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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-25
A Washington Physician,

Dr.. Robert Douglas, Homeopathic sre-
cialst. corner Sixth and F Streets. N.
W.. Washington, p. c., IN a recent letter
to The Peruna Medicine Co. OF Column
bus. Ohio. has the following TO say con.
ccrnlng their noted catarrn remedy. Po-
runa: E85 4, {. H; e 4s3
II have been a practcirg physician
for some years. during wilton time have
my patients for catarrh nrd general de-
bility with great benefit 10 the,n. have
paid particl,ir attention to It's effects.
and I have absolute ccnfdence III It's
curative qualities, and liave no heeita-
tlor in giving It a lnnst emphntjc en-
dorsement. "-Dr RoJs.t lDuuslasa A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-25

He began to acquire an education at a
manual labor school. attended Franklin
College, Athens now the University of
Georgia. Having studied law for two
months he was admitted to the bar. He
removed to Rome In 1850 where he be-
came associated with Judge ]. w. f..
Underwood, Until the war broke out, III
the practice Of law. II.
Major Smith was a stan officer with
General G.. T. Anderson cold Tige") for
eighteen months, after which he was as
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-25
Sketch Of Major Smith.

Major Charles Henley Smith. the gentle
humorist was born at Lawrenceville. Ca.
June Is. 1926, OF scotch-Irish parents. In
his later years he developed to a decided
extent the qualities Of both sturdy races.
the rugged honesty and endurance OF the
manly Scot linked with tho sparkling
frankness and originality Of q son OF tho
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
@As YOU LIKE IT."

Shakesnarc's delightful comedy, "As
You Like IT, with Alberta Gallatin a
.Rosaliud" and a specially selected com
pany, has been announced for an earl!
production. The tour is under the di
,ection OF Mr.. Ernest shipman, and is
United to thirty performances. The de
mands for this attraction far exceed
the number OF performances to be given
md the cities chosen viii depend great,
N the prospective receipts, or in othei
words the amount subscribed. The or
ANIMATION Is an expensive one, an,
should be encouraged by our leading citi
.ens, scholars and students of Englisl
literature. The play, to such people need
40 introduction, as it is admitted to b
the most enchanting comedy the immor
tai bard ever wrote. Our city is on tho
list. and it is 10 be hoped that definite
date will soon be announced.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The papers which are preaching $
much reform ought not to forget Il
tell the people that some of those whc
are pushing the campaign for the Demo,
cratic ticket are salOonists, gamblers
and dive keepers. This is a matter that
they should not overlook, if they want
their reform advocates to be complete.
Just how they will reconcile the reform
part of it with that particular feature
is something they have not yet divulged.
but, of course. they will first diyulgc
the matter and then 90 to work to try
to fool the people into believing thai
that sort of thing is all right on the
Democratic side, but all wrong with the
Republican. If they fail to tell the PEG.
pie about this feature Of the Democratic
campaign. we suppose it viii get out
any way and so we need not go into full
details just at present,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

There are a few gamblers, thugs and
dive.keepers who are supporting The
Democratic ticket with all the enthusiasm
and booze they have. These fellows arc
taken into the sanctiied fold with the
professed saints, whose long hypocritical
faces wear the Devils grimaces. when
they dash off sketch for the paper
tending to draw veil over the vision
OF the people. But step out from behind
the curtain. you hypocrits. Let the peo-
pie know that you are in COLLISION with
the very sort of people you abuse and
presumably detest. but in reality love
enough to gather into your own dens of
hypocrisy, deception, treaehery and per
version. The church man who votes the
Democratic ticket this year votes right
along with gamblers. If you do not
know that, it is time you are finding
it out. The god people who vote that
ticket, vote right along with saloon
keepers. That is true, and you need not
70 far to find it out The virtuous man
who votes the DemoGatic ticket this
wear votes with some Of the well-known
keepers OF the worst dives in the city
Since this is true and the Democrats en-
courage it. why the hue and cry about
morality!
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

GETS WELL
In the Salem District, Producing Twenty
Barrels Day.

In the Salem district, this county, the
Patterson Fork Oil company has com.
pleted No. 10 on the R. 7. Lowndes farm
and has 2O.barrel producer in the Cor
don.
In the Folsom district, the South Penn
Oil company has drilled its tests on the
Elias Morris farm, through the stray
and developed some oil in the bottom of
the sand.
On Price Fork, Grant district, Dodd-
ridge count, Nicholson. Golf y Co. are
drilling second test well on the Peter
SON and Starkey farm. No. 3 on the
same farm is drilling at 1900 feet.
On the same stream. the Doddridge Oil
company is building the rig for a test
in the L. C. Robinson farm. J. E. carna-
han s Co. have started to drill a test
on the David darlington farm.
The Hope Natural Gas company is
fishing at No. 81, on the B. W. Peterson
farm and Connolly Brothers are due in
the sand at a test on the George Ems
minmger farm.
In the Pine Grove extension, Wetzel
county, the South Penn Oil company has
completed its test on the F. J. Higgin-
botham farm and will not have better
than a l0.barrel pumper in the Gordon
sand.
The same company has shot No. on
the Henry Talkington farm. and in
creased its production to 100 barrels a
day.
In the Folsom district the same com
pany has drilled No. 40 on the Black
shere & Wells farm through the Cor.
don and the well has made several flows,
1t will be shot and put to pumping.
The same company's No. 2 on the
Han & Price farm is drilling in the
stray. No. on the JEFF Robinson farm
has been drilled through the Gordon
sand and will be shot. twill he a small
pumpOr.
In the Pine Grove district [. S. Hoyt
s 70. have shot their No. &c on the
L. S. hoyt farm and the well produced
so barrels in the first "a hours.
In ne Salem development, this county
the South Penn has completed No. or
the B. A. Brown farm andhas a lO.barre1
pumper.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
ANNOUNCEMENT

The subscription price of the Weekly
Telegram is now One Dollar a year, be-
ginning April /, of the present year.
The reduction in price is due to the fact
that the publication of a daily. and ad-
ditional machinery have reduced the cost
of getting out the weekly. It is the de-
sire of the management that all who are
in arrears pay to the first of April, If
at all convenient, so as to assist in
bringing the business up to date. With
this reduction in the subscription price,
Telegram readers are afforded the best
weekly paper in West Virginia for the
least money. Every citizen of the coun.
ty should take advantage of this and
have the Telegram, the county's most
popular paper, to come into their homes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

per window in a flight from justice,
catches a live wire, and is electro
cuted before the eyes Of the audience
1t is a most effective incident. and one
which the spectator talks about for
months. 1t IS impressive in every sense
Of the word, and is fitting climax to
the wicked career of the victim. An
ether sensation in this play is where
a freight express train rshes across the
girl leaps from high bank, being borne
away in triumph to foil murderous plot
stage, anu on ,se top OF VIII a youn
by the villains. Miss Gypsy May Ward
takes this leap and it is only by long
practice that she learned to do it, with
certainty. In every one of the five acts
there are strong situations, dramatically
speaking, and the audience sits breath
lessly taken up with the development
of the plot from beginning to end.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
THE TIDE OF LIE"

If Won are tired of the old style con.
ventional kind of play, 90 to the Grand
onera house Thursday evening, April D.
and see Edward weitzel's production OF
..Tbe Tide Of Life" From all accounts,
il i the best thing in its way that has
visited Clarksburg for many a long day.
It is a realistic drama, in five acts, and
rolIicking fun. No one wants TO sit all
night with his nerves strained to con-
cert pitch, without some comedy as a re-
lief The author of "The Tide of Life
recognized this, and he has introduced
three or four characters who make you
laugh whether You want to or not. They
Gather in tramps' retreat which they
call the Hotel de Bum and the say.
ings and doing there are unspeaknbly
funny. It is not the comedy alone the
play depends on for its entertainment.
There is a powerful story of human life,
with villainy struggling with recitude,
md getting the worst of it at last, as
it should one of the rascals meets a
dreadful fate. BE jumps from an up
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

If the Herald is so opposed to what it
terms vice, it should not help so much
to promote it. There has not been o
time since the organization of that pa
per that there was not connected with
it persons who were regular patrons of
vice. The saloon was loafng place
for them. The houses Of bad repute
we're midnight rendezvous for them.
The gambling places were resort Cor
them when they were sober enough to
get there. Now, there is something for
the good people to think about, when
such set advises and undertakes to die
tate to them how they shall vote.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
QUEEN OF THE HIGHWAY"

In presenting to lovers of the start,
ling in dramatic art, Mr.. Charles a. Tay-
lor's latest effort, Queen of the High
way,a Mr.. James H. wallck thinks he
has found real novelty and one which
he hopes viii prove a gold mine. The
leading character around whom the plot
revolvcs. is one of the strenuous order
bold. dashing. riding and shooting bet
ter than the men. yet retaining her beau
tv and marks of refinement to the last
In the last act, she is discovered to be
the robber who, in male attire, has SC
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The Herald goes away back and tries
to bring the Madam Dowd incident into
the city election. That any one turned
her out Of jail has never been proven,
and it was wen established at the time
that she broke out. But why bring
Prosecuting Attorney A. c. Moore, faith
er Of Charles W. Moore, who is one of
the directors Of the Herald, and other
officials Of that time into the matter3
Moore was probably glad to get rid of
her and certainly the people of Clarks-
burg do not approve of the oensure given
him by the Herald this week for not
seeing that she was brought back to
Jail.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Some mysterious person with his judg.
ment warped through age or prejudice
is trying through the columns Of the
News to persuade the people to look
through his glasses. If they do it, they
will find fault with everything in which
he has not hand. The handwriting is
80 plain and the ear.marks so glazing
that any one with a grain Of sense knows
who this mysterious writer Is. They
also know that he never did anything
for Clarksburg in all his life and never
intends to. Shall such one pilot the
people Of Clarksburg in their progressive
march and slyly lead them to disaster
and ruin! Stop and think long and well
before you follow him.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
FINE CATTLE
PURCHASED
John Candy Gets Pickens Cattle for Hi
City Meat Market

Mr.. j. D. Pickens has sold to Mr.
john Candy, the meat merchant, a lot
of mis- Stabilized cattle. They are among
the finest specimens of cattle ever rails.
ed in Harrison county, the sort that onl:
Harrison county blue grass soil will pro,
duce. Mr.. Pickens is one Of the enter,
pri,ing farmers of the county and never
has other than the best. He takes pide
in raising fine cattle and the high qnal'
ity OF these acttle is known far and
wide. Mr.. Candy appreciates such beet
AMI bought them especially for his mar
kot, so as to serve his patrons with moth,
ing tut the best, and that is what they
VII get when he butchers the Pickens
cattle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
MASS MEETING
OF the ColOred People Win Be Held Il
the Court House.

The colored people Of the city have
arranged to hold mass meeting in the
court house at s o'clock Monday evening
.or the purpose of hearing the issues OF
the campaign discussed and to take ac-
ton relative to the candidates. There
will be number of prominent and
brainy speakers. and a treat is in store
for every one who attends. Not only
the gentlemen are invited, but the Ia
dies also. A large crowd is anticipated,
owing to the fact that the coIored men
are taking deep interest in the cam
raign.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
BURIAL
Of the Victims of Pinniskinniek Mime
Accident Occurred Saturday
Afternoon.

The last sad rites over the remains
Of the two men who were killed in the
mine accident at Pinnickinnick mine
Thursday night, we're held at their late
homes in the Pinnickinnick mining camp
saturday afternoon at $50 o'clock. The
remains of Duncan Bonnell were laid to
rest in the Masonic cemetery. The body
Of Joseph sevrc were buried in the Holy
Cross cemetery. Rev. Father Hermann
conducted the funeral service at tie
homo of the latter. The cliford-osbOrl
ompany had charge OF the funerals.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

long been the terror Of the highway. In
holding up the mail coach, she IS shot
nv her own husband government Of
icer. in mistake for the man who ruined
his life. Wounded and dying, in her
daughters arms, she is forgiven by the
man she has so deeply wronsed. The
comedy is of the rollickias order and Is
furnished in the character of jew who
sells whiskey to the Indians; Dennis
The Irish stage driver. and Mollic' once
variety performer. now mistress OF
the Wild Horse Tavern. The play IS full
of realism. excitement. and can scarcely
fail to entertain. At the Grand opera
house Wednesday evening, April s.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Democratic sheet No. 2 says I'm I'M
ion there is strength That is the rea.
son it betrayed the Republican party.
II never wanted that party, the one 1t
processes to represent, to have strength.
Republicans who love their party and
country should bear in mind that the
sayings of the traitor are as dangerous
md deceitfuI and deceptive as the trait
or itself. Do the opposite to what that
sheet says and you will be on the safe
side.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The paper which processes to be Re-
publican and refuses to say a single
good word about the candidates of the
party nominated in the free open Amer
lean way should not be recognized as a
Republican paper and its readers should
not regard seriously anything it says.
But while they are reading and think.
ing they should remember that the only
object of the Herald is to break up the
Republican party. With such hypocriical
pretensions as it makes, it Is a pretty
specimen to preach about right. It is
really too dishonest to know what is
right and too prejudiced and hateful to
do right, If it even knew that essential
part of a newspaper run in the inter.
ests OF the people.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
People
Become
Wealthy.

closely identified with the Democratic
Labor ticket, and If any decent man
votes that ticket he will be voting right
along with thugs, gamblers and liber-
tines. Since this is true, why should
the church people be asked to vote that
ticker, rather than the other: The Dem.
ocratic ticket is being backed by ce--
tain saIoonists and keepers of disreputa-
bic 'joints" and dives. Why does not The
News know thats Why does not the
Herald say SOL Because they do not
want the church people to know it, and
hoped to get their support along with
that of these other fellows, of whom any
one else would be ashamed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
FREE ADMISSION BY TICKET.


4 grand Sunday School rally, planned
by the state Sunday school executive
committee, win be held in COT NJ. F
church Monday, April 9. Afternoon ses.
sion at 3 o'clock and evening session al
S o'clock. General State Secretary W
c. shaffer viii be present, and also Mrs
Mary Foster Bryner, of Peoria, Illinois
Mrs. Bryner is one of the foremost in
ternational field workers, and all persons
interested in Bible study wiz want t.
hear her.
Free tickets of admission can be had
at BANDS drug store, or at church door
as you enter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Some time ago the News declared that
IT intended to see that the laws were en-.
forced. Last Monday it said that there
was Sunday selling here and that it
knew all about it. If that be true, it
failed to keep its pledge and to co its
duty. Why did it not secure warrants
against those who were violating the
law and thus discharge its duty to the
state? The answer is that same old
one. Eve can not afford it; we are
afraid it will hurt our business"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Let's see. Who was it that said the
Democratic politicians were not trying
to manipulate the Trades Councili The
reported action of certain persons in
trying to queer the coming Of Mother"
Jones here to address the unions lets
the cat out of the bag. Answer Us this
question, If Primm were to be elected
who would want to be mayorY The an.
swer is easy, il what has already taken
place signifies anything.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The gang that sets up such howl
against the saloons, gamblers and dive,
keepers and gets his living out of them
mainly is, in the words of the Herald
"a blamed sight meaner than the dive
keeper Still such scavengers undertake
to censure the church people for moi
voting the way they say. If the chrrcl
people happen to run across these ssav'
engers who profess to be such great re
formers, they will vote and get away il
a hurry, If their nostrils are at all ser
sitive.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
posroFF1cE IMPROVEMENTS,

Some improvements are being made at
he postofice which will prove of much
convenience. Among these are doors
where the general delivery windows are.
Patrons Of the office can be waited upon
through these much quicker and more
easily.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The Herald publishes picture on the
front page, supposed to represent vice.
There is considerable resemblance be.
tween some of the faces in it and the
piiysiognOmies of some Of the hangers
on of that crowd.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The hypocrit says vote for the right
and you cannot lose. The trouble with
the hypocrit is that, Il he knew what
was right, he would be sure to vote the
other way. This may Be one reason the
Herald refuses to support the Republican
ticket this year. It knows that the
ticket is right.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The Herald audaciously announces
that it will expose the church and other
good people who vote the Republican
ticket. What right has it to say how
any American citizen shall vote? What
right to intimidatef
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Since there are gamblers and dive.
keepers associated with the Democratic
campaign, the warnings of the Demo.
cratic sheet about reform and moral
conditions are ridiculously inconsistent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

The Herald talks about right or wrong.
1t has done wrong so much that we
doubt very much whether it would know
right ii it was to see it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

W. F. Ford, of Salem, arrived in the
citv last night on a business trip.
8. o. Dye, of Marietta, is a visitor in
=. A. Graham, of sistervilIe, Is in
the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

There are hundreds Of as good people
as there are in Clarlssburg who intend
to vote the Republican ticket. The pa
per that dares Islander and abuse them
for so doing is not worthy OF their sup
port or consideration. 1t is a disgrace
to a civilized, self.respecting community
for paper to hold them up in such Sian.
derous light.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

And Why should Mother Jones not
speak here's The Democratic politicians
object to IT, but that IS no good reason.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Choice seed oats for sale by C. NJ.
West, Fifth street. aprSdwSw
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
Largest Bona Eide Paid Circulation!

Advertisers desiring change Of display adj
yertisementR must have their CODE for same
IN this Office before O'Clock q. m. 70 insure
dublicatIon In that days edition.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Prof. Motifs Tuesday and Friday
nIahss Advanced Class will stand
GOOD for tie assertion.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
Real Estate
Notice to the Public

We are only one OF several real
estate firms in Clarksburg, and
our bid for your consideration and
patronage Is not based on the fact
that we think we are any better
than they or have better proper.
ties listed With us-but we do
know that we have some property
that any one will do well TO see,
before purchasing elsewhere. II
you are looking for a city or sub
urban reSideuc or building lot or
farm, IL you want to rent an office
or business room, we can meet
your requirements II you want
10 sell your property, we won't
promise to sell 1t In acertain num-
bero days. but we will lend you
our best efforts and Il we sell 10
will charge you very reasonable
commission.
TETRIGK 3 BOWEN,
JAcocs BLDG.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

1t is a well known fact that one or
two Of the worst places in the city arc
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Dr.. Hardman win give to his eye.
ear, lose and throat patients x-Ray
aminations anexd electric treatment
II required without extra charge.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Choice seed oats for sale by C. NJ.
West, Fifth street. apr3dw3w
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
WATCH THIS SPACE

II will 90. Rain or Shine. Snow OF
Blow. Nothing Stops II.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

ThsDA1LY TELEGRAM can be found on
sale At
Glen Elk Hotel news stand.
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stand. East End.
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Traders Hotel news stand.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

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TELEGRAM regularly viii please make
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04

Have your eyes examined and spec
tscles accurately fitted by DR.. Hard
man, oculist and aurist. Fordyee
Building. Jan. lO-O2ly
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-04
Real
Estate


Every piece Of property carefully
estimated and only such prop
erty listed as Is considered q
bargain. Residences and build
ins lots In all parts of the city.
Also some fine farms for sale
Call and look over the list. Full
line Of fire insurance In re
liable companies.