
must read the daily proceedings of
the State law-inaking body. He
must keep posted as to how much
taxes he is to be burdened with.
The Register has correspondents at
both Washington and Charleston.
who will keep it's readers posted on
happenings at each point
The Registers service at Charleston
is not equaled by any other paper.
Ifyou want the best for the least
money subscribe for the Register.
Other cheap foreign papers will be-of-
feTed to you, but you will only get the
full, complete home news through the
Register.
Sample copies free.
WEEKLY REGIS Err,
Weekly Register and Ohio Farmer. one = W
Daily Register, one year in advance. S.. 90
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Daily Register months. in advaRce 81 %
Daily Register, 1month .............. 44c
All OF above propositions are made on a
basis OF cash in advance Remit by check,
money order, registered or express order.
REGISTER,
WHEELING, w. Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

You have probably heard the
story of a sohoolboy, who when
asked if he had four quarts of beans
and gave away two quarts of them
how many would ne have left, re-
piled that his class in arithmetic
had not got over as far as beans yet.
That's the way with the fellows
who believe in public ownership
of the coal mines and the railroads
but not the factories, the mills and
the land. They haven't got to
beans yet. In other words "they
don't know BEANS
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18
Notice to the Public.


HAVING leased the Point Pleas
Liant Ferry Landing between Point
Pleasant and Kanauga, wish to say
to the public that / have leased it to
RUN, and parties wishing to cross
the river at any time will be prompt
ly ferried. have bought a good
steam ferry boat and / am in the
business to make money, and will be
only to anxious too serve the public.
Parties wishing to ferry a team after
the usual hour, should notify me
when making the first trip, d the
boat will be in waiting upon your re-
turn. Remember you can get across
the river day or night. The ferry
business will be conducted entirely
different from the past. We want to
make this ferry what it was years
ago. Yours truly,
q. NJ. WARTENBUR !,
Dec. IL Pm. Proprietor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

The member of the German
Richstag who who fred at himself
at short range without doing
any damage must have been train
ed in the German Navy. A larger
expenditure of funds for target
practice and less spent for buster
would improve the efficiency of the
Teutonio naval forces.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Senator Ranns's ex-slave PEN
sion bill is generally regarded as
the first announcement that the
Ohio boss is a candidate for the
nomination in 1904. The scheme
may be used to swindle thousands
of negroes but what does that
matter if it makes them believe
Mr.. Hanna can give them the cash
equivalent of forty acres and a
mule,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18
Homeseekers Excursions Each
Month
Via Ohio Central Lines.

Special low round trip and one way
rates on the first nd third Tuesdays
OF each month to points in the South
obtained by applying to Agents of
the Ohio Central Lines, or address l..
p. LEWIS, Pass. Agt., Detroit Mich. ;
ID. j. CARGO, Pass. Agt., Toledo, O.;
John MooREs, T. p. A, Findlay, o. +;
W. A. PETERS, Pass. Agt., Columbus,
o.; N; g: BISHOP, Pass. Agt, Charles
ton w. Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18
TRUSTEES Sale.

THE undersigned Trustee in a deed of trust
- bearing date July 10Th, 1897, made by
Hiram Slower and Catherine Slower, his wife,
to secure Henry q. Williamson the payment
deed of trust is duly of record In de, d hook
No ID, page SOS, &c in the Office OF the Clerk
OF the County Court of Mason County, w.
va, and three of said notes of 5000 each,
terest credits thereon of 81. 81, beiu < now due
and default having been made in the paw
ment oil said notes according to the terms
and provisions of said trust and having
assignee and owner OF said notes, so to do,
l will on
Saturday, February 81, 1912.
at the hour of O'Clock D. M, ofthat ,I,y pro-
coed to sell at public auction, TO the highest
bidder, at the front door of the Court House
OF said county, for CASH, on day of sale the
following described real estate, situate in
virginia, and bounded and described as fol-
lows: beginning at a large stone corner to
PottS and Bateman's line, =. COZ, Z. 9B links
to a stake, corner to tract No. 1, thence with
corner, two hickories and two b. o. pointers
being also "A corner to tract No. 2. thence with
the line of tract No. 3, No. 49e w. 43 chains
and ~ links TO corner, two hickories and
James Browns land $. 4le w. II chains and
II links to a corner, two hickories and a IL.
%. pointer, thence >. 49o +. 81 chains and .
links to a corner on Potts line, ironwood
chain and - links to an ironwood OF said
Potts land, thence =. 3le +. IL chains and so
inks 10 the place of beginning containing so
acres and being the same real estate convey
son.
Given under my hand this the 9th of Jam
uary, 1903. JOHN l.. WRITTEN
Jan. IS NV. Trustee
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LAST TOUR TO FLORIDA
Is. - o. RAILROAD.

very Low RateS-March 10, VIA
Washington and SeabOard
Air Line.
Tickets including, in addition
to round trip railroad fare, sleep.
ing car accommodations and meals
en- route Washington to jackson
vile. but not for the return. Re-
turning, tickets will be good on
any regular train until May 81
1908 For detailed information
and descriptive pamphlet call
upon Baltimore & Ohio Ticket
Agents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Rudyard Kipling's forcible char
acterizstion of the Angle. German
combination makes the averag con-
sumer wish Mr.. Kipling would
turn his powerful inveotive against
the men who are holding up the
price of coal.
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Notice to Creditors.

THE undersigned Commissions of A.
i counts for Mason County, West Virginia
has before him for settlement the accounfs
OF l.. G. Somerville, Trustee, in the deed IN
trust of A. III. Wagner and A. G. HiggInbofh-
son Furniture Company.
And said l.. g. Somervllle. Trustee. as
aforesaid, requesting that the notice for
proofs OF debts against the said A ri WaS
ner and A.. G. Higginbotham, partners do
Ing business as The Henderson Furniture
Company, as provided by law for the settiee
ment OF accounts of trustee before Com
missioner, be published as required by Law
Now, therefore, the undersigned COMMITS.
sioner OF Accounts has fixed on the I2t6 jaN-
OF February, 1903, commencing at 9 O'clock
a M, AZ the law office of Rankin Wiley. in
Point Pleasant, West Virginia, as the time
and place for receiving proof OF debts or
demands against the said A. II. Wagner and
A; q: Higgin69tham, partners, doing bust
All persons having debts or demands
against said parties or partnership will M
said time and place appear before me and
prove their said debts or demands
Given under my hand this 22nd Cay of
December, 1902. Va
RANKIN WILEY.
Commissioner of Accounts for Mason
County'West virginia. Dec. 3l-6w.
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GA - - @ REA.
Bears the N The Kind You Have Always Bought
''f; q lHz9zzzz@

Herbert Spencer has predicted a
great cataclysm in the United
States Mr.. Spencer does not blieve
that the concentration of wealth in
the hands of the few can continue
without making the social struc-
ture too heavy.
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Annie Parsons,
InChnnnarxr
Notice to rake Dispositions.

To Annie Parsons, take notice. that on the
18th day of February, 1903, between the hours
OF O'Clock n. IN. and o'clock ID. M. at the
law office of Rankin Wiley,i Point Pleasant
WA Il will take the dispositions of Thornton
Parsons and others, to be read in evidence in
behalf in certain suit in chancery now
pending In the Circuit Court of Mason, and
state of West Virginia, IN which am plain-
till and you are defendant.
If from any cause the taking of said demo-
sition snail not be completed on the day
aforesaid, the same shall be continued from
place and between the same hours,
until the same shall have been COM
pleted- THORNTON PARSONS,
RANKS WILEY, Atty. jan. %.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

The invention of machine to
make the handling of paper money
safe is all right in it's way, but a
machine to make the handling of
paper money possible would come
nearer to meeting a long-felt want
with most of us.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

MARCH 10th, VIA SEA BOARD LINE.
Tickets including, in addition to
round trip RAJ lroad fare, sleeping car
Recommendations and meals en- route
Washington to Jacksonville, but not for
the return. Returning, tickets will be
good on any regular train until May 81,
1908.
For detailed information call upon
Baltimore & Ohio Ticket Agents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

A republican Senator recently
purchased a graphophone and a
miscellaneous lot of discs. When
it arrived he started to entertain
some friends with it and the first
thing it produced was an anti,tariff
speech by Representative SuIzer.
1t is now in the repair shop.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Senator Beveridge is not even
invited to participate in the coun.
ellis of his party called for the pur.
pose of effecting compromise on
the Statehood bill. Such is the
fate of the man who talks to much
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Great Britains alliance with
Germany against Venezuela has at
least had the effect of making the
Balfour ministry tremble in the
balance and may eventually disrupt
it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

When Congress adjourns. those
northwestern republicans who vot-
ed the republican ticket on the
promise that the tariff would be
reformed by its friends" will have
been taught useful lesson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

The house in which Robert
Burns died at Dumfries is now
let as dwelling place alta rent of
s65 a year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Retiring members of Congress
may find it profitable to save the
trusts the embarrassment of in.
creased Federal surveillance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

A good many men have to work SO
hard to get into the United States
Senate that they are too tired to do
much after they get there. This
has been especially true of those
recently elected.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

An English syndicate is build
ing railroad in Cuba and has the
approval of President Palma.
When the bonds become due the
United States is likely to have
another Venezuelan case en- its
hands.
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WINTER TOURIST TICKETS.
Season 1923, Baltimore ~
Ohio Railroad.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
placed on sale at all PRINCIPAL offices
east of the Ohio River, Winter Tour.
list Tickets to points in Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New
NJ exico, North Carolina and Texas:
also Havana, Cuba, and Nassau, n p.
at reduced rates. For additional in
formation call on Agent Baltimore &
Ohio r r.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

In order that rainbow may be
produced the sun must not be
more than AZ degrees above the
horizon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

On the railroads in Canada it is
necessary TO keep over 600 snow
plows in operation every winter
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

II want dog COLLAR" said the
customer.
Eyes sir" replied the absent
minded man behind the counter
"What size shirt do you wear?,'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

The whole Alaskan boundry dis.
pute appears to rest on the ques.
ton, Is a sinous line straight or is
1t succession of curves?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

The record of the present session
of Congress will be thousands of
private pension bills passed,
thousands of solemn pledges repu
dated and nothing worth the doing
accomplished.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

The residence and store room of
w. p. Robinson at Sistersville.
burned to the ground last week,
entailing loss of $4,000. No in.
surance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

There is no question as TO the
exact location, of the Alaskan
boundry, except in the mind of
Secretary Hay The Canadians
and British are merely "bluffing."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18
Mother Gray's Sweet Powder for Child

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in
Inc ShiIdren's Home, in New York, Cure
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
destroy worms. over $1,000 testimoniaIs
they never fail; At all druggists, 25c. Sam
PIE FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE
iNOS' ~ l. Jan y 4-w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Speaker Henderson declares that
he is true blue on trust legislation.
AT any rate he is just as much SO
as the rest of his set.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18
Order of Publication.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF MASON, TO-wIT:
AT Rules held in the Clerks office OF the
Circuit Court tor the County of Mason, ON
Monday the nth day OF January, A. ID. 1903.
Thornton Parsons,
Annie Parsons,
In Chancery.
The object of the above suit is to obtain a
divorce from the bonds of Inatrimony exist
ing between the said plaintiff and said de
iendnnt. And II appearing by affidavit filed
that the said defendant, Annie Parsons, is a
nonresident OF the State of West Virginia,
one month after the first publication of this
interest in said suit.
Copy Teste-A. L. BOGGEss, Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Senator Hoar recently said of
Scott, He fears neither God,
man, nor the English language"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Speaker Henderson threatens tc
prevent all antitrust legislation al
this session of Congress.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

A woman's idea of enjoyment is
is to be not very ill. but ill enough
to be in bed with all her Jewels on.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

Africa has nearly 700 languages.
aud this fact presents great diff
culties to missionary fort.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-02-18

In setting plum orchard give
a nortberly exposure. if possible,
and one of considerable elevation.
A wind break on the east is very
desirable. Plant close together in
the rowe. ten or twelve feet, and
twice the distance between rows,
running rows north and south.
Mix varieties in the row and keep
the trees headed low. Cultivate to
some hoed crop, or set small fruit
between the rows, and keep we'll
cultivated. When in bearing thin
the fruit and market In peck and
half bushel crates or baskets, hand
ling carefully and packing before
the fruit is too ripe.