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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
THE FIRE FIESD AGAIN.

The letter from Manown this week
tells OF the destruction by FIRE of the
residence OF James Miller. about three
miles from town. The FIRE occurred about
3 o'clock last Sunday morning and started
IN the pantry and had gotten under such
Roadway before discovered that nothing
was saved whatever. In fact the family
came near being cremated They were
sleeping soundly and Mr.. Miller was only
aroused by The report OF shot gun which
was loaded and in the pantry and when
the barrel got hot both loads were dischatg
ed aud this was all that saved the lives OF
the family lMr, Miller was aroused and
sprang up to Investigate He ran down TO
the pantry and opened the doors which
produced a draft allowing the FIRE to sweep
through the house. Mir Miller got
bucket of water and threw il on the ERE
and in trying TO save his property had the
hair all burned off his head and his face a
solid blister and black as his hat, b1
lucky he kept his mouth and eyes closed
and saved himself from dangerous injury
While lie was trying to put out the fre. his
wife was getting the children out and by
that time the whole inside was a raging
flame The house was almost new and
had just been finished ~ nicely on the
inside and was well and comfortably
furnished hundred dollar organ having
ust been purchased and other new things.
The loss is a severe one to Mr.. Miller as he
has been in bad health for some time
anyhow. The house was insured for $500
in the Phoenix, through d. Y Morris of
this place the local agent but this will not
nearly pay the damage, The origin OF the
fire is a mystery as there had been no FIRE
OF any kind in the house since O'Clock
Saturday evening and il looks like the
work OF an incendiary but it is hard to
believe that as good a citizen as Mr..
Miller could have such an enemy.
Elmer c. Garner has been working at
Epton, Pa, for the Ferguson Contracting
Company since October, 1907, and finished
there June eth, 1908, and with his family
arrived at Fairmont on their way home,
June 12th, and while there their little child,
Gilbert Wayne, was taken IN with cholera
infanium and died June g, after an illness
OF 10 days, age I year, month and 10 days,
and was laid to rest in Maplewood cemetery,
Kingwood, June the 2Sth. at o'clock, p.
IN. As IL was their first and only child, the
affection is a very sad one and the bereayed
parents have the sympathy Of large circle
Of friends and relatives. but they should
remember that Jesus said "SuHer little
children TO come unto me and forbid them
not for Of such is the Kingdom Of Heaven. -
a precious jewel has been added TO IIeaven's
crown Of glory 20 shine in the starry 6rma-
ment above as a beacon light 70 guide the
parents 70 everlasting life in the Home
Beyond.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

The following game law was
passed by the Legislature: cit shall
be unlawful to catch, kill, injure or
pursue with intent to catch, kill or
injure any rabbit, squirrel or hare,
between the Ist day of January and
and the 18th day Of September, fol-
lowing provided that nothing IN this
section shall be construed so as to
prevent resident land owners of this
state from catching. killing injuring
or pursuing in the manner prescri-
bed by law, any such squirrel rab-
bit or hare at at any time upon their
own lands" Otherwise the law is
the same as heretofore except that
the turkey season does not begin
until Oct. IS instead Of Sept. Is, as
heretofore. Nor can any one per.
son kill more than ten deer in any
one season.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
MEN's CLOTHING.

Mems splendid sack suits, made
from richest Imported and Domes-
tic Cloths, plain and fancy, perfect
in TT, only $1,000.
Other Suits as low as s. 50 if you
want them
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

Attorney General Knox is in a
quandary. He is like the fellow
who was drunk and was hugging a
lamp-post. If he let go he would
fall, and if he held on he would
freeze. Mr.. Knox has shown that
successful prosecution of the trusts
can be be conducted, and he doesn't
want to injure the trusts. They are
creatures of the Republican party
and the party is their creatures. If
the party is going to turn against its
friends there is going to be trouble.
II Mr.. Knox does not 60 on the
people will make life a burden for
him, and il he does go on the trusts
will smash him. And that's what's
the matter with Knox.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
FERTILIZER.
MAMMOTH LAMPS.

We have lot OF No. 10 Rochester
Lamps with shades and hangers
suitable for stores, churches, school
houses, halls, only sLoo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
GOOD As GOLD!
An Investment
in Masontown
Real Estate.

Senator Elkins is Spend
ing Thousands of Dollars
to Make it the Coming Town
of Preston County.
Several Big Coal Mines
and Hundreds of Coke Ovens
are now being opened up.
Real Estate is Rapidly
Advancing and will Soon
Double and Treble in Value.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
DRESS GOODS.

All wool Wais,ings and Tricois,
colors, Pink, Light Blue, Sage, Scar
let Cardinal, Navy, Green, Tan
and Slate only "a cents per yard
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

GET OUR PRICES BEFORE
YOU BUY. YOU WILL LOSE
MONEY ~ you DON'T 81
PROMPT ANSWER.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
JEWELRY.

Plain Pearl Shirt Waist Sets.
large size, only zs cents.
All other late novelties at lowest
uces possible for goods that will
and the wear.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
RIBBONS

Our No. SIS ali silk Ribbon,
colors, Pink, Light Blue Black, etc.
No. -, width al inches, only TIC
yard No. 80, width inches, only
70 cents yard; No. 90, width 5X
inches, only IS cents per yard.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
Your choice Of our best calicoes,
only s cents per yard.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
INFANTS SHOES.
CHILDREN'S SHOES.

Sizes ones to fves. All solir
leather, only IS cents.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1903-10-02
Offence KapiteI.
faaoep.

Site langt FRA ben ri 6dniefta0 Sdm6ura 6a lno6
9rgeroorf og lise DEB Gl6en lad en- 9ro, 6o;s Gler troos
5ioernes l~trplig6ep 6iotif buOoe bjerget Tg o. ;gttelig 1nos
gddst noplpnoring, SlosDaaoe Ug anoen 9anI'a6ne. 91ts
te 9einti4, icm 4roD9rten blsp fdloc, F9o oerFor better
life oct beoffe gp. Opegprttes Ueogang petter qfis.
@unoelis, og / Dine o~OertrOiite 5icer 6tep ali. Godo ser par
uidoodnfigt. frebet pau ben iorte Cunts Hcanins. Gei
blep berfor Operalt Smegnen iagt % tyoet. al 5einr;b
bapOe iluttsi pagt neb 5unOen, Og at aontratten bar lns
oeritreOen neo bans eget Blob. Uan Denteoe itaoio at
3sre, at 5riiten bar ~uOleben, Os at 9elbtOes 5prite bdpoe
6entet lit icplige BDtte.
Msn trobs ben onoe 0iGie, Iom rs6toe fla oenne
Sigtelfe, faa bar bog life aft bet, Der lob ON 6olfemunoe
ON 6einricb, gre6et uo at eufen. Def gamle Orb, at
ingen So bebber grOge, upen bun bar pleiter, iiabfafeoe
fig Der. 5 bisie urolige arigsaar og paa ct Strgg, 6por
9anostnagtsnes pilbe 9orber iOelig orog frem oa til6aae,
Oiloe en- ManO en- aroberts ubIatte Sitting ~banffelia
unogaa itoe Mebfart, 6aboe ban life 6dft en- ualminoeli9
Snu6eo og en- meset r%ummelig Sambittig6eb.
ut b9rs &appen paa beggs SfufOre, %forbsmme be lus
tberffe a9tters neb papiftsrne og banoe qapen meo be
2utberfffinoeoe; at iDire meb fine Setter. brifte benz un
Der 8oroet og nbtte Osres Sanieslssbeb til at forbobe Reg
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Sentence sermnna.

You cannot win souls in your sleep.
Back-seaters soon become back
sliders.
He who entertains envy invites
enmity.
The Bible is a time card and not a
ticket
Our habits here determine our habit
there.
Wishes and not words are the true
prayers.
That which is affected can never be
effective.
The fever of fana tlcism is not the
fever of faith.
Silent sermons are often the most
successful
Temptation is the devils form of
injunction.
A negligent love can easily become
a diligent hate.
What you pray for you ought to be
willing to pay for.
Ore saint on a street car is worth
dozen in a chariot.
\ friend is man with whom you
can go camping twice.
God does not cease to be because he
stands behind the scenes.
You cannot drive tenpenny precept
with a tackhammer practice.
The world needs a religion that is
a passion rather than a pa time.
lie cannot be fitted spiritually who
is too lazy to fit himself mentally.
Licking a boy to Iaake him go to
Sunday school is first-class way Of
leading him to the devil.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
WRONG GODS MESSENGER. :


1t is so natural a thing to perpetuate
the memory of a good man by a splen-
did tomb that the denunciation which
the text utters needs explanation.
What Christ rebuked was the self-fat-
terry of these scribes and Pharisees
that they would never have done such
wrong to Gods messengers as their
ancestors had wrought. Christ was
teaching these men that they knew
nothing Of the depths of their own
hearts. For at that moment they
were plotting the murder of one great
er, boiler, more loving than all the
ancient prophets.
Could self-ignorance go farther? Yes.
When men and women in the TWEEN
deth century and in the full blaze of
gospel light revile those scribes and
Pharisees and say: IF we had lived
IL their days we would not have re-
jec,ed Jesus" And when Jesus comes
not as peasant of Galilee. not as a
poverty stricken wanderer, not as one
with no place to lay his head, but as
the one who has given us everything
which makes our modern life worth
living. have we as much excuse as
those scribes and Pharlsees for not
accepting Christ?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
l|5IGIz 4 POPULAR
kA 81 PULPIT

GUS people to close up every disreputa-
BILE resort This is true of even Chi
cago and New York and every other
city. There are enough Christian PEG.
pie to win this whole world for Christ
in the present generation. The ono
thing lacking is unity of action. the
laying aside of essentials and the
uniting of all forces upon the few
vital points upon which all Christians
and reformers are agreed.
The real difficulty with us all is
some irrelevant or selfish or vainglor-
ious matter. With Christians It is de
nominationalism with reformers it is
partisanism; with local politicians
and ~workers" it is Office and graft"
How 10 build up our particular church
or party or machine. rather than how
to promote Christianity and patriotism
and civic virtue and honor. is the one
absorbing thought and endeavor. Gam.
blers and grafters and saloonists and
evildoers of every ilk and hue stand
together, while churches and reform
ers are easily outwitted and defeated
and driven back, lacking unity and
cohesion and comprehensive plan of
campaign
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
7. STEWARDS CARPET WAR.
How the Merchant Started the Mills
at GloVersvilIe, y. 4.

How the Merchant Started the Mills
at GloVersviIle, y. \.
With all his wonderful shrewdness,
a. I. Stewart, merchant prince, occa-
Sionally caught Tartar. MIR. Stewart
lived to see the decadence of the Amer
lean trade in foreign carpets, first large
~ undertaken by him in New York.
The manufacture of Administer and
moGuette carpets by hand in foreign
countries was one of the slowest of
trade processes. Two men and boy
Were employed at one loom, and they
could make but one and a half yards
a day, according TO the New York
Times. Alexander Smith and mis- part
ner, Halcyon Skinner. of Yonkers. i'll.
vented loom that made eleven yards
a day when attended only by a young
girl. This reyolutioniZed the carpet
industry. Stewart, quick to perceive,
Immediately acquired control of the
output of Alexander Smith Il Sons
Carpet Company, and through his enor-
nous dealings that concern grew to ope
of the largest Of its kind II the world.
The Smiths had little to s~v. Alex
ander and Warren b. went quietly
along filing Stewards orders and in
creased their plant. Inasmuch as
Stewart had financed the company
right along. he thought he owned It,
One day Smith lit was in 1879 called
on Stewart at his store for funds. If
You want any more money out of me.
you've got to do something for it,"
said the merchant. I've been too
liberal with you, and I'm paying too
much for your carpets. You must
come away down in your prices"
Smith said he would think it over.
The Sloanes, who had started in the
carpet business in 1913 in a small build
ing opp)site the city hail. were not, up
to this time, of great consequence in
the trade. but when Smith left Stewart
TO think over money and prices he
walked straight to the Sloane estab-
lishment and made a dicker The next
morning Stewart learned TO his dismay
that the entire output OF the Yonkers
mills had been turned over to the
Sloanes. and he was no longer carpet
king.
1t was a severe blow to Stewards
business, as well as to his pride For
revenge he built an extensive carpet
factory at Groversville. \. y. with q
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
spark. from the Wires.

Alabama iron producers have made big
shipments to Europe, where better prices
are obtained.
Samuel Davis. q negro, was arrested
al Philadelphia, charged with tearing out
a horses tongue.
Judge Cleayeland at New Haven
Conn, declined to appoint a Christian
Scientist guardian Of the 9-year-old
daughter of Isaac W Stiles because the
man suggested said he world rely on
Christian Science should the child have
diphtheria.
A S1O,O0O,0O0 steel plant has been
started at Monterey, Mexico and its
managers expect 10 compete with the
American plants fer South an1 Central
American business.
Judge Simonton. at Richmond, Va.
has dismissed the receivers appointed for
the Olympia cotton 'aii.s IN Columbia,
S. C.. a S2,5000tSJ corporation and dis
solved the injunction that had been
granted.
Paul Jones was appointed receiver Of
the Young Repeating Arms Company Of
Columbus, Ohio, a company organized
under the laws Of New Jersey. The com
pany is capitalized at 100000. Pressing
claims amount TO S25, 600.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
BROKEN ORDER KILLS 81.
Big Four Train Collision Near Peorio
Costs Death and Iuiurv

Sosts bcakn anu INJURY
Thisty-one men We're ksilei and az
least fifteen injured in a head-end COLI.
sion between a west bound freight and
work train on the Big Four Railroad be-
tween Mackinaw and fremont, H.. a.
2:45 o'clock Thursday afternoon The
bodies OF twenty-siN victims were taken
from the debris, which was piled thirty
feet high on the tracks. Conductor J, w
Judge of the freight, violated rules il is
charged. and caused the collision.
All the dead ard most of the injured
were members of the work trains force,
the crews on both engines jumping in
time to save their lives. The collision
occurred in deep cut at the beginning
of a sharp curve, neither train being Wis
ible to the crew of the other until they
were within fifty feet. The engineers
set the brakes. sounded the whistles and
then leaped from their cabs. A second
after the collision the boiler of the work
train exploded, throwing heavy iron bars
and splinters of wood 200 feet.
Conductor Judge, of Indianapolis. who
had charge of thee freight train. received
orders at Urbana TO wait at Maekinaw
FOR the work train, hich was due there
Mt Z.4u y. IN. lnble al OF uoiIE lulS ne
failed to stop. The engineer of the work
train. George Becker, had received or
ders to pass the FIRE ght at Mackinaw and
was on the way to that station. The
work train was perhaps five minutes late
and was running at full speed to make
up time. When about two miles from
Minert the crash came.
The collision was witnessed by Russell
Noonan, farmers boy of Il. who from
"A nearby house telephoned to fremont.
a special train with four physicians was
plade up in a few minutes and in less
than half an hour was on the scene. At
the same time another train arrived from
Pekin bearing Superintendent c. II. Bar
nard. of the Big -Four. and three physi-
clans. The second train bore lot of
Turkish rugs and these were used to car
ry out the mangle1 corpses
One of the last bodies recovered was
that Of William Bailey, of Maekinaw,
who had been thrust thirty feet into the
air and held by two steel rails which
had been pushed up between tbe engine
and the tender of the work train. The
workmen had been laying steel rails
along the track.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

ment is unnecessary.
From the Industrial fed there IS
but one step TO the territory of morals.
Heredity, environment and nnpersonal
forces are invoked 10 read the person
atty of man. His character is largely
predominated by the mechanics OF
circumstances. There is no leeway for
the personal. The Gay of individual
ism is past and the collective tendency
is now dominant
No dag has offered such opportuni-
ties for demagogues as ours. The maj
who knows the depths of human weak
ness can play upon the masses, for the
masses allow some one else to think
of them. Our standards of morality
are not fixed by ourselves. What we
need to-day is n reincarnation of the
personal element. for the sense of per
sonal responsibility is lacking.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
"A CROSS STATE HIGHWAY.
Missouri to Build a Splendid Road
from st. Louis TO Kansas City.


from ST. Louis TO Kansas City.
Missouri is abou. to begin an under
taking as great in its way as the barge
canal projected in New York State.
Plans are virtually complete and work in
all probability win begin in the spring on
a splendid highway across the State.
Just WHICH one Of three proposed routes
viii be adopted has not been decided.
The various routes are PA. 2SS and 290
miles long. In any event the road will
run across the State from ST. Louis to
Kansas City.
The roadway will be 100 feet wide
throughout. While it is to be built pri-
MARTY for stability it is also the purpose
of the projectors to make it one of the
most beautiful highways in the world.
Macadam eight inches deep and "a
feet wide will form the principal road
bed, but clay wagon paths will parallel
the main roadway ON both sides for dry
weather. Between the dirt roadbeds and
the fences, which will follow the course
OF the road, water sluices are to be made
for drainage. Between these slr.ces and
the fences a wide plank w2ik for pedes-
1rians is to De iaiG and between the
sluices ana the walk trees are TO be
planted for shade
These trees are to be planted by per-
sons living along the route of the road
way, according to clause IN the agree
ment, which viii be drawn up between
the projectors and the officials of the
counties through which the road passes.
The cost of the road is not to exceed
So 900 mile, which will bring the total
when completed about 100000.
Taxation will form the chief means OF
raising money to complete the work. each
county paying pro rata of the expense.
Money appropriated bg the Legislature
for the improvement OF the roadways
viii also be used on the highway.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

capacity of 100000 yards annually
but by some strange perversity of fate
he died on the very day that the first
roll came from his looms. AT the same
time Smith quit him no one supposed
the Yonkers manufacturer had a dol
lar he could call his own. His indie
pendence proved that he was rich. And
when Warren b. died the other day the
world was startled to learn that the
quiet. unassuming, hard working
weaver had laid up a fortune of $780,
100000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Just Oxygen.

Liquozone is simply liquid oxygen--no
drugs. noalcoholin it. 1t is the discovery
OF PAUL., the great German chemist, who
spent 20 years on it. His object was to
get such an excess of oxygen in staple
form into the blood that no germ could
live in any membrane or tissue.
Oxygen is life to an anirnal-the very
source Of vitality. We would die in three
minutes without il. In this liquid form
It's effects are exhilaratiDg, purifying,
yitalzing. But germs are vegetables, and
this excess Of oxygen is deadly to vege-
table matter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

If you suffer from a germ trouble, let
us buy bottle of Liquozone and give It
to you to try. 1t is liquid oxygen-the
best thing in the world for you. And in
germ diseases it does what all medical
skill cannot do without it.
We had faith enough in it TO pay
sIoo, 900 for the simple right to make it.
We know its results so well that we will
gladly pay for your test. Won't you, If
You need tin simple fairness to
yourself-h4 faith enough TO send us
this coupon?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
Rni1dinc Steel structures.

Many of the great steel structures
that are being built in every city are
planned and modelled in some distant city
like the material for Solomon's temple
of old-hundreds of miles away. 1t is
in some rolling mill town Of Pennsylva-
lila that most of the gigantic frame works
for the modern skyscrapers are built.
Every piece is fitted together and num-
bered before it is taken away from the
steel mill 6 exact are the measure
ments that not even the drilling of a
hole is necessary for fitting the rivets
which fasten the plates and girders to-
gether
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
CUBAN BILL ADOPTED.
House Puts Through the Measure by
a Vote of 335 to 81.

OtG Oh 900 TO
The Cuban reciprocity bill, which gives
force and effect to the treaty, making a
reduction of 20 per cent from the Ding
ley tariff schedules on Cuban products
entering the United States. was passed
by the House of Representatives at 4:30
O'Clock Thursday afternoon by stand
ing vote of $50 to 81. The announce
ment of the result which had never been
in doubt, was the signal for a roar Of
applause from the floor and galleries.
The dissenting votes were about equally
divided between Republicans and Demo
Gratis, but there was no roll call, because
the minority had too few votes TO order
the yeas and nays. Among the dissent
ers were Messrs. Darragh Smith, Loud,
Fordney. Bishop and McMorran, of
Michigan; Gillett, Metcalf, Needham,
McLaehlan. Daniels of California and
Hogg * Colorado, Republicans; and
Shaforth of Colorado. Bell Livernash
and Wynn of California and Davey,
Meyer, Broussard Robertson and Brea-
zeale of louisiana
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
SOC. Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone. and have never
tried it, please send us this coupon. We
will then mail you an order on your local
druggist for a fu1l-size bottle, and we viii
pay your druggist ourselves for it. This
is our free gift, made to convince you;
to show you what Liquozone is, and what
it can do In justice to yourself, please
accept it to-day, for it places you under
no obligation whatever.
Liquozone costs soc. and 81.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

killing the tissues, too. Any gerin-killing
drug Is poison to you, and it cannot be
taken internally. Medicine never de-
stroys inaide germs.
We spend u days in ma ing each bot
tie of Liquozone, yet we offer you the first
bottle free. And wesupplyit to physicians
and hospitals everywhere at almost cost.
In this fair way we are trying to intro
duce this product to everyone who needs
it. If YOU will be as fair with yourself,
we will gladly show you how any germ
disease can be cured.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

Charles Dickens.-''we rejoice In
Dickens because of his capacious heart
that had such room for children--all
kinds Of children. This would be pos
sible only to one who himself pos
seSsed a child's heart. Surely there
was no text in his beloved Testament
he so honored ard exemplifed as that
which sa-s Suffer little children to
come unto 3ie and forbid them not, for
Of such is the kingdom Of heaven. -
Rev. J. L. Jones, Independent, Chica-
80, IL