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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
FOR ASSAULT.
clarksba.s Boy Of Fifteen Arrested
For Attempting Assault on
Girl Of Six.

cLARKSBURG, W. Va, July a.
Charles Stanfield, aged fifteen years,
is behind the bars of the county jail
here awaitig a hearing on the charge
OF attempting criminal assault on
Davis. the six-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamlin H. Davis, of
the White House Corner. East Pike
and Depot streets. The alleged at
tempt was committed yesterday at.
ternoon a short time after the dinner
hour and was witnessed by Mrs. Da.
Wis and q neighbors woman who were
some distance away. According to
the statement Of Mr.. Davis. in Mag1s.
trate Riley's court where the warrant
was issued, the little girl and the boy
were playing in a swing in the back.
yard Of the house and Stanfeld grab.
bed her and carried her upstairs,
where he was attempting to commit
the assault, when prevented by the
mother, who ran to the room. Con.
stables Rogers and Merritt arrested
the boy on East Pike street shortly
afterwards and brought him to jail.
He said he vas not the boy wantcs
that another boy had committed
the assault.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
READY FOR WORK
MANNINeToN LIGHT AND pow
Err COMPANY ARE ApyERTIs-
ING FOR TROLLEY POLES
AND CROSS TIES.

The advertisements of the Man
nington Light and Power Company
asking for trolley poles, cross ties,
and for men and teams to do grading
work which are printed in another
column of this paper. tell the story Of
what is about to happen, says the
Record.
The Light and Power Company are
ready to start work on the construc.
ton of the trolley line for which the
city council recently granted 1t a
franchise.
A representative of this paper call
ed at the Office of the company on
Market street and was informed by
William H. Furbee and George Bow.
ers that the work of building the line
will be begun as soon as teams and
men a be secured to do the work.
The work will begin at the lower
end Of Homewood and will be built
toward the city limits and thence
through Warrington.
The work will be pushed from the
start to the finish and no delays will
be tolerated.
The fact that the Light and Power
Company is advertising for trolley
poles and cross ties as well as for
teams and men to do grading work,
indicates that all branches of the
work of constructing the line will be
carried on at one time, and the
chances are good for seeing the troll.
ley cars Oh the streets of Manning.
ton before snow flies.
Professor c. R. Jones, of the State
University at Morgantown, is in the
city to-day attending to matters per.
tanning to the electrical department
OF the line.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

TO-
All Republican newspapers look
upon the "insurgent" conference yes
terday at White Sulphur Springs in
the proper light. They consider ii to
have been a mere farce. II there
was a Republican there in good stand
ing his name has not yet been report
Cd. Judge Reese Blizzard was among
them. and while his Republication
has not been questionable our knowl.
edge. yet the fact that he met with
such a gang Will go far toward de-
stroying his influence as a Republi-
can. He had a promising future, and
we are indeed sorry that he has made
a mistake that is sure to prove costly.
The gang claims TO have gone over
there in the interest Of the Republic
can party-to devise ways and e
for putting It On a safe and sane"
basis. II old long.haired Marshall
and Sam Montgomery could have
their way they would put 1t at what.
ever place Ran Stalnaker would des.
ignate. They stood Loyalty by Ran
and the five Democratic State Sena.
tors during the late session Of the
Legislature, and their attitude toward
the party they misrepresent Is no
winter. We have not seen it stated
We have not seer It stated
that Ran. was at the White, but it
is not hard to believe that he was
in close touch with them throughout
the confab.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
QUIET REIGNED

~ Ave.. LafMNn NIM|E 80 .LA
Peace prevailed with deadly persist
ence for the twenty-four hours pre-
ceding eight o'clock this morning, and
there was nothing for the mayor to
worry his graz. matter about in po-
lice court. except to prevail upon The
police force to continue the festive
pursuit Of the tagless canine The
heartIess officers are waxing sarcastic
over the invariabie complaint Of the
average amateur dog-fancier, I'm pay
ing more now than the - dog is
WORTH And the slereotyped re-
Spouse of the brutal and nnfeeling
minions of the law is coming to be:
Well then, why don't you have the
49, dog shot?r Why, indeed
Banjo Jim is the soufcs of consid-
cradle hard feeling among the mem
bers of the forcesThe police ali say
that Solicitor Stanley II responsible
for the whole business. as he gave
old Jim the pFice Of a drink when he
first showed IN last Saturday after
noon. and Jim sat down under Stan
ley's balcony and voiced his gratitude.
to the exceeding detriment OF Letcher
Jones, auction going on oyer the
way. IThea-the-caief- and Ridgely are
accusing Morris OF putting a little
plan Of theirs entirely 10 the bad just
as they had fixed things beautifully.
About nine O'Clock Yesterday morn
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
a CHALLENGE.

||.n
IL has been found possible to reduce,
the rate slightly In a few instances,
because there has been a greater in
crease in the basis of the levy. The
taxpayer who gets a 20 per cent. re-
duction in the rate of levy will also
find a 40 per cent. increase in the
valuation Of his property-Fairmont
Times.
That first sentence is wrong in!
three places. 1t should read TT has
been found possible to reduce the
rate greatly in many instances and
yet there has been no change in the,
values on specific properties" Only
two kinds OF taxpayers will find con.
ditions as pictured by the latter state.
ment Of the Times. namely, people
who have more property this year
than they had last, and people who.
have failed to give in their property
heretofore. We would be willing to
make oath and be submitted 20 cross.
examination to the effect that the a
thor OF the above editorial was max
ing a plain and deliberate attempt to
deceive his readers. We hereby
agree to give one hundred dollars to
the w. G. T. u. of this city, to be
placed to the account Of the drinking
fountain fund II the man who wrote
the above will swear he did 1t in
good faith, believing what he said
to be true. In order for him to be.
lieve his own words, he will have to
admit Ignorance Of the instructions
given to the county assessors to list
all kinds OF personal property on
the same basis as last year in &C.
cordance with the provisions Of the
law enacted by the last Legislature.
He will have to swear to a thing
which he knows is not true, that he
doesn't know where the $1,7O0,0 900 in.
crease in personally valuation for
this year comes from. 1t has been
repeatedly shown that over 500, 900
Of 1t came from the oil companies
operating in the county as valuation
on their wells, pipe lines. rigs, en-
gtnes and other equipment, and that
about 100000 came from the various
banking institutions in the county.
The remainder resulted from the as
SCISSORS finding property, money,
notes. ETC., not heretofore listed on
the tax books. We do not believe the
editor of the Times will swear to a
lie, hence we offer to make this test.
What have you to say? The oath
must be made in public, and the
writer submitted to cross.examina.
ton. Come, now, speak up, the
money is waiting.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22


II In a few isolated instances. or
under peculiar conditions, one mans
taxes Is slightly reduced. must there
not be a corresponding increase in
the taxes of some other msn:-Fair.
mont Times.
This gives Is a chance 20 bring out
one of the beauties of the new tax
laws. Every man who pays taxes on
a dollars worth of property will get
the benefit of the reduction IN rate.
and no mans property has been list.
ed any higher by the assessor this year
than last unless he has more property
or failed to give 1t in last year. In
the City of Faiimont, for instance,
there will be a reduction of $500 OH
the thousand. no matter how much or
how little property a man may have.
The rich and the poor will be bene.
htedN alike in having their taxes re,
duced. A man with one hundred dol
lars worth Of property will save &c
cents. one with one Thousand dollars
worth of property will save $500
while one who has twenty.thousand
dollars in properly will save $500
No wonder the Democrats are takins
to the bushes and seeking the sea
shore.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
The Huntington Herald thinks tina

The Huntington Herald thinks that
something like the following was
adopted yesterday by the "insur.
gents" at their White Sulphur
Springs conference:
Resolved. That we have met and
deliberated; thar we wish Editors
Byrne and Horror had been with u.:
that Dawson isn't two cents high and
that White isn't a good spittoon; that
the ew tax law isn't one potato to the
hill; that leaseholds. by CORY, are not
property by a long shot; that where.
as we are out, we want in; that
whereas we are hungry, we must be
fed; that to this end we will fight,
and, in the language OF Billy the Kid,
damned be he who first hollers hold
enoughi"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

me Times says there has been a
20 per cent. reduction in rate and a 40
per cent increase in valuation. Then
there will certainly be more than a 5
per cent. increase in the mount of
taxes raised. and If SO that is against
the law and another big cut in the
county levy will have to be made.
That would drive the Times editor
stark crazy. so L is fortunate that
the statement made isn't true. In
fact there is a reduction of only 10,
per cent. in the county levy, so If the
increase were forty per cent. in valu.
alton the members of the county II
could be entoined in their action and
made to reduce the levy several per
cent. more.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

And SO half Of the White Sulphur
conferences used back window to es.
cape detection. Can 1t be that these
patriots We're not proud of the job Of
saving the party?-wheeling Intel.
3igencer.
Not half but the entire gang will
wish It had not been seen there in
the course Of q few weeks. 1t has
leaked out that great surprise was
expressed by some OF the more active
sinsurgents'' that there was SO slim
an attendance.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

II It NOT for the Fairmon.
West virginian, the Charleston Dali,
Gazette and the Parkersburg Dis.
patch, what would the Parkersbure
State Journal do for its editorial
pagez And were it not for the
Charleston Gazette. the Parkersburs
State Journal and the Falrmnpt
Times. what would the Fairmont
West 'virginian do2 And what would
we all do II we did not have those oc.
c%asional saffairs1 between these news.
pfpers. love and other kinds?-clarks.
burg Telegram.
The State Journal pays attention
to papers which Have something in
them Why doesn't the Telegram get
in the notwithstanding State Jour.
nal.
Yes why doesn't it get IN the list.
and again why doesn't it make a fair
exchange with its contemporaries
The Daily Telegram Of yesterday
eFriday) reached our ofice this morn.
ing for the first time this week II Il
win tote fairly 1t may get in the
--fr<-fr-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
4 MERE JueeLE o. EleuREs.

The Yves, v,rs,r,., ~ aas,ss,
the ieyies that have bean ia,a ~
State. county = aistr,ct -nn-no.as
showing n Fsorne -,nstan.es rear.
ions In the rate This tshIa :, go
PARSONS leads nc yysst Ji-.,niss -
exultjnplv boast tba+ ,axas .m ~
lower this vear T,t,n ~, -
rates Of levy nd n ba.,. ~ a.mnua..
and leaving mt the nate :, ..
creased assessmert -, .o,,..a -.
Womb he lower M, ~ Sas.s. =,
increased assessment q n nc nr,,a
sition and .musf he ra.,onaa ,,i.s :,
the lsyies NJ M. ya.r 80 -
tended ON tbe a-ss.ssmants Ia.
year the boasts WOMB 'ha ,,a,, -.
ed. ppt how bas 4, No. nsa.rn,a !.
reduce the rates ~ The ,a,,,aao ~
has been no red,ct,on ., $50,
TIRES. n wnl reo,,ira ,,,r, -
money to defrav tho svnansas :. ~
state. copntv ana a,st.,.. aona-s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

Can 1t be possible that those Sin
surgents" went down to White Sui
phur Springs to surrender peacefully
and MISUNDERSTANDING State
Journal.
We do not know as to that, but 1t
Is a safe guess that old l~ong-haired
Marshall, Of Hancock, peacefully and
gracefully filed up on highballs pro.
vided some other .insurgent" ordered
and paid for them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

II rs much. or more. taxes are col.
lected this yea than were collected
last year where does the reduction
come in?-Fairmont Times.
The Democrats are considerably
wool-gathered on how Republicans
a lower taxes and no honest man
suffer. but they are doing that very
thing and doing it easily.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
HouLT.

Born. Thursday. July 20, unto Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Lloyd. a boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Prickett from
the oil field. are visiting his parents,
at Viola and his wife's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William McElfresh. of Can
ton. They ere guests of Theodore
McElfresh Friday. 4
A a load of goods have arrived
for the superintendent in charge of
construction Of the bridge. He is to
move in n of E. H. Hoult's houses.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

The editor Of the State Journal has
been sued a half dozen or SO times
for characters he has ruined in sums
ranging from ive thousand to twcn.
ty-ive thousand dollars. He has not
paid a cent yet and doesn't expect to
pay a single red copper-Parkers.
burg State journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
saved. from Drowning.

A dispatch from Poughkeepsie, NJ
Y. states that Judge. A. B. Parker
and his 1ive.year-old grandson were
saved from drowning this morning by
a photographer. The grandson was
swimming on the Judges back, hold
ing his arms around the Judges neck.
thus choking him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

Miss Dora M, Rowe will leave to-
morrow for, Pittsburg to spend a few
days before going onto Chautauqna,
n. Y. to spend the remainder of the
summer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

A friend Of ours suggested las,
night on hearing that the editor OF
the Times had gone to the seashore
that he vas evidently taking water
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22
Fairmon. Beat cIarksburo.

A first-class game of ball was play
ed at Traction Park yesterday after.
noon between the Y. M. C. A. team
and the All-collegiate team of Clarks.
burg. Rettz pitched great ball for
Fairmont and won his game 81.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

1t can be truthfully said, that the
"insurgent" gathering at White Sui.
phur Springs consisted of a little
gang of would-be leaders but no fol.
lowers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

The Anderson Advertiser. which has
been an independent newspaper. has
become otherwise, having cast It's
fortune with the party that does,
things-the party that lifts the tax
burdens from the people and endeay.!
ors to make everybody pay his Just
proportion OF taxes for the support
OF the government. In Short the al.
derson Advertiser has become a full
fedged Republican newspaper.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

II there Us anybody in this State
Dawson. Eikins and Presley Morris
excepted3that the Fairmont West
Virginian has not been calling names
or throwing mud at, let him stand
up and be eounted.-wheeiins Reg
lister. /
Certain Democratic whippersnaps
pers occasionally jump on to the West
yirgintan. and when it-nromptlS
squelches them the Register imagined
hat the entire Democratic party,
.insnrgents" included, has been ret
pulsed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

Special sale in stogies at Lloyd's
old stand. 314 Main street, Saturday
only.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

The Times homemade railroad
news is very unreliable. We said
SO the other day, and to-day's dis.
patches prove it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

Mrs. Firm B. Smith and Miss vir.
GINA Goff, of Pittsburg. are the
guests of Mrs. Hettie Johnson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

Sun rises /. ...............4:47 A. NJ.
sun sets .....1:25 p. M.
lMamimum temperature SO
Minimum !. .....................s3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-22

Miss Sara Morgan, of Eldora, is
spending a few days in the city.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-09
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids for the construc-
ton of a cement sidewalk will
be received by the County Conn.,
missioners of Hand comfy at the
office of the county auditor up to
l o'clock 2. NJ, Sept. 9Th 1905,
at which time the county com
missioners will meet to open and
consider said bids.
Said sidewalk to be five feet
wide and on the east and south
sides of the court house block.
and a curb on the south side.
Board reserves right to reject
any or all bids.
w. e Morrow,
Co. Auditor.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-09
Rec Heights and Vicinity.

Glen Willet made a trip
to Sioux City.
Albert Kelley is building
a granary to receive his Bug
crop.
Frank Robbins is helping
Gardner Bros. and is a
No. / man.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Al
mond have a 10-pound girl
at their home.
The Jennings started the
first of the week for their
new home in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gard
ner drove southwest to
view the mammoth crops.
!. VIM. Richmond is finish
ing his second cottage. 1t
will be the largest residence
in town.
Rev. Robbins has a three
weeks vacation. During
This time Sunday school
will begin at II o'clock.
Austin Connolly and j. S.
Miller bought new bind
ers. Mike Lasalla and Joe
Somer took out new now
ers.
Miss Harding, of Mitch
ell, has been hired to teach
the Tower grades. but the
school principal has not
been secured.
Emma Lucetta Maynard,
the blind elocutionist and
musician, gave a most sat
isfactory entertainment here
on the 4th inst. The lady
ranks well up with the best
readers and singers travel
ing and should have a pack
ed house wherever she goes
for her ability to entertain
and please the public is
hrstclass. 1t is hoped that
she will give another date
here in the future, so we'll
were the people pleased
with her.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-09

Ramey & Scott shipped
six cars Of cattle Saturday;
also Mr.. Brown shipped six
cars.
Mrs, Clink bought the
Robt. Holmes house and
will move to her land west
of town.
Arthur Lew and son were
in from 20 miles north with
TIVE loads Of corn for which
they received 80 cents a
bushel.
Henry Scott who recently
made a trip to Iowa says
that crops appear better
from Wolsey west than any
where else.
Chas. Hammill with the
new addition to his shop is
turning out more work.
Geo. Elfrink helps him
occasionally.
The postofice has been
rearranged quite lastly and
if a patron gets hot about it
he is put in good humor by
a dish of ice cream.
Gardner Bros. have the
contract for the Deuel..
house. Mr.. Camp is doing
the carpenter work and Mr..
Maxwell the mason work.
Chas. Messenger is emit
tied to the hrst medal as q.
catcher of pickerel and
perch. He had hardly cast
his line in the creek north,
the hook baited with a COM
mon angle worm, than it
was grabbed up by 2S-inch
pickerei weighing about 6
pounds. The hook was a
tiny one on a small line.
Then to add further to his
laurels as a successful fish
eEman he hauled out twelve
perch each weighing a
pound. The climax was
capped after the Richmond
hotel guests had partaken
OF some of the well cooked
fish.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-09
Mrs. rrank Bnrke and baby arc yis-

Mrs. Frank Burke and baby are Wis
iting relatives here.
Mrs. John Wilson and daughter
Ruth are back from Iowa,
E. T. Losey, assistant %superinten-
dent of the agricultural department
Of the Huron State fair, was in town
Saturday. He stated that work is
booming on the fair grounds and that
the fair will be a hummer this
year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-09

The old settlers and old
soldiers of Hand county
will hold their annual en-
campment at st. Lawrence
grove Sept. /.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-09
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Mr.. Hambly is clerking
for Butts & Reeve.
Seth Wyland took out a
load of lumber today.
Mrs. Frank Myers is
gradually getting better.
Reeve and Bntts are
building up a big business.
Ollie Lawrence has the
contract for painting at the
mission.
Mr.. Cochran and wife
have moved to rooms in the
Whitcomb block.
Judge CAROLS residence
is nearly completed and is
one of the finest in the city.
The young printers Of
this office are furnishing
nice sweet corn to the hun
cry.
Johnnie Heilman and
Klace Koch were in from
Dean Monday after binder
repairs.
Clare Butts is back from
the coast where he left his
wife and children to visit
longer.
The Lincoln Walton
thrashing machine started
southeast of here today on
barley.
The addition to the
Schoolhouse has been raised
and the work is progressing
rapidly.
Rev. j. E. Booth has re-
turned from Philadelphia
where he left his father in
poor health.
These hot days are a re-
minder that winter with
frostbites in. his grip will
come along in about IL
weeks.
The Minneapolis Jour
nails large circle of admir-
ers here were beginning to
feel blue because A. j. Rus
sells Long Bow Depart
ment was not being tuned
by his genius lately, but the
smiles come back now to
his readers as they again
find him in his bright cor
ner, more entertaining and
humorous than ever.
A number of business
men and farmers met with
three of the commissioners
Saturday to see about a
county appropriation Of
$500 for a fair exhibit.
The board decided not to
appropriate We believe
this is a mistake. 1t would
beni6t everybody to at
tract people here by a big
exhibit at the state fair.
The nonresident land
would be made more valu-
ahIa apd no ourb+ ~ bnJn
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-03-28
The Easter Hat.

The Easter hat this year is to
be something entirely new, and
it will have much to do with
creating the new type OF Easter
girls.
For many years past Easter
Sunday has come so early in the
season that a hat of straw and
flowers has seemed distinctly in
congruous. This year the Eas-
ter hat will be suitable to the
season. It will be a varied hat
as to it's shape, and in size it will
strike a happy medium. The
brims of the majority of the new
hats flare in the most astonish-
ing of ways. They not only
turn up in the front and at the
sides, but in the back. The
most noticeable feature, in fact,
of the newest hats in the way the
brim turns straight up at the
back, and, generally speaking, it
is here that the most effective
trim ming is massed. April Wo-
mans Home Com panion.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-03-28
Revival Services.

Revival Services at the First
Christian Church, corner otSher-
man and Jessamine streets still
continue.
Rev. Hazen, returned mis-
sionary from Southern India will
occupy the pulpit tonight for
Ed. Daugherty and will tell the
people about mission work in lar
away India. All are cordially in
vited to attend. Tomorrow even
ing (Wed.) at 7:30 P. m. Kew
Will T. Cummunins, Of the First
M. E. church, will preach for
Ed. Daugherty. Rev. Cum
Minis is a live wire and all are
cordially invited to hear him
Wednesday evening.