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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
Young Men Wanted.

Every young man in Point Pleas
ant is wantedi Wanted from the
street corners, from the loafer's
rendezvous. from the idler's PROM
enade; turn your steps into the
highway of noble aim and earnest
work. There are prizes enough
for every successful worker, crowns
enough for every honorable head
that goes through the smoke of
conflict TO victory
There is within the young man
an uprising of lofty sentiment
which contributes to his elevation,
and though there are obstacles to
be surmounted and difficulties to
be vanquished, yet with truth for
his watchword, and leaning on his
own noble purposes and exertions,
he may crown his brow with hon
ors. He may never wear the war
rior's crimson wreath, the poets
chaplet of bays. or the statesman's
laurel's. though no grand universal
truth may at his bidding be con-
fessed to the world, though it may
never be his to bring to success.
full issue a great political revolu,
tion-to be the founder of repub
lie whose name shall be "a distin-
guished star in the constellation OF
nations. yea, more, though his
name nay never be heard beyond
the limits of his own neighborhood.
yet is his mission none the less a
high and holy one.
But why do SO few young men
of early promise. whose wise hopes,
purposes, and resolves were as "a
diant as the colors of the rainbow,
fail to distinguish themselvesf
The answer is obvious. They are
not willing to devote themselves to
the toilsome culture which is the
price of success Whatever apti-
tude for particular pursuits nature
may donate to her favorite chill.
dren, she conducts none but the
laborious and studious to distinc-
ton. +
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
TRANSFERS.

May Geo w Burrows and
wife to John g Roush. 10 acres,
Graham Dist, $3.50
flames Fades and wife to
Ellen George. l acre 1S poles,
Hannah dist, 81.
6-Frederiok Long and wife to
Josiah Arlington, 20 acres and 35
poles, Clendennin dist, SIPS
Geo Dunlap and wife to G
E Slayton. 70 acres 81 poles, :
dist, $780,; adj Ben Hall.
samuel V Baker and wife to
John Hill, 35 acres, Clendennin
dist, $500
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

In the District Court OF the united states for
the Southern District OF West Virginia.
In the matter OF
John a. Armstreen az In bankruptcy.
Late partners, doing business as Armstrong
Brothers, Bankrupis.
To the creditors of +. H Armstrong and John
A. Armstrong, late partners doing busi-
ness Armstrong Brothers, and also TO
the creditors Of E. n. Armstrong and John
A. Armstrong. respectively
Notice Is hereby given that on the 25th
day OF April, A. D., 1904, the said E. a. Arm
strong and John A. Armstrong, late partners
doing business as Armstrong Brothers, were
duly adJudged bankrupt; and that the first
meeting OF their creditors win be held at the
law office OF Charles E. HogE, in the town OF
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Vtr-
ginia. on the 18th day OF May. A. ID 1904, at
one O'Clock in the afternoon, At which time
the said creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint trustee, examine the
bankrupt, aud transact such other business
as may properly come before said meeting.
CHAS. E. HOGG,
May s. Referee in Bankruptcy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
Methodist General Conference.

The Methodist general confer.
ence which began its sessions at
Los Angeles last week, will deal
with matters of great importane e
to the large and influential body OF
Christians which it represents
Four bishops are to be elected to
fill vacancies, and it is possible that
two more may be chosen to take
the places of two bishops who may
be retired or placed on the super
anuated list. In addition many
other important positions in the
church are to be filed. The ques.
ton of amusements is also likely
to come up for consideration, as
there is party advocating con
siderable relaxation in the rules
upon the subject
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

There is a girl at Morgantown
who is so bashful that she cannot
see sleeping oar, without blush
ing. and she faints at the sight of
undressed lumber. But che lie
hardly as foolish as an old maid at
Fairmont, who covers the face of
the clock in her bedroom every
night before undressing for bed and
even has lingerie on the legs of
her bedstesd. However, there is
q sweet young thing at Grafton,
who will not look at a tree in the
winter time for fear she will see a
naked limb, and she will not ex-
press an opinion fearing to un-
bosom her mind. But Gallipolis
girl, who is so modest that she pre-
fers a falsehood to the naked truth,
rather takes the bakeshop.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
Commencement.

The Mason High School will
hold their commencement exercises
on Tuesday evening. May 81 1904,
in Washington Hall Following
is the name of the graduates and
the program:
CLASS ROLL
HEoDoRE YOUNG.
CHARLES O'NEIL.
MARGARET GREss.
EDWARD CAMPBELL
GORDON GREsS.
PROGRAM:
Motto-'swen Begun is Half Done,
Invocation-Rev. ]. Q. Mckee.
Music
Opening Address-Prof. W. A. Roeeberry
Education OF the Mind through the Senses, p
THEODORE YOUNG
THE Growth of our Republic''
CHARLES o,NEIL
'sThe Problems OF To-Day
MARGARf GREsS
The Culture OF the Mind"
EDWARD CAMPBELL
"Valedictory"
GORDON GRkss
Music
Prrentation of Diplomas-Stephen Icenhauel
Address-Hon. Virgil A. Lewis
Glass Colors-Purple and Gold
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

One of the largest mud turtles
ever taken from the Greenbrier
river was caught on a hook and
line by little oolored lad last Mon
day at the mouth of Knapps creek.
Its head was out off at 10 O'Clock
in the morning and at 5 in the
evening it was still kicking and
was skinned only after much diff
GUILTY; the claws had to be held by
one person while the other did the
disseoting. The heart was remov-
ed and it's beats could easily be
seen an hour misunderstanding
ton Messenger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

No workingman should ever
object to government by injunc-
ton after reading the following
from Theodore Roosevelt: MEN
who object to what they style gov
eminent by Injunction are, as re-
CARDS the essential principles of
government, in hearty sympathy
with their remote, skin-clad an
cestors. who lived in caves. fought
one another with stone-headed
axes. and ate the mammoth and
woody rhinoceros."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
AMBRosIA
Mrs E s Bright was shopping at
Point Pleasant Thursday.

Mrs II > Bright was shopping at
Point Pleasant Thursday.
Grace Russell, who has been
confined to her home for some
time with typhoid fever, is we are
glad to say much improved
Alpha d Wilcoxen. the bust
ling merchant of Santown. was q
visitor at Gallipolis Wednesday.
Writ Spurlook. of Ashton, wac
visiting relatives at this place this
week.
James Duff and family have
moved from this place to Three
Mile.
Bette and Maggie Rice were
the guests of Marie Spurlock last
week.
E s Bright, has been on the
sick list this wetk
John Crooks. of San Town, left
for Pittsburg Tuesday, where he
has employment
Marie Spurlook left Friday for
Cedar Grove, where she has a
position as clerk in store.
Flo and Oma Greer. were the
guests of Mrs Harold Bright last
week
Mrs Harold Bright. gave party
Wednesday evening. go those
present all report delightful
time. Those present were Misses
Oma and Flo Greer, Bette and
Maggie Rice. Nellie Foreman,
Maggie Pullin. Marie Spurlock,
Katie Burns Messrs Jesse and
John Hall. Nell and Lue Mo
Daniel, AL Spurlock, Merton and
Samuel Duff, Writ Spurlock and
Willie Foreman.
Harry Morgan, who was acoi
dentally shot by gun going off,
is we are glad to say fast inprov-
ing. A MoUNTAINEER
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
Hedging.

The season is nearly here once
more for Republican hedging. I'm
mediately after elections they are
in the habit of breaking out as
suddenly as children with canker
rash, with fiery and fierce denun-
Citations of the trusts. Nothing on
this earth, they declare, from q
shifty President down, is SO soul.
less, so black, SO utterly wicked as
these great combinations of capital
that stifie healthful competition
put damper upon individual in
dustry and enterprise. and promote
white slavery.
They must say such things at
some time, yon see, for their rank
and file who know how it is them
selves demand it. And so they Sc
lect the times and seasons in which
they can do it with the greatest
safety.
But as election times steal
around again, these gentlemen
season their admiration" little.
They gradually become little less
and less rabid and pronounced.
They will tell you, as Senator Dol
liver did the other day in the U. s.
Senate, that trusts are not necessa-
rily SO great an evil after all. Good
trusts. mind you. For as there are
black sheep in every flock SO there
are good trusts and bad trusts.
And it is so difficult to draw a def
mite line of demarkation between
them. And it is so much better
that many wicked trusts should go
unpunished than that one good
trust should suffer. And so on
and so forth
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

This is going to be a year in
which politics will probably inter-
fere with some of the business in
terests of the country. The large
business affairs of the nation, even
will be somewhat hampered by
the interest taken in politics by
SO many men of strong ability.
While the manufacturers and ex-
porters may be concerned about
government policies, still the re.
taller should be able to go ahead
and have good season despite the
excitement of the general election
This need not be b.d year for
the retailer just because of the
election.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Before Congress took snap ad-
journment for campaign purposes
it had spent s78l 900. 900 plus $24
100000 of obligations incurred and
to this must be added the Panama
investment, $5O.OO0.OOO more Ten
years ago "a billion dollar Con.
gress startled and alarmed the
country, but now we have almost
a billion dollar session.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

In his RANCH Life Opp. 9 and
10) Theodore Roosevelt wrote that
the cowboys were sbrutaIly dis
sipated" but "They are much bet
ter fellows and pleasanter COM
panions than small farmers or
agricultural laborers; nor are the
mechanics and workmen of great
city to be mentioned in the same
breath"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Secretary Taft is going about
the country telling the people that
on no account should the Filipinos
be encouraged to expect independ-
ence. He says we must cease
talking about it. He announces
that the doctrine of self-govern-
ment is IAN impossible dogma"
and a rhetorical phrase" and the
less said about it the better. The
English have always talked the
same way about Ireland.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

A century or more ago George
Washington owned some land in
West Virginia in the Ohio valley.
He received it from the govern
ment, and had title to it. But in
some manner another individual
laid claim to part of it, and brought
suit along about the beginning OF
the nineteenth century to establish
his claim. He alleged that Wash
sngton had used fraud to get pos.
session of the land, and the case
got into the courts of Harrison
county while Dabney Carr was on
the bench. Judge Carr took up
the case and read the petition OF
the plaintiff. He remarked: 81
wouldn't have a id thing to dc
with a case in which Geo. Wash.
ington is charged with fraudr'
The suit is still pending in the
Harrison county oourts.-Revela.
tions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Senator Lodge defiantly said
just before Congress adjourned.
I'VE will not revise the tariff now;
we will not investigate the Post
Office Department now; we are
going straight ahead and when we
get ready we will do whatever we
see fit to do about these things"
In other wores, I'VE will do what
ever we please and when we please
and thus we serve notice upon the
people of the United States" This
seems to be the accent of the boss.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
Women Serve On Iuries

There has been wide discussion
much expression of over wrought
opinion of the recent impaneling
of jury of women in Chicago to
determine the question of seperat-
ing destitute mother and child or
sending both to charitable insti-
tuition. AS plain matter of fact
a jury of women is not a new
thing to this country at all. In at
least a half dozen states the laws
admit women to the jury box and
there is no end to the official re-
cords of their efficient service.
From the time the franchise was
granted to women in Wyoming
territory. during all its early
development, women served ON
grand and petit juries. Chief
Justice Howe, of the territory
said. as far back as 1872:
After the grand jury had been
in session two days the dance.
house keepers, gamblers aud demi.
monde fled out of the territory in
dismay to escape the indictment of
women JURORS. have never, in
25 years experience, in the courts
of the country, seen a more faith
full and resolutely honest grand aud
petit jury than these.
During the many years that
Howe was chief Justice he con-
stantly summoned women as jurors
and repeatedly gave the strongest
testimony as to their efficiency.
In compiling the first volume of
the laws of Wyoming. Secretary
and Acting Governor Edward M.
Lee quoted a former governor as
saying:
The only dissenting voices
against woman suffrage have been
those of oonviots tried and found
guilty by women jurors.
During the time that women
voted and were there eligible for
jury service in Washington terri
tory. the distinguished Roger s.
Greene was chief Justice, and in a
charge to a grand jury partly made
up of women he said.
Twelve terms of court have L
held in which women have served
as grand and petit jurors. and it is
certainly a fact beyond dispute
that no other IL terms SO salutary
for restraint of crime ever have
been held in this territory. For
10 years 1 have been trying to do
what a judge ought. but have
never until now felt underneath
and around me. in the degree that
judge has right to feel it, the
up buoying might of the people
in the line of full and resolute en-.
forcement of the law"
so the Chicago jury SO dubious
ly discussed as an experiment was
no experiment at all.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Everybody has heard of the foxy
farmer that put heavy stones in his
butter rolls, but a new wrinkle has
come to light, A Wheeling buck
ster buying from Marshal county
territory brought roll of butter to
town that shows a new departure.
He purchased a 2.pound roll and
when it was out in half piece of
fat meat was disclosed, weighing
easily a pound and a half, the but
ter merely covering the outside.
The farmer had thus succeeded in
getting % cents per pound for fat
that would hardly have brought
him z cents. And still some peo-
pie talk of the rural population
buying gold bricks
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

In speech made by Theodore
Roosevelt at the Wool Exchange
in New York City in October,
1896, he said "Mr Bryan and his
adherents have appealed to the
basest set in the land. the farmers ="
This man who so viciously ira
duoed the character of the best
type of American citizenship now
asks their votes for PRESIDENT
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Had they always spent as much
as they earned Rockefeller and
other millionaires would today be
as poor as the rest of us. It is
not SO much question of the size
of mans salary as the size of his
savings that makes him wealthy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

All over the country there is a
protest against the management of
public schools. Spelling, geogrs-
ply, history, and all elementary
studies seem to be neglected and
pretence takes the place of real ao-
quirement.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

The Cincinnati woman who
drowned her baby at the ZooEis
about as resp nsibIe as the Iioness
at the institutions, whose example
the woman followed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
TRUSTEES SALE
Of Valuable Real Estate near the
Town of Point Pleasant,
Mason County.
w. Va.

HNDER and by virtue of certain deed of
trust executed by John w. Icenhower
ana sarah 2. Icenhower, his wife. 10 the un-
aerslghed trustee, dated the 18th day or
March, 1905, recorded IN the ONCE OF the
Clerk Of the County Court OF Mason County.
" est virginia, In trust deed book No. >,
tam dsos therein fully described. in favor OF
the Modern Building & Loan Association,
Terms and provisions in said trust deed
speelned, and said debt having Seeome due
ana payable, and default having been made
IN the payment thereof. and being required
~ the said Modern Building 4 Loan Asso-
elatlon, the creditor secured by the deed OF
trust Aforesaid, 1. the undersigned Trustee,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
WOOL! WOOL!

Parties having wool for
sale will do well to call on
or address JAMES SOM
ERVILLE, Point Pleasant,
W. Va. He will buy any
quantity, and will pay the
highest market price in
CASH.
may If.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Tothe patriots making the ma
tons law Beneath the Capitol's
noble dome. There's not a cent
left" said Secretary Shaw. So
they all ran home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

If the reader will listen atten-
lively he will shortly hear rever-
berations of the oampaign-Re.
publican statesmen going about
the country telling the people
that this has been an economical
session of Congress because it
spent only SSOO.OOO.OOOl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

The John 81 Sparks Show which
exhibited here last Friday. was one
of the oleanest and best shows that
ever struck Point Pleasant. Every
act is good one. The men con-
nected with the show are gentle
men, and not fakir was seen on
the grounds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Sunday excursion to Huntington
on the handsome steamer Tacoma,
will no doubt be patronized by a
large number of onr people. The
fare for the round trip is Scots.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

The attendance at the World's
Fair the first day was Isl. 7SS, and
of this there were lis. ABB record
ed admissions-more than that of
any other Worlds Fair by many
thousands.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

The committees of the Hunting
ton Tri-State Fair Association.
which have the matter in charge,
are actively engaged in prepar-
atoms for making Fourth of July
the most successful celebration of
the kind that has ever been known
in the history of Huntington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

WANTED.-Manager for New
Branch of our business here in
Point Pleasant. Write promptly.
with references, The Morris Whole.
sale House, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

1t is now said that the late VIM.
O. Whitney, who was supposed to
be worth % millions. hardly left
enough estate to pay his debts.
But while he lived he lived in
Glover.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

A Cincinnati man committed
suicide because he could not go to
a ball game. He opened the next
life with pistol ball.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

The Presidents idea of nom
craftsmanship seems to be to per
NIT Democrat to hold office if
the law absolutely requires it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Oil drilIers at Crockett, Texas.
recently come upon the trunk of a
tree at a depth of 1000 feet. The
wood'was hard and the tree meas
ured between two and three feet
in diameter
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
Used for Pnenmnnia-

DIR g J Bishop of Agnew, Mich,
says, 81 have used Foley's Honey and
Tar in three very severe cases of
pneumonia with good results in every
case" Refuse substitutes. At Van
elders.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

The primary election held in
Kanawha county last Saturday by
the Republicans was rotten to the
core. 1t was the most corrupt
thing ever carried on in this or
any other state.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Big Loans For War Purposes
Japan has borrowed $50. 0O0,0 600
in England and America, and Rus
STA goes to France and borrows
S2OO,OOO,OOO.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Several of ur people took in the
excursion to Columbus. last Sun.
day. and report a most enjoyable
trip.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

In tho Republican state conven-
ton of Texas. the Rev. Daniel
Abner prayed as follows: Grant
one favor, o Lord. and We will be
satisfied. o Lord, We ask of Thee
that you don't let your party be de-
feated this yearI" This is the first
intimstion we have had of celestial
politics.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

There is now an opinion not con-
fined to party lines in this state
that Teter is as weak a candidate
as Dawson and that. irrespective
of which one may be nominated,
Henry G Davis can lie elected
Governor This opinion is not a
sentimental growth of conditions
now existing in this state, but solid
belief founded upon the good sens g
and sound judgment of the votere.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Should Mr.. Dawson receive the
nomination, as his friends say he
will do. he will find that the CON-
test has just begun
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11
Warming Notice.

To whom Il may concern:
Having removed 20 Point Pleasant and my
wife, Henrietta Garland, refusing 10 remove
with me, and thus ABANDONING the home
provided by me for her. notice Is hereby
given that will not be responsible Tor any
debts OF her contracting made affer this date.
and all persons are hereby warned nom hary
boring, credtting or In any way allowing
her credit on my account, as win not pay
the same. This 9Th day of May, 1904.
w. n. GARLAND,
May 4-pd
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-05-11

Mr.. William Kinder of Gallis
county. Ohio. died Saturday. May
9Th, 1904. at the age of 70 years
and 80 days. He was ons of Gallia
county's successful farmers and
highly respected in the community
in which he lived.