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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-14
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-14

Out of PIP white voters in Opelika suh ject to poll tax 20 paid before Februar l, 1898.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
THE PRESS TO ENTERTAIN

been to fish fry, as 1t Is done In
this particular neck.o-woods should
not miss this treat. It Is an occa-
sion never to be forgotten.
After the fish fry, the guests will
return to the city, where they will
find a special train of trolley cars
waiting to transport them to Sis
tersville's new suburb, the indus
trial town of Paden City, where
with the assistance OF the Tyler
Wetzel railroad they will see the
nucIues OF what will soon be one
OF the most substantial and pros
porous little cities In the state. A
banquet at the new Psder Hotel
will complete the entertainment
there and the return will be made
In time for both the evening trains.
For those who can remain over, a
concert" has been added 20 the
regular show that will be sufficiently
interesting and attractive. TO fully
occupy air the time they can allott
to their visit.
In all this the Tyler-Wetzel com.
pany will assist In the entertain.
ment, and enough has already been
doue to guarantee to those who may
be the guests of the Sistersville
Press Club such a time as will long
and pleasantly linger as bright
oasis In the desert of newspaper
moloIony.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
TEACHERS INSTITUTE

and number of worthy emotions.
One may be great man and
rich In character who has lever
teen through any college the col.
iege Is the best means known how
ever to develop the true man.
The man who does his daily
duty deserves a halo of glory 1t
matters not what 1t may be.
By means of good books we can
all come In contact with the greatest
of men and make their emotion
our emotion.
Anything from which we exper,
ience an emotion Is an educational
process.
The emotion experienced by the
soldier while standing In front OF
cannon Is an educational process
few have experienced.
1t Is good for everyone to have
their emotion literally plowed up
once In while. We then can sym.
pathize more with our fellow be-
inqs. Read the Cloister and the
Hearth 1t will have this effect.
He who distills q civilization Is a
honey maker.
The Scarlet Letter Is the distiller
of the Puritan civilization. Read 1t.
The history of England can be
given by means of the literature
without ever quoting once from a
historian. Read Shelley's and Lord
Byrons poems and you will know
what a struggle there was for
democracy at that time. Our
readers contain some gems and our
teachers should realize this.
The, afternoon session was
opened by an interesting talk on
"How to teach manners In the pub
lie schools" by Prof. Riggs.
Prof Barbe closed his visit to the
institute with a strong address up
on the West Virginia State Uni
versity. Prof. Barbe Is one of the
leading educators of the State, Is
always welcome at any institute,
and the teachers of the county
should return their thanks to Su.
perintendent Talkington for secur.
Ing his services.
Wednesdays session was opened
by song and prayer.
Roll call by Memory gems.
The subject of Geography taken
up by Prot. Riggs. He said 1t was
not necessary to ask very many
questions. Know your subject.
assign definite lessons. Compare
and reason. First teach Physical
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
OUR COUNTY FAIR

vastly to the scope of the enter =
prise. Many new departments
have been created and the pre-
miums and purses will be on an
unprecedentedly liberal scale cal
culated to stimulate competition
and bring exhibits of prosperity
that will make the fair record
breaker In every sense.
The big purses In the speed con-
tests are attracting unusual atten-
ton, and inquiries are coming In at
a rapid rate from noted horsemen.
The prospects are very fattering
at this writing for the largest entry
of horses ever known.
The cattle show will be at the
front this year, and the farmer
will be In his glory. This Is one Of
the finest features of the fair and
more money than ever before has
been put In this department in or
der to insure fine display.
There Is no fair In the surround
ing country that Is more bucolic
than that of Tyler county, which
will be held at Middlebour1e Aug
ust 25.2S inclusive. The pump.
kins are bigger and yellower. the
red lemonade Is sweeter and more
highly favored, the hogs fatter, the
turnips and apples larger than are
to be found at any other country
fair In the State of West Virginia,
The children, the young ladies
with their best fellows, the newly
married couple and the old Jolly
fellows that have attended the ex
hibltion for years will be there.
With them come their spry and
happy wives-active keen eyed
wom= n, with a progeny that would
cause President Roosevelt, should
he be present, to wonder why he
ever thought of the race suicide
issue.
All roads will lead 10 Middle
bonrue fair week, and which Is
sufficient warning that you can't
afford TO stay away.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

Next week is "fair week" Ia
Tyler county. However, 1t Is
scarcely necessary to mention this
fac, for the people have been antlc-
ipating this grand annual event
for many weeks. All the prelimi
narles have now been completed
and the management of the fair &c
not hesitate to state that this will
be the most successful exhibit In
the history of the Association.
The grounds are In much better
condition: .he buildings have been
overhauled and renovated and the
track greatly improved.
The entries In all departments
are fattering this year, indicating
an exhibit unexcelled In quality
and quantity. Special attention Is
being given to the speed depart
meut and some first class entries
have been made. A glance at the
program shows tnat there will be
plenty each day to interest lovers
of fast horses.
Spectators at the race course will
find ample seating room In the
erandstand this year, as the large
pavilion has ample seating capa'
city to accommodate all.
The poultry department will be
more extensive this year than ever.
1t has been doubled In capacity so
that all exhibitors will be given
ample room for displaying their
poultry 10 the best advantage.
The year Is one of unexampled
prosperity In West Virginia and
the fact will be mirrored In the
coming big show at harvest time.
To say that the exhibition will be
bigger and better than ever Is say
Ing a good deal, for 1t Is great
show even in the lean years, but 1t
does not express 1t all. The Tyler
County Fair Association, as Its
Literature will show have added
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
OIL DEVELOPMENTS
THE OIL MARKET.

The Tyler OIL company's we'll on
the Thistle farm at Long Reacb'had
a good showing at 46o feet and en-
countered another pay at 625 feet.
The we'll will be tested tonight and
If not satisfactory will be drilled to
the Keener sand.
The Ann OIL company No. 2 Yes
Yoho In the new development west
of Woodsfeld Is In and show
Ing for light we'll.
The Pure OH company Is spud.
ding at No. S B. Dye In the
Mechanicsburg field, Monroe Co.
The Paden Gas company are
ready and will start to drill In the
next few days on the Martin and
Christian farm, Willow Fork:
The South Penn Oil company
are now pumping the John King
we'll near Middlebourne which Is
making 10 barrels.
The same company has 80 bar.
rell we'll on the John Seckman farm
near McElroy.
G. NJ. Wilmington Is starting a
we'll on the A. Rice farm and Is
down 400 feet.
The East End OH Company's
we'll on the Selmon Wells farm was
put to pumping today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
Taken to Penitentiary.

Otto Tallman, the young man
who confessed to embezzlement at
the recent term of court, was taken
to Moundsville this morning by
deputy Lot Mccormick and placed
In the penitentiary. He will serve
two years, and 1t Is hoped 1t will
have the good effect of reforming
him.
A few months ago he held the
position of ticket agent at Friendly
of the Ohio River division of the B.
& o. railroad company and applo.
priated funds of the road to his own
use. He absconded and later was
arrested In the west by B. & o.
officers.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

Howard Googe, we'll known In
oil circles, In this city, has resigned
his position at the Russell pump
station two miles north Of the city
where he has worked for FIVE years
without losing one day, which Is
fine record of faithfulness to duty.
Mr.. Googe was In the employe of
E. B. Clawson, lease superintendent
TOR the Carter Oil company, and
rendered perfect satisfaction. He
has gone to work for Ed Qulgley
on the pipe line. Lon Lteberum
will fill Mr.. Googe's place at the
pump station.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

Mlddlebourne, ". Va, Aug. II.
The teachers institute now in
session In this city, promises to be
one of the most successful In the
history of the county. The attend
ance Is large, the instruction excel
lent and the interest unusually en-
couraging.
On Monday evening social was
held according to the program pre-
pared by the state department. II
was called the Beauty Steele So
clal," from one of the characters In
Parker's Right of Way. The eve
ming was most epjoyably spent by
the teachers and their friends. In
fact 1t might have been we'll called
the "Steal Your Beauty" social.
Prof. Barbe's readings from I'm the
Virginias" were the special features
of the evening.
Tuesdays session opened with a
discussion of a daily school program
by Prof. r. A. Hall, followed by a
number of teachers. Opinions were
diversified, some contendlng that
too many branches were required
by the law, while others insisted
that proper arrangement would
enable the teacher to do justice to
all.
The subject of,fractions, one oI
the stumbling blocks to yor ne
teachers, was ably discussed BY
Prof. McKown.
Prof. Waiteman T. Barbe dis
cussed American Literature, hav.
Ing for his central thought the
maxim that "Our outward expires
sion manifest to some extent the
degree of our civilization"
The Battle Hymn Of the Repub'
lie Is our national hymn and the
best poetry to be found In any ot
our songs.
'"Drake's American Flag Is
sophomore, bombastic not the kind
of poetry that lives forever.
The above Prot. Barbe says Is
the best judgment of literary critics
everywhere. Some think the study
OF literature Is only important s.
far as 1t cultures the mind.
This Is wrong idea, 1t Is useful
In practical affairs.
Every one should live as rich
life as possible. Amount of money
In bank Is no evidence of richness
of life. That life Is richest that has
experienced the greatest variety
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

For some time 1t has been the
intention of the members Of
the press In the city to ex'
tend an invitation to their
brethern In different portions OF the
State to pay Sistersville visit and
see a real live town. This intention
has gradually crystallized into taugi-
bic form and Is now ready for public
expression. At a meeting o some
of the showers Of the pencil last
night, 1t was determined that they
would solicit the presence of the
members Of the press of the Ohio
Valley, aud for quite distance In
land on both sides of the river at
date 5000 to be determined, but
which will probably be on the 9th
of September. Plans for the en-
tertainment were discussed, and
not definitely concluded,
were so far advanced as to give some
Idea as to what the visiting knights
of the scissors and pencil might
expect. After q short time In
the city, which will be a
revelation to those who have not
been here for a few years, a short
ride on the majestic Ohio will be a
proper prelude to one of the fam
ous fish frys aud clam bskes so
famous along It's picturesque banks.
i ue Ssp, oers n4G wno mas uever
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

In our new line of 10 cent paper
books you can buy such books as
"!AAEdath" by Correlli, aud others by
this popular author. Lorna Doone"
the best books of such authors as
Augusta J. Evans, Southworth,
Mary J. Holmes, Breame, Mrs.
Alexander, Dumas, Dlckson's A.
Conan Doyle, Conner Garvice, and
many others. Remember these are
only 10 cents at McCoy's Book
Store. 20 4t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

The most serious of the diphtheria
patients Is Miss Sue Wiegle, but
the attending physician IS still
hopeful of her recovery. But one
new cese Is reported today, ,and 1t Is
of a mild form
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

A. S. Mccoy, of the firm OF
Mccoy Bros, left the city this
afternoon on the I:s7 east.bound
train, on pleasure and business
trip combined of ten days to New
York City. During his absence In
the east he will replenish his stock
Of goods.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

Mrs. M. E. Swarthout of upper
Wells street, left on the S:45 train
to visit friends In Butler and Mercer
connties, Pa. She was accompanied
by her daughter In, law, Mrs. D. A.
Swarthout and family and the
later's father, Mr.. Wm. Redick, of
Butler, Pa.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20

Continued on 4th Page.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-25
Gainesville News Notes.

Gainesville, Ca. July 24-The suf-
fering occasoned by the recent storm
emphasizes the need of a city hos
pital in Gainesville. and Mayor Parker
believes the establishment Of such an
institution would greatly facilitate
the work of caring for the sick and
needy.
Judge T. F. HILL ordinary of Banks
county, 10 whom counsel agreed on
July i3 10 submit without argument
the case of r. F. Quiliian ct al VS.. r.
L. S. Scales ct. al, contested election
for Mayor and Council of Bolton. de-
cided that r. F. Quillian for Mayor
and Sam Summer. G. Hitchcock, G.
r. Faulkner. ". L. Barrett and J. T.
Griffin for Council received the high
est number of legal votes cast in the
election on Dec. g. 1902. and declared
them duly elected.
The City Council has opened the
bids for putting in a sewerage system
in Gainesville. On account Of the fact
that the bids were not considered low
enough, Council declined TO accept any
Of them,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-25
ELY WAS NoT SHORT.

st. Johns river that holds the body
of Edward Ely still refuses to give up
that has been made during the past
few days. For a number of days it
has been circulated at Jacksonville
that the young man was short in his
accounts with the firm of Charles S.
Hirsch & Co, where he was employed
A card to the public says Relative
to- the rumors concerning Edmund F.
Ely (supposed to be drowned), who was
a bookkeeper in our employ that he
was short in the firms accounts. we
beg to say that these rumors are en-
tirely unfounded, as our books do not
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-25


it SINNERS for a few hours he has a
neat batch of the dope, nitroglycer-
inc. This, being heavier than water
sinks to the bottom. The water IS
drained off and the nitro poured INTO
a bottle.
1T is necessary that the bottle must
be filed to the cork. If even small
space is left for the mass TO slosh
around it might blow up its possessor.
The stuff is highly explosive, so much'
so that if you stand a bottle OF II on d
table and shoot off a gun in the next
room there will be something dong
right away.
When the chap goes to town he
hangs this bottle in a little bag tied TO
a string and hanging next his chest, SO
that If arrested the stuff Will not De
found The remainder of his kit con-
sists of a cake of soap. a piece of sort
putty. a fuse and some matches.
"One man only enters. The others
stand guard and block off inquisitive
citizens reused by the noise. The man
inside works in the dark and with
rapidity. He pastes the soap or putty
all around the safe door, closing the
crack completely save at one spot, at
the ton. Here he forms the soap or
putty into a little cup and pOurs the
liquid nitro into it. This seeps down
and into the snace between the door
and safe. and the burglar keeps pour
ing until the safe is full
Then he takes his fuse, a black
string the length of lead pencil, with
decorating cap on the end, puts this
cap into the putty cap at the top of the
door and lights the other end. He
crouches behind the safe or On one side
of it and awaits the explosion. If the
man understands his business it is not
a loud one. In our Investigations we
have found that about one in ten is
heard by people outside of the bank,
even by those living upstairs.
But it makes a terrific racket in
side. One fellow told me he was as
deaf as a post for days after each
Wrecking. The nitro -Slycerine simply
rips the door to pieces and opens n
place for the burglar to reach in. He
lights piece of candle, overhauls the
contents as swiftly 2s he can, makes
a bundle of them and lights out
The trick is so simple and quickly
done that not once in ten times are the
thieves caught. Before daylight comes
they are miles away, hidden in some
wooded place. If the haul is a big one
they divide it and separate Western
banks to the number of 800 have been
looted in the last five or six years until
IL has become necessary to band to-
gether, organize a mutual protection
society and turn the Pinkertons loose
on every case. This has lessened the
thing for time, but there are periodic
outbreaks.
Recently 1 rounded up three men
who had served terms for bankbreak-
ing. On each we found half a pint of
glycerine. They had fifty pieces Of
fuse, two revolvers apiece, a shotgun
in box, a bar of yellow soap, thirty
rounds of cartridges and three dozen
sandwiches. Their leader told ne the
sandwiches were TO eat while they
were making their escape across coun-
try from bank they had spotted to
rob that night
The only way to prevent these rob
berries is to pass strict laws against
carrying nitro, search Ill tramps that
come to town and make it a peniten-
tiary offence for fellows with these
outfits in their possession
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-25
SAFE-BREAKING so EASY NOW.
Pinkerton Man Says There Are Few
Clever Burglars Left.

pinkertOn Nan says IneFe are re"
Clever Burglars Left.
Lincoln (Neb) letter in New York Sun.
Amy safe in the world that has a
square door can be opened in half an
are a half pint of o-glycerine, a
cake of laundry soap and a five-cent
fuse.
This was the opinion expressed re-
Gently by T. H. Tnlotson, Western di-
vision chief of the Pinkerton agency,
who has run to earth many supposedly
clever bank burglars in the last ten
years Mr. Tillotson does not possess
a very high opinion of the modern bank
burglar.
1T no longer requires intelligence
and executive ability to crack a safe, ="
said he. There was a time when the
safe craftsman was the aristocrat of
thiefdom. Nowadays he is as likely
to be tramp as not. l have picked
them off brakebeams with enough nitro
glycerne in bottle in their pockets to
have blown the coach to atoms if it had
fallen to the track.
In the old days a bank burglars kit
of tools was large and heavy. 1t con-
oAoNCd VI SA0Ci WGuBGS. uIlllS, SlbQRe
hammers and screw jacks. The door of
safe had to be literally torn off in
sections with a powder explosion now
and then to assist the operation. 1t
was an all-night job for three or four
men and they went after vaults that
had big money inside them.
They have no cOunterparts nova
days. The bank burglar of modern
times is content with small returns.
a rod 4.
no police protection and pursuit can
not be organized for hours are his chief
prey Then big guns of a quarter
OF a century ago would never kill
Adam Worth, whom the Pinkerton
agency respects as the greatest thief
OF the century, never carried a re-
volver and would not associate with
any crook who carried one. He did
not care to face a murder charge The
safe blower of to-day goes armed to
the teeth and shoots to kill.
In the last three years we have
Taught thirty safe blowers in this
section and only two of them had DO
lice records This is because a new
method of cracking has been invent
ed and every tramp in the country
knows how it is done. 1t is so simple
a process that hundreds of hoboes go
into the business every year
They travel in pairs or trios, and
after spotting crib gain all the in
formation they can about the habits
of the town marshal They plan to
pull of the big burglary just before
freight train is due to start or often
they steal a horse and buggy and have
the team ready to drive across coun-
try and catch a train. A tramp hang
out, such as is found close to every
Western town, is headquarters, and
this ic far n 81
of sight of officers. Stormy nights are
most favored, when the wind is bang
ing shutters and otherwise making a
noise.
'Nitroglycerine is not for sale in
stores, but dynamite is. The burglar
buys stick or two. unwraps it and
puts it in can of boiling water. After
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-25
FURNITURE MEN MEET,
in It's First Annual Con-
uyautfon

Association in Its First Annual Con-
VentiOn.
New York, July 24.-The furniture
Association of America, a national or
ganization of retail dealers, manufac-
turers and their representatives, began
its final annual convention here last
night
The meeting was attended by 200
delegates from all parts of the United
States. President William L. Shearer
OF Boston called he convention to order
and William c. Lowering, representa-
tive in Congress for the Fourteenth
Massachusetts district, was the prin-
cipal speaker, discussing practical
methods of extending our export trade.
A resolution was adopted, to be pre-
scented to Congress, praying for the
amendment of the laws relating to the
tax on alcohol and to the payment of
drawback on exported articles of do
nestle manufacture. General resolu-
tons also were adopted to the effect
that the warerooms of the manufacture
ers should be made accessible for the
use of dealers with their customers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-25
A WOnlan'S Back.

The Aches and Pains Will Disnp-
pcnr if the Advice of This SnVnn-
IIMh Citizen IL Followed.
A womans back has many aches and
pains,
Most times It's the kidneys fault.
Backache is really kidney ache;
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills cure It,
Many Savannah women know tbs.
Read what one has to say about it:
Mrs G. Nunan, wife of G. Nunan
carpenter, residing at is e. Duffy
street. says: "Doan's Kidney Pills
helped my back wonderfully. They
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me feel as though 1 had a new back. 1
never found a medicine to relieve me
of the pain or to regulate the action Of
the kidney secretions which were
strong in odor, contained sediment and
were too frequent in action, especially
at might until l finally learned of
DoanFs Kidney Pills and got them at
knights Pharmacy. l never had any
thing act so quickly as they did. My
back became strong. l could go
around as well as ever and the kidney
secretions lost their strong odor and
ceased to bother me. / am grateful to
this remedy for relieving me of the
misery l was in
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.
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Remember the name. Doan's, and
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