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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-12

Tobacco platers from Virginia, Kentucky and
North Carolina are planning for a convention to
be held in Lynchburg next October for the pur-
pose of thoroughly discussing the tobacco situa-
ton and considering the various plans of secur-
ing the cooperation of tobacco planters through
out these States in an effort to obtain and main
tain profitable prices for tobacco. We will en-
deavor to have delegates in attendance from
every county in the tobacco sections, and mem
In the May number of the North Carolina
Booklet, DR.. Kemp P. Battle writes entertainingly
of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina and the parts
they played in English history. The June number
contains an account of the Revolutionary battle
of Ramsour's Mill, by Maj. W. A. Graham, of
Lincoln County. Concluding the sketch, he says:
IT do not think, in killed and wounded, in proper
ton to numbers engaged, the battle is equalled in
the Revolution. Forty killed and one hundred
wounded, out of four hundred engaged, is high
class, even in Confederate annals. The defeat
and rout of three times their number is certainly
worthy of note. No attempt has been made to
preserve the features of this battle-ground; to-day
it is titled by the pillow of the farmer, and but
slight mementoes of the battle can be seen"
The last issue of The Progressive Farmer Is
especially valuable. Farmers should have The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-12

The last issue of The Progressive Farmer is
especially valuable. Farmers should have The
Progressive Farmer. A few dollars spent in lit
erature would frequently be the best investment
than can be made.-Lumberton Argus.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
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Nv HIskEY. IN y HIS
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"Wednesday Inlornln men La y renee
2ellei, son OF A1sires''.1t5e lne ~ "
gar manufacturer wa 8 fa1slns ms
trot line in the hanawl Ia river yer l !i'1
opposite Charleston, ne. was horrlileu
when raising the 4lne near the SCUM 1'l
side of the stream 10 ma the arm q
& man HING over the me ana me,
entire body; zTeachInS the SURFACE as
he gradually pulled the boat toward u
rhe object. the boy soon saw that
the body was that OF coiored man
and Without losing any time he went
to shore for the PURPOSE OF INFORM
ing the authorities OF %hat ne had
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17

FOR RENTING nice rooms with
bath, gas and electric light Call at.
423 Jackson street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
The Measuring Party.

A large crowd attended the meas
uring party given by the EpwoT tn
Lea guers on the Bartlett lawn in the
Fifth ward last evening. Those who
had measured themselves at home
We're allowed to pay their money
.r.d pass in but the others had to be
measured at the gate. Two sets OF
numbers were given out, one to the
ladies and the other to the gentle
men. Then came the fun of finding.
the person with the correspondents
number, and then being served with
refreshments. The party was finan-
cial success and all present report an
enjoyable time. Mr.. Bartlett has a
beautiful lawn and the LeaSuers are
very grateful to him for allowing
them to have the use of it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
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MICHAEL SCHILLER, WIFE MUIR
DERER WiTHsToo THREE
ELECTRIC SHOCKS $50
FORE DEATH CANE.
ONO PENITENTLARY, COLLIN

OHIO PENITENTIARI,s lCoLUAI-
BUS, Ohio, June 17.--5Iichael Schi1-5
Ter. wife murderer, withstcod three
contacts of electricity before death
came to him in the electric chair.
Ar 1902 O'Clock in the presencesof
80 spectators, Warden Hershey turn
ed the electric current into the BODY
of the laws victim. After che usual
charge the current was turned off.
-Four physicians examined him and
he was officially declared dead The
spectators filed silently from the
close room but they had not proceed
ed far down the corridor when the
prison physician. Thomas called the
Warden back. Schiller had been I'M
strapped EIe partially fell over, and
then signs of life were seen. He
straightened UP on the chair and be-
gan to breathe heavily, Saliva ran
from his mouth and sroans sounded
throughout the chamber, chilling the
strongest men to the heart. The ex-
ecutioner had signalled to the en-
sineer in the power house that all
was over and the current was turn
ed off When the physicians an
nounced that second contact would
be necessary prison runner" was
dispatched to the engine room. Fully
twenty-five minutes interviewed and in
the meantime the condemned man
seemed to regain consciousness. AT
one time he appeared to throw back
his head as il making a desperate ef-
fort to talk.
The current was again turned on
and at 1925 the victim was given
the second shock. Twice had 1,15O
voltage been shot into him.
The third current was on for two
minutes and then there was no doubt
of his death. He was literally roast
ed
Schil1er's crime was peculiarly
brutal one-wife murder. Late in the
afternoon of June l, 1903, Michael
Schiller, saloon keeper of Youngs-
town, whose wife had secured di-g
vorce from him and the custody of
their four children, called at her resi-
dence and demanded that she resume
her marital relations with him, IN
forming her that If she refused to
comply he would cut her heart out
Schiller had been drinking and was
in an ugly mood. Mrs. Schiller re-
fused to yield to the request and, es-
Gaping from his grasp ran into the
yard to call assistance. Schiller
caught and held her while he stabbed
ner in the abdomen with a butcher
knife. She was removed to a hos
pital, where she made an ante-morten
statement for the detailing of the
facts of the Inurderous assault The
attack of Schiller on his wife was
witnessed by neighbors. who seized
him and held him.
/ After the tragedy Schiller never
made any inquiry regarding the con-
tlition of his wife, and when inform
ed of her death exhibited no signs OF
grief
Shortly before the homicide, Mrs.
Schiller sent ST 900 to her former
home in Hungary and was preparing
TO take her children there and edu
cate them, when she was murdered.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17


Park last exenin ssEs ,out forty coH
#pIess Of young peonie present.
The dancing began and SSScons
s inued #un1iL ii twelve: refreshments
we're served and q good me inSge
eraIs I'll 81 tn one Of part de- lei
scribesl The chaperons were Mes
danes i. Fitch, NJ d Christie,
Preston crowelia and L L. Ia1one- =
special car was chartered to take the
party to and from the Park. The
music was furnished by MacArthar's
orchestra. which viii furnish the.
music at the park the present season
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
May Be Postponed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. June 10
There is likelihood of a further post
ponement of the Jeffries and Munroe
fight. The club and fight managers
are comforting on the matter this al
@ternoon It is reported that Jeffries'
knee is much worse and he may not
be able to fight. for three Or four
weeks.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE.

: AS no more people seem in =
> clined to contribute to our fund =
!. for the relief of the victims of =
> the recent gas explosion, we !
> have concluded to bring the Z
= matter to finale tomorrow !
i. evening at six o'clock. There :
. fore if there be others who de- :
. sire to make contributions to :
. the worthy object, they must do :
. so between now and that time. :
!. The West Virginian, already =
. having its hands full, does not =
: wish to be burdened with the :
; distribution. of the fund, so it :
!. has appointed a committee, for =
: that purpose, knowing that it,
will give good account of its =
!. Stewardship The committee =
; consists of three we'll known :
!. gentlemen They are NJ. L.. !
/. Hutchinson, Walton Miller and Z
!. ex-Mayor Al. Lehman.
. X - <. ). ::
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
w. c. T.-u. Institute.

There will be Marion county w.
c. T. U. Institute at Pennington June
1924, in the NJ. E. church Miss
Frances Ensign, National Organizer,
will be the speaker. Entertainment
will be provided for all, and a full at:
tendance of members throughout the
county is requested,
BLANCHE PICKERING,
Cor. Sec, Marion Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17

Delightful Dance.
a delightful dance was that given
by Miss Blanche Malone at Traction
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17

FOR SALE Ssf..
Only livery business in town of
1000. Cleared e5s per cent. last year
Address Box 113, E1kins, w. Va. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17

FOR RENT--A number Of fine office
rooms for rent in the Geo. NJ Jacobs
building, Monroe street. Inquire Of
Geo. M Jacobs County Clerks Office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17

FOR RENT few choice once
rooms IN the new Peoples Bank build
ing. Apply at the Peoples Bank sS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17

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Choice building lots on irginia
avenue and Sixth street Apply Ed
win Ro binson, Gas Office ss5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
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ANNUAL BALL AT ARMoRY.
An Evening of Pleasant Entertain
rnert.

MORGANTOWN. June 1.-THE
annual ball last evening at the Ar
mory was one Of the most enjoyable
ever given in Morgantown. From,
till a reception was held. After
that the dance program was opened
with a spirited two-step, which was
q departure much enjoyed. a waltz
for the first dance is the rule. The
program consisted of twenty-four reg
ular dances, -four extras and a num-
Der of specials.
At midnight luncheon was
served in Mechanical hall. Music
for the ball was furnished by Rutter's
orchestra Of Uniontown. Captain E.
u Richards had charge of the affair.
The patronesses were Mrs. E. NJ.
Grant, Mrs, Joseph Fl. McDermott,
Mrs Wait1nan Barbe, Mrs. Russell
L. Morris, Mrs. Joseph Henry Mills.
Mrs. Clark Pickenpaugh, Mrs. James
Madison Burns, Mrs J. S. Collard,
DR.. and Mrs. Purinton and J. w. ).
Cowden and wife. ....
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17

given by the juices OF luscious fruits,
ripe and fresh, makes Jim Martins
soda so popular. The fact that all
these syrups are absolutely pure ap
peals to everyone's good sense who
values health. The water used is pure
also, and there is no Summer bever-
age SO wholesome and delicious. Try
a glass Of soda with his delicious ice
cream at the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
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sxisher is in Wheeling to,
Charles ii orris returned from Graf
slon8to-day
lastSey ening, where he conducted the
funeral Of William Morris
Prosecut ting Attorney Charles Pow
ellis IN Wetzel county on business,
Observation-Disclosures Of Free Schools
Trotter, was in town to-day be-
tween trains,
arry up Harris lost attended
The commencement exercises at Nor
gantoWn yesterday.
+. Watkins and j. E. Kee are
Parsons visitors in the city.
rev. Eddy returned from Metz
George Morrow returned from
sEIarksbnrg this morning where he
/ was tending the Prohibition con
S5yention
Pitzer, of the Fifth ward,
SEretnrned this morning from Clarks-
Burg, where he was delegate to
The state Prohibition convention.
Miss Stella Hawker, who has been
& ting her sister, Mrs. NJ. w. Ogden,
returned to her home near Shinnston
SSsaIrss ogden accompanied her.
The ball team, in charge of Captain
StillWe1l left for Weston this morn
ing, at which place they play to-day,
sTetnrning tomorrow morning.
Miss Mary Richard left this morn
IN for harrisburg. where she will
zytsIt U relatives for a few days, after
which she viii so to her home at
sssIepzipa h
Springer: returned from W.
and ID College last evening. He has
been doing preparatory work the past
year AM will enter the Freshman
class next fall.
DeBolt left today for Morgan
low u where he viii attend the meet
q IN syg Of tn Educational association,
\ and will remain for the summer
syIGEul at the J4iilVsiSlIy
.sAirs. Russ Edwards, wife of the
popular catcher OF the local team, ar,
liked in the city last night, with their
two chill dren. They viii likely remain
IN Fairnaont all season.
Mr. William Summons. a member OF
The Cadet Corps at the w. V. U,
stopped over night With a. J.. Lehman,
u On Ills way home to Cameron. MI.
san,nlor,s, is "a Cousin OF Mrs. y. l..
Lehman.
Chief and Mrs. ]. e. Morgan attend
Led commencement exercises at Nor
y gantown yesterday. They were the
b guests of their son NJ. Earl, who re-
4 refved his "A. B. degree. besides hav-
Il ing numerous other honors conferred
upon him.
From Morgantown Post.]
Miss lean Fleming, of Fairnaont,
rs here for the ball and is a guest of
n Miss Edith White.
3#s Jane Arnett, of Fairmont, who was
Il the guest of friends in the city, has
returned home.
Paul Mccoy, Of Fairmont, was here
FOR the Brown-Banniste wedding and
remained over for the closing exer-
cIses at the University, of which he
is an 5alumnus.
rs u: M Arnett and two charm
ing daug hters, Misses Margaret and
Daisy 81 Fafrmont, are visiting T. ".
ernan and sisters here for few
afrmont young ladies, Miss
BOLT and Miss Anna Durbi1n
|ss'S !s|gs; have been travelling in
Ties since last Sep.
81 lsss'3 "wednesday.
Ise a Joseph Roster
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18
MONEY ORDER CHECK RUFF
FLED A FOREIGNERS DIGNITY.
British Postmaster Generals sad
Experience in the n. Y. Postofice.

British Postmaster Generals sad
Experience I'm the n. Y. POstoHce.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE man who is
the biggest toad in his own local pud-
die doesn't amount to much in New
York. There was an amusing instance
of this fact at the postoffice the other
day. An Notwithstanding gentleman
demanded to be paid. The clerk sug-
gested that he had better identify him.
self, which he could not do.
But do you know who / am, sir7"
he Numbered. II am the ex-Postmas-
ter General OF the British colony OF
Jamaica, sir. / held that Office for
over twenty years under Her Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria, and the pres
ent King. who decorated me with the
companionship OF the Imperial Service
order on my retirement, DO you mean
60 say That i, a Postmaster General,
am to be put 20 an this trouble IA your
wretched p0stohicc2'
"Suro" said the irrevcrcnt clerk.
you may be- The Lord High Panjan-
drum with the little knob on top, but
you've got 90 be- Identified before you
gct money out of this Office"
Luckily. "a that moment man
came along who had known the ruined
Postmaster General on hia native
ho1ih nud Who also happened 40 know
tho oflciniH ~ thf New York port0nioe.
Tho money wac Then forthcoming. buf
ihe Companion of fhc Imperial service
order Wfnf nHay convinced fhaf hlf
treatment ought A. form fhe basis ~
Duane.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18

Nearly the whole of Greenland is
covered with continental ice cap
like that of the Antarctic continent.
Nansen and Peary have crossed the
inland ice, but even to reach the edge
is difficult journey. At Jakobshavn
/ persuaded a sailor to come with me,
chartered a skin boat with a native
crew, and set off at o'clock one
sunny morning. Our way led south
ward. past the mouth of Jakobshavn
Fjord, where a shoal about the size
of London is covered with damned and
stranded bergs. Some of the spires
are said to be six hundred feet high;
the overhanging coast of ice was GER
tainly more than two hundred.
The Interior of the Country.
Beyond it we had to carry the boat
over two ranges of hills, then travelled
one days march along a ford. and
finally the sailor and I, with a guide,
set off affoot upon a four mile walk.
The land was hilly, of broken rock
with a layer Of moss on top. 50 ar
ranged that one sinks through the
moss into unseen holes full of pain.
The land is not good for cripples,
and yet there were compensations, for
/ found native silver and a precious
stone called Divine, besides many love-
ly flowers, including the bluebells Of
Scotland. There were also mosquitoes
in great plenty.
Five hours of climbing brought us
to the top of Damned Mountain
(Krakraptak). and after / had photo
graphed my companions, we sat down
to fight the mosquitoes and try to
enjoy the view.
After leaving Jakobshavn the Thor
valdsen called at an outpost north
ward of Disco Island, where we pick
ed up the Governor of North Green
land and officers of the staff, taking
them on to Upernavik, the most north
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18

In each twenty measures the scale of
risk. Fog, ice pack, bergs, currents
and death trap reefs bar out casual
shipping.
GreeIand "A Forbidden Country.
There also exists an international
treaty whereby most Europeans and
Americans are forbidden to enter
Greenland. This treaty is enforced by
Denmark on behalf of her royal trade,
a government department, which is
trying to civilize the native tribes of
the country. BY this means alone can
the Eskimo people be shielded from
disease. alcohol and interference with
the hunting on which they depend for
existence.
I was fortunate in getting permis-
sion-the second granted to an English
speaking man since 1735-to visit
Greenland in one of the royal ships. At
Copenhagen l was examined by a doc
tor to make sure that l carried no con-
tagious disease to the Greenlanders. So
we sailed from Elsinore on May II In
the little bark Thorvaldsen, and just
month later sighted the Greenland
coast
The coast of Norway, best seen in
mid-winter. and certainly the grand
est in the Old World, is tame compared
with the seaboard of British Columbia
and Southeastern Alaska. / would not
disparage that coast, and yet it is not
so beautiful as the west coast of
Greenland.
The Arctic Day.
The sunny Arctic day which lasts for
months, a sky all flaming glory, the
fretted spires Of the Alps fianked with
stupendous cliffs, and based on the rest
full levels of the sea, cities of crowded
bergs, compound of dazzling light and
radiant color-such scenery as that
blots out ones former memories. The
ship went drifting on, and slowly S0(
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18
VOYAGE To A
FORBIDDEN ISLE.
GREENLAND AND ITS PEOPLE.
EXCEPT ARCTIC EXPLORERS, NO
VISITORS FOR TWO CENTURIES.

Fog, Ice Pack, BerEs, Treacherous
Currents, Death Trap Reefs ana
international Treaty Bar Out
Casual shippinE-Denmark Alone
Controls the Country-An Ameri-
can Steamer Attempted "A Cruise
of the Island in 1894, But Was
wrecked-The Most NortherIy
House on Earth and Its Occupant.
London. Dec. 17.-Being resolved
upon visiting Greenland I found that
some difficulties had first to be over
come. says a writer in Black and
White. No private vessel plies there
either with passengers or cargo from
any port of the world. Of the Dun
dee whalers few remain, and if they
happen to take fresh water on the
Greenland coast their stay is limited
to hours.
Some fishing schooners of Gloucester,
United States. frequented the Green
land banks ten years ago. but after a
couple of seasons found the halibut
catch was not to be relied on. The
MIRANDA, an American steamer, at
tempted a cruise with tourists in 1894,
but was wrecked at the gate of the
first harbor she tried to leave. One
of the fishing schooners brought her
people home.
Apart from Arctic expeditions, no
other foreign visitors have risked a
voyage for about two centuries. The
whaling ships are handled by expert
enced men. yet the Vega was nipped
last year, her people barely escaping.
For Arctic expeditions, one ship lost
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18

boys for their personal business so
that they shall not be distracted by
little matters. Yet / cannot feel that
anything, big or little, is done until
1 get the final report on it, and 1
wouldn't get the final report if they
didn't know that l never forget thing
or dismiss it from my mind. 1t is only
by practical terrorism that I can keep
the army of our employees up to the
mark. / know that they look on me
as a hard master, but 1 can't get any
thing out of them any other way"
He's right" said the manager of a
much smaller concern to whom l mem
toned this. ''That man over there
pointing to a rosy faced man who was
Enthusiastically English, lis the fore
man or superintendent of our foundry
and machine shops. He is a plain
machinist; doesn't know anything of
the new technology of metals and
mechanics, although he is studying it
now and improving fast. He isn't a
money-maker for us, either by econo-
mixing or by increasing the output.
Yet we are paying that man $50 a
week, and are so glad to pay it that we
have just made a new three years con-
tract with him. Do you know why?
Simply because he never fails to at
tend to everything that comes along.
when we get an order for a machine
to be shipped at a certain date in a
certain way, we don't have to think
of it again after we turn the order over
to him. If man telegraphs to US to
hurry something forward, or to make
an alteration in an order, or to trace
a shipment, we can send this foreman
the telegram without making a memo
randum of it. He doesn't produce
new ideas. He has not improved The
quality of our ouput. But he can be
trusted down to the ground, and that
is the rarest talent there is these days.
II makes that plain machinist worth
twice SIS a week to us, and
there is another SIS job wait
ing for another man like him"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18
TO GET MEN TO WORK
WITHOUT SUPERVISION.
One of the Big Business Problems of
the Day.

the Day.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE biggest
business problem we have" said the
treasurer and largest owner of one of
our great trusts to me yesterday, lis
the problem of getting men to whom
we can entrust a duty and dismiss the
matter, knowing that it will be at
tended to. Look here said he, point
ing at his pig library table and his
equally big roll-top desk, do you
know what nine-tenths of those pa
pers, memorandums, letters, kilograms
and so forth represent? They repre-
sent matters which l have turned over
to the different departments and en-
ployes in our various concerns for at
tention. By rights, I should be able
to sweep all this stuff off my desk into
a basket and give it to a clerk to file,
for as far as my end is concerned, 1
should be through with ii after l have
given elaborate and full instructions
regarding each case. But, as a mat
ter of fact, l do not dare to dismiss
a single item of this big business that
way. l have learned by bitter expert
ence that out of a hundred men, not
more than ten can be trusted implic-
lilly to carry anything through. 1t isn't
because they are overworked. We have
stenographers for every employee who
has any letters to write; we give our
men a staff of boys to fetch and carry;
our department heads need not lift a
hand or waste a minute in getting any
thing they need. / have even given
orders that they shall use the office
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18

erly settlement. Thence the Governor
went by boat on a cruise of hundreds
of miles through the Archipelago, in
specting outposts, and he was kind
enough to take me as his guest. Even
in skin clothes and heavy winter furs
we suffered discomfort from the cold,
as, travelling night and day and
spreading our sleeping bags in the
boat for rest, we threaded amazing
channels cholxed with bergs.
SO we came at last to Tassiusak,
the most northerly house on earth. It's
tenant is Nelson, a Dane, under whose
guidance we ventured another sixteen
miles into the wilderness.