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The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
A Peculiar Procedure.

( After the quorum court last year
ordered the construction of bridges at
Alma and Rudy a contract was entered
into and specifications were drawn up
and the contract price fixed at s. 200
| for the Alma bridge and So 500 for the
Rudy bridge.
When the bridges were completed the
company put in bills Of S 400 for the
Alma bridge and Si,25l for the Rudy
bridge On the Alma bridge the com.
pauy claimed the extra compensation
for doing some rip-rap work, or work
Of that nature. This extra charge was
disallowed by Judge Gross at the July
term of court.
The extra charge on the Rudy bridge
was claimed 10y the company on the
ground that the bridge had been built
two feet higher than the specifications
called for This charge would have
been all right had the bridge been built
higher on tine order Of the court or
bridge commissioners, but this was not
the case. 1t WAS done to save labor and
expense to the builders
On the west bank Of the creek is a
rock bluff aud this was designated TO be
the height and form one Of the piers.
! On the east side the contract called for
tubular steel piers filed with concrete,
to be the height of the bluff on the
west bank. Here is whore the trouble
came in When ready to be put up
these piers were found obo two feet too
| long and rather than eXcavate into the
rock on which these rested or cut them
of the company built abutmsnts two
feet high on top the bluff on the west
bank. When first constructed it was
found they were Of the poorest material
possible and the bridge commissioners
refused to accept the work and they
were partially torn out and rebuilt, 1t
is for this the company asked $iil ad
ditional,
Now, we come to the peculiar feature
Of the matter Judge Gross had been
acquainted with the facts in the case
and at the July term Of county court
passed the bill by without Endorsement
or disallowance. But at the last term
Of county court Clerk Winfrey was
astonished to find among the bills al
lowed Si00 for this work He remons-
trated with the judge and told him he
would refuse TO issue the scrip, for
what WAS plain to him steal from the
county, The judge would not listen and
even is reported to have threatened Mr.
Winfrey with incarceration if he re
fused Mr., Wiufrey then framed an
appeal to the circuit court and this the
judge refused to entertain so, a. u final
resort, through the assistance Of Att y
l.. II Southmayd manlamGs proceed
ings were instituted, preventing Mr..
Wintrey from issuing the scrip.
As to the object Of Judge Gross IN a.-
lowing this 800 our readers arr as able
to judge as we are Why did he not pass
on it in JuIy, before the electioui
Since these bridges have been complet-
ed ithas leaked out that the piers are not
filled with concrete, rs specified, b0t
with loose rock gravel and sand This
! is sthestatementoC local parties employed
on the work So instead Of being en-
Titled to any extra compensation they
should have their bills cut down, if the
facts related to us can be proven by
competent witnesses.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
Union Labor Scores Roosevelt.

[ UlNN llhVNl rNNAAN NAhbH' " ~.
Pittsburg. Pa. Oct. 9. One of
the most scatchiug deumciatious
ever heard in a political party by
united labor came when the Build
inc Trades Council Of Pjttsburg,
after a session, which lasted far
into the night, adopted resolutions
against the Republican party IN
general, and calling on all union
labor to support Parker. The
resolution adopted, which will be
sent broadcast, is, in part, as fol-
lows:
"vYe appeal to union men and
their friends in every craft, trade,
occupation and calling to aid us
In our efforts to strike a crushing
blow at our enemy and defeat the
Republican party in this election,
If YOU have formerly voted for
that party or its candidates, We
ask YOU in the name of organized
labor not only to vote against
them this time, but to use every
possible effort to defeat them.
"Make a personal appeal to
your friends. relatives, co-workers
aud Your brother members for
the defeat of the unjust and unfair
politicians, Let the end Of labor
movement be to unite in common
cause to teach these politicians a
lesson they will not soon forget
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

THE FRISCO is THE ONLY WAY TO THE
IoIH-Nu bUNo ,hroo rates nj which we win
.u.I daily 0h follow. E|1sU for the round trip,
Tickets ON WNu daily from April '5lh 70 Nov
..l, ana nrc good for return AMY day until Dec,
81. 10 ior 'hn round trip Tickets on snlc daily
from April l.N TO Nov 4U'h and Arp good Tor
return any dUy within Go days from dHlc Of sale
..'. for lhn round trip Tickow on sale daily
inu Apr0 2ilh To Nov Both and nrn good for
return amy day within ten days from date Of
sale.
Homo Visitors Excursion rates to points In
ONO Indiana and Kentucky Tickets on sale
''N."uN.r Nil I.iN .U.n. glh and Octobcrllth,
N.h. limit 8U day, from dRlp Of sale, one fare
p.o 2wfor lho round rp
llomo.sooum Excursion tickets aro sun on
sar llO .iel and third Tuesday In ouCh month
n I..UN 800 IuyUN oklahoma and Indian
u .nRm. IyruUuOas 10 indian and
'NNInm Territories and frXaGa=tho Frisco
system Wl.I continue the sale of these tickets on
uUI uua mira Tuesdays I'm onDh month to all
points lu above named territory whore the one.
way lhl rs .uu ur more RalU IA one fare pluS
/ w" ioI round tup Limit - days
T. W, luUgN Agent Frisco Line,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

under existing laws TO aid in the
furthcrauce of these ends.
General Lee Sees Victory.
Jackson. Miss, Oct. 12.-Geu.
Stephen ID. Lee, cOmmaudrr.in-
chief Of the United Confederate
Veterans, says: IL would not
make an absolute prediction of
victory, for the campaign has been
unusual in many respects, chief
Of which is its remarkable quiet
ness, and many uncertain elements
are TO be taken into consideration,
but | feel confident in saying that
the Democratic party has a better
chance to win than it has had in
any campaign since 1922
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

\ Louisiauan, who has recently
been examining some old docu.
mcnts relating to the cOlonizing of
Virginia, says that he has dis
covered thatth purchase ofyOuug
women as wives was in vogue in
the early settlement Of that state,
Speaking to the representative OF
the New Orleans TimcS.DemOcrat
this gentleman says: "A letter
accompanying one Of these ship.
meuts, and dated London, Aug, II,
1921, is illustrative Of the Simpli.
clty Of the times, aud the concern
for the welfare Of the colony, II
is az follows; we send you IN this
ship one widow and eleven maids
for wives for the people Of Nr.
gjnia; there has been especial
care had in the choice OF them
for there hath not any of them
been received but upon good
recommendations. In case they
cannot be presently married, we
desire that they be put with
several houSeholdcrs that have
wives, till they can be provided
with husbands, There are nearly
fifty more thata are shortly to como
aud are sent by our most honor.
able lord and treasurer, the Earl
Of southampton, and certain wor'
thy gentlemen, who taking into
consideration that the plantation
can never flourish TIL families be
planted, aud the respect Of wives
and children for their people on
the soil, therefore, have given
this fair beginning, for the reim'
hurscmcut whose charges IL Is
ordered that every man that mar
ucs them give l2O pounds OF
best leaf tobacco for each of them,
Though We are dcsjrouS that the
marriage be free, according TO the
law Of nature, yet we would not
have these maids deceived and
married to servants, but oAly TO
such rrccmeu or tenants M have
means to maintain them, We pray
You, therefore, to be fathers to
them In this business, not cutorc'
ing them to marry against their
Wills"
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

Mrs. L Roa Thursday sold her mjllin.
cry business TO Mrs Dr. Roberts,
Sam Uinklo has supplied the new
Y, NJ, G, A, building with q handsome
Baldwin piano,
Mrs, G., q, Scott and Miss Caroline
returned last Friday morning from q
several weeks visit at 81 Louis.
Alit'lo daughter Of d. T. A. MickIo
| has been quite III with typhoid fever
the past ten days, but ia now reported
improving
Next Friday Is the day selected for
dpdicating the Y. NJ e, A. building
A general invitation Ia extended 10 all
60 attend the exercises,
Pike Allen WAS down from Bokosho,
. !. r., and Ford Allen from Wan. this
week 10 soo their father, who has been
very ill but is now on the ro,d 10 rc.
coyrry
The iail has been oyorhoulol by
johnson Bros, the contractors, Mla
week There being no inmates exec p,
iug three insane persons the WORK
could proceed without hudnoco.
Cotton was bringing about y 50 on
the lorol market yesterday, with nlI.
cations that the government Rtnnory
report due today would force it down
some more,
pecauing parties will soon be- tho
rage, Already the od.rimor hnyo 10.
Gated the heaviest fruilod trees and prp
only waiting for frost 10 cnnso tho
hulls 70 open The cropi'much smaller
than hst year,
The city council met informally
Thufsday evening ~ hear the Frparl M
the street commlti5nst aud engineer
employed by him TO establish the grplpo
for sidewalks These gentlemen bri
NOT vet completed their wort and mo
thing a.auito was done, except IN nr.
range to correspond with partics and
SET prices f5F putting down walks,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
Father Of Edward Symonds Dies

Father Of Edward Symonds Dies
Suddenly.
Twomontbsaso Mr.. Embellishments
left Van Buren for yi,i. to his aged
father and other relatives Mt Hopkinton,
n II After spending month or more
there Mr., Symonds was called home by
message announcing the illness Of Dit,
wife. lie left his father, though feeble
with age being in his 9'st year in
good health, but had only proceeded as
far "a st, Louis, when q message over.
took him announcing that be had sud
denly passed away Mr. Symouds
while greatly grioyod at not being at
the bedside Of his father during his last
moments, yet had the satisfaction Of
having seen him spared until after they
had met once more after separation VI
thirty-odd years,
The Uopkinton IN II correspondent
If the Warner o. U.) Independent and
Times writes that paper regarding the
old gentleman in very complimentary
terms saying he represented that sturdy
New England stock which "a now nearly
extinct He was for many ypars "a
deacon Of the First Congregational
Church Of that place and highly
respected
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

Carl Broiit while In St Louis recent.
~ underwent M examination 10y a
specialist for the stomach trouble he
has experienced frequently IN recent
yeow and he diagnosed itm Appendicitis
and alNipd An operation Since his
last attack Mr. Brodta has decided to
not wait any longer and expects 10 leave
ns soon ~ he rcgtius bh strength for
49, LoNig aud place himself In tho hsnls
Of expert elrgeons tor treatment,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

In its issue Of September 2Gth,
the Chicago Tribune says "Work
will be resumed today, ,aftera brief
period Of idleucss, in the ear shops
.of the Pullman company The
company will put 1000 of its for.
.mcr employees at work at wages
lower by 10 to 20 per cent than
they were receiving previously,
They will be employed in the re.
pair department. These men have
been picked with care in the ten
days the plant has been closed, In
their number will be found none
who have been known as a labor
agOlatOr Six weeks ago the
company began to lay of men.
This was continued until Scptcm.
bcr 10Th, when all except u hand.
fuI employed in one repair depart,
meut were told to 90, The cut in
wages 10 go into effect today, will
be general, extending to employees
IN the Office force, The wage
scale at the shops has ranged in
past from $40 to - u day.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

Washington, D. C., a&2j New York N, T.,
s.l4' Round tip tickets via savannah and
steamship ON sale every day
Tickets 20 AahcyIllr and Hot springs y, C. on
sg.. all roar round rotuw limit SIX months
Mexico city and Monterey nine months limit
only one change ofcars between r. Smith
and Colombo and California Local Kansas CiN
and Little Rock sleeper daily.
ChIW ticket Office for fn' particulars,
w. lIYSrs,
Iron Mountain 7, and p. Agen
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
The Loan Sharks.
I'M thc LIttIe Rock Domocral

From the Little Rock Democrat
The Chattanooga Times tells Of
a poor widow in that city who
borrowed $40 from one Of the
loan sharks, agreeing to pay inter.
est on it TO the amount Of - per
month, and giving him a lien ON
her household furniture. After
paying interest twelve months,
amounting to S24, she fell sick,
aDd was compelled to stop pay
ment, and the fellow took away
enough of her furniture to satisfy
himself for the original $40 loan.
The Montgomery Advertiser re-
marks that there may be proper
punishment for villains Of this
kind, but ii Is not in this world,
And there ought to be a law to
restrain such robbery, but there
seems TO bc none If there is it is
not enforced,
1t would be an easy matter to
find a parallel case here in Little
Rock. The loan sharks are doing
business in the very heart Of the
city, and they no doubt exact
interest that il as grcatas the case
cited from Chattanooga, lfthcre
ever was a business that should
be regulated it is this, These loan
sharks should be restrained from
robbing the poor and helpless and
an act Of the legislature should
be passed making anything over
10 per pcut. interest payment to
be applied on the principal
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

We acknowledge brief call ycster.
lny FROM Mr., j, A CLARK, son ot our
uld.tImc friend, Adam Clark, editor of
the ArkAdrlphm Standard,
Ward & Wnde's ministries appeared
here Wednesday night Those who Ht
tended say that the performance was
nn exact reproduction Of last year =
aud that there was not n tinglc new
feature in It.
Every merchant who adyertiscs,
attracts gradually an aggregation
of readers, many of whom never
visited his store, When they DO
visit his store they feel Ms though
they had known him for a long
time
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
'lr,t Publication oct !, lnst
WARNING ORDER,
lu ihu Crawford ChaHccty COu
NuNpnhuf luIm i1Ui

"WhS"0skcd the sunday school
lcochcE"dld lolswirc look hackp
81 s'posc' replied Johnny "t was
to see II her skrt hung all rIgh.
bphmd,"
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
FOR Congress,
Hon. JNO. s. LITTLE,
Ovation TO Davis In Baltimore.


Baltimore, Oct, i0.-The cam
paigu tour of Henry q. DAVIS
Democratic vice presidential can
didste, through Maryland and
West Virginia was begun here to-
night by an immense gathering OF
Democrats in Lyric hall, the con
course being so vast that thouS'
ands, unable to gain admission to
the hall, were addressed at an
overflow meeting from u stand
hastily erected for the occasion in
a public street. The proceedings
we're marked with great enthusi-
asm from first to last.
Senator Davis received an en-
thusiastic ovation upon his ap-
pearance, as did the venerable eX-
governor and senator, Pickney
White. and David b. Hill, Senator
German and Senator Daniel, all
of whom made speeches and all OF
whom, with the exception OF
Senator German, will accompany
Senator Davis on his tour
Senator German presided, intro
ducing each CT the speakers. He
introduced Mr.. Davis as "the
young man" Senator Davis eX.
pressed his great pleasure in be.
ing privileged to address such a
vast crowd in his native state.
In part he said:
"We are now IN the mi DIST Of n
presidential campaign in which
people are called upon to deter.
mine whether officers in high
places in the government are to
be limited in their official action by
the constitution and the laws or
TO be governed by spirit Of eX.
travagance, party advantage and
dominion. The Democratic party
has been called by its political op.
ponents q party District construc-
tonists. No greater compliment
could be paid them than that, and
no policy is more needed at the
present time than one which
recognizes fnlly the restrictions
and limitations of executive au-
thority and action. Encouraged
by the practice Of the party in
power, we are fast drifting in the
direction Of Capitalization and i'm.
perialism,
"The people who have to decide
whether the policy is to be con.
tinued Of permitting the partisan
participation in the work Of the
election by the hundred thousand
salaried otliceholders, including
members Of the cabinet The civil
service law and its rules aud rcgu.
lations are being set at naught
and the assembly of government
employees is laboring for the con.
tinnance IN power Of the present
administration. This can be done
only at the neglect Of their duties
Cad to the detriment Of the public
service
He arraigncd the present admin.
istration for undue extravaganza,
charging that the present cXccu.
tive "went into Office three years
ago with an oycrhowiug treasury,
with the receipts exceeding the
expenditures, yet for the last fiscal
year there was n deficit of Sil,.
100000, aud if we add the six or
seven million dollars received
from the Pacific Railroad the dc.
dcjt is nearly $50, 100000,
an the last Bryan campaign we
heard great deal from the Re.
puDlcans about the full dinner
pail, We hear nothing Of It this
year Their policy has not only
emptjod the pail, bat has caused Il
general depression IN business
resulting IN reducing wages, work
ing Oh short hours, with many
men out Of employment AL
together
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15

\ Texas editor has hit the right
spot when he says "The sorricst
fellow on earth is the fellow who
will sit around aud cuss his own
town. III lived asDrOdc the north
pole | would call It homc and he
ready to boost 1t mp, II / couldn't
say anything good about 1t, |
woulo say that my lee bin didn't
come high, would not stay IN n
town had 60 cuss not while the
world TX ns big ~ II TX now
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
JOB PRINTING %. S.,,,, A -,

and aiIVinp fHirs ufhne ttHlfa I'D Mo WNui
ulupk No ZOO Main street
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-15
County Sunday schoor Convention,

County Sunday SchooD Convention,
The Crawford County Sunday Schools
met last Friday morning at the NJ f.,
Church South, for the purpose Of form
ing a County Sunday school Associa-
ton The mornings program WAS
listened to by good number Of sun.
day school workers from in and around
Van Buren, but the delegate, from ou'.
lying towns ana villages lil not arrive
until noon and later The morning &
program was;
Devotional exercises, by Rev j. w.
Grant
Words Of welcome, by Rev. Wm.
sherman.
Response, by Julian r. Lark.
Address, Mrs, J., h. whitney, of Little
Rock, superintendent Of normal train.
ing,
Ground Table Primary work, Miss
Lucy Moore, Cane Hin, superintendent
Of the primary department,
At3pm.the convention roarsemblol
and was addressed at length by W f.
Long, secretary Of the State sunday
School Association
At the evening session the work was
completed and a County sunday school
Association formed,
At the concluding session W, II. II.
Shibey conducted the devotional eNor.
cises, Mrs,L,L. Whitney ond Miss Lucy
Moore each addressed the Hssembhge
Miss Anna Sadler, Van BDren aNlcnJrd
young clocuDioui,t, was on the program
for recitation, while W + Long, state
secretary, delivered an address on
"Organiaed Sunday School Work
World wide Movement
Following Mr., Long snddrog thopor'
manout organization was effected The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year
President, q g.. Woes
Vice President, VIII II SMhloy
Secretary, = W, Furry
Treasurer l., h. Mauock
Each township will have yi'a prosr
dent on the county association sonirul
board, they being president of their rn.
spcctlyc township organizations The
association will meet annually the next
meeting 20 be held Mt MtunRlnyipw
near Lancaster Rt date TO be- named
lAlnr-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01
CAR CHILD.
Crowd Motorman, Who Is
Saved From the Mob BY Arrival
of Policemen.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-Four-year-old
James Sineco, of No. "A Johnson ave-
nue.. was instantly killed and shock
ingly mangled by a Hamburg avenue
trolley car almost in front of his home
Monday evening. The streets were
crowded, and SO great was the demon
stration against the motorman, Thos.
Riley, that but for prompt appearance
of policemen he might have been
mobbed.
The boy had eel playing on the
sidewalk and undertook to follow his
companions to the opposite side of
the street His playmates got over
the tracks, but nee failed to hear
the car which struck him. Before it
could be stopped the boy went under
it and two wheels passed yer al
most his entire body. Two police
men from the Stasg street station
made their way through the crowd
and saved the motormon from harm
The mother of the boy seemed to
go insane. and ear that she might
harm herself caused relatives to watch
her.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01

plicity, IS as rich and flexible q any
existing language
In dne; every root word one
can form an endless array of deriva5
tiyes, and that root word is generally
known to any educated, civilized per-
son, as Esperanto's vocabulary con
sists of such words as are used in the
majority of important languages tsuch
as botaniko, direktoro. TELEGRAPH, por-
treto, formo, etc.)."
I n support Of his contention that
his language is perfectly practical the
doctor says that thousands of persons
belonging to different nationalfties
now are utilizing it to correspond with
one another, and carry on the most
lively oral communications on all
kinds of subjects. After studying the
language for some weeks many Esper-
Artists have traversed the whole Of
Europe, finding everywhere fellow Es-
perantists with whom they c~Onversed
freely. no matter what their respect
i've native tongues may have been.
In spite of its purely mathematical
construction Esperanto is said to be
agreeable: to the ear, its sound much
resembling Italian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01
BALTIMORE G. OHIO RAILROAD
Very Low Rate Sunday Excursion
Tickets On Sale May IS.

Effective May 10 and continuing
every Sunday thereafter until fur
Their notice, the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad will place on sale excursion
tickets between stations of Wheeling
and Grafton, good going East pound
on regular train No. -, leaving Fair
mont at 1852 A. NJ, n returning
no regular trains No. 1856, leaving
1910 noon, and $50 p NJ;
and good going West bound on regular
train No. 5, leaving Fairmont at 7:47
A. NJ. and returning on regular train
No. 4, leaving Wheeling at 500 P.
NJ. For tickets and full information,
call on ticket agent.
T. B. HENDERSON.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01
San Cal.

Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. o. o. F..
September 1925. One fare for the
round trip to Chicago or st. Louis ad-
ded to fares rendered therefrom (Chi-
cago $4,000; ST. Louis s47.5O). Dates
of sale to be announced later.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Cheap Excursions to the St. Louis
Worlds Fair Every Wednesday
In August, September and O.
tober-OnIy $500 Round
Trip From Fairmont.

Tickets will be good going in
coaches only on specified trains.
Returning, tickets will be good in
coaches only on all regular trains,
leaving ST. Louis not later than ten
days, including date of sale.
Call on ticket agent for time of
train and full information.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01
e, m.,AND p. BRANCH.

ARRIVE
No. 5O.-Pittsburg Accom'n 100 P. NJ.
No. 4.-Pittsburg Accom'n 9:55 P. NJ.
No. 3.-Pittsburg Accom'n 7:50 A. NJ.
No. 51.-Connellsville Ac'm 2:1O P. N.
No. SO leaves daily for Morgantown
at, sos P. NJ. No. 81 arrives from Nor
gantown at 500 A. NJ, daily except Sun
day at 500 A. NJ. Sunday only.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01
San Erancisco. cal.

Triennia1 Conclave, knights Tenn
plar, September SO. One fare for the
round trip to Chicago or St Louis
added to fares rendered therefrom
Chicago $4,000; st. Louis s47.50).
Dates of sale to be announced later.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-01

We handle a straight line of furni-
ture, window blinds, mirrors and pic
lures. Fairmont Furniture Co. OPP
posite postoffice. Z