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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17
UNCLAIMED. LETTERS

List of unclaimed letters adyer-J
tiscd in the Clarksburg, W. Na-s
most Office, Oct. 16, 1908:
r. A. Aldrish, Lacy Anderson, zoe
R,rnes. Miss Mary L. Bartlett, Rob-.
ert NJ. Bell, Mrs. Belle Harry, Clelaz
cnte Crisci, Frank II. Carr, Mrs. -
NJ. Cooper, Mrs. Earnest Come1te:
Miss Jennie Cadoul, Conway q
Swaoer. Mrs. g. B. Davis, Miss Etlle
Davidson. George Drummond, Mrs.
n S Davis. John r. Davies. DAISY.
Fleimng. f. F. FindIey,. B. R-.l-
Faddcn. Toglia Rosario JufronciSo9-
Miss Lilv Fortney, Miss LeoHora y ~
Freeband. Mrs. Agnes Sfarret ~ = ::
q Greathouse, Giuseppe Galatl
FRANCISCO, Miss DAISY Goodman.
lose Garcia, Jas. Grieves, MISS
Laura Golden. p. E. Gain, Miss MT =,
-, csodden., Miss B. Raymond, Z. y
4ornick Miss pava Hutchinson, .
9 Harper. John A. Hinkle, Miss
Mary Henry. Mrs. VIM. i:1nas e !
James Ice, George Irvine, Mrs. ,t iu.t
Jenkins, James Jackson: AlG ",
Kalstrom. Mikal Kramer, MISS 9al
san Kelley. c. NJ. eFeI.vere, Cecii
NTnrris p. Fl. McCaulslSy, Margt-
Miller stanley c. Morris, James ,SE
! r Nve Mrs. Nellie Osburn, M; ",
Pbj1lins Miss Nellie Pool, MISS
audrey Ross, Albert Roesler; Elmer
Robinson. Dorsey B. Stout, Her1 na
" Smithey, Miss Mary Schultz on
tal simth, Mrs. Julie Tailor , Mrs.
Julia Taylor, Lambert Taylor, MAR Mar
! tin Thompson, Martin Thompson.
MIS- Berdie Winter, J. b. Williams
Miss Ollie Weelen, Mrs. Roy Whist
ier MIS-, Vim. White, Stanario Fer
nandez, William Woodson:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17
HOMEMADE PRODUCT.

In this day of prosperity and adj
vancement. it is noticeable in some
sections that farmers depend less and
less on the products of the farm The
fact Is, they have prospered so that
they do not rely as much on their
own resources as formerly. They
neglect to some extent to be the pro-
ducers of grains, pork and other
meats they used to be. But. the
reason probably is they do not have
to be such great raisers of agricul-
tural products. because they find life
much easier than they did formerly.
However, the fact that they DO not
follow these lines as extensively as
formerly has its effects on the coun-
try as a whole. as every one knows.
and no more pointedly is it shown
than in the clipping below taken
from the American Farmer:
HIt is regrettable to hear that so
many farmers have ceased to cure
their own meat and are depending.
just like MS poor city folks, on pack
ing horse products. Is it possible
that we are Threatened with The
calamity of seeing the countrv-curcG
ham and bacon 90 out of fashion
and he added TO the list of lost arts !?
Heaven forbid! Some years ago all
farmers had their smoke-houses and
raised and cured their own meat. In
those blessed DAYS nobody had heard
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES abom-
nations of this age. but now il is
hard to get the old time Injuries
anywhere We should think it a
good custom 10 revive on large
scale. for purposes of profit alone. TO
say nothing of once more being able
to ruiov that inimitable tidbit-thc
cOuntrv-cured ham, The latter
properly put up. will bring doubl"
the price of the packin%-house pro-
duct among the well-to-do in all the
large cities and the patent process
breakfast bacon cannot compete with
thai smoked and cared for as in the
earlier days We have suffered
enough by modern innovations with
out being asked to give up the mcS'
cherished dish of our childhood
the inimitable country ham. sid
mcat. shoulder and 'streaked mid
ding
Whatever the cause for the chang
of conditions. ii certainly appears
that greater production nn.tAr bono
farms and more homegrown meat'
and other products would be ad-
vantages and make independent inc
farming classes even more 50 than
now. and at the same time be very
beneficial to the city fellows from
the health standpoint,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17
CAPTAIN DEBONNAIRE"

Paul Gilmore, who after three
.aosons Of uncommon success in So,
e ciety plays like .'The Mummy E[lr', and
the Humming Bird, "9and Tine ~
r r Of Tears" has turned to TO-
mantle drama again, and will appear
~ the Grand Opera House on Thurs,
day night in his newest play AN, and
,srsatcsf success "Captain Deboni
naire'' This is pleasing prospect
for our play lovers, for in this day ,,y
and time the American stage mas 10
actor who can portray the irreslStl-
bic gallant of three centuries ago 50
forcefully and so charmingly as Mr.,
Gilmore. Manager Jules Nlurry
sends with the gifted young star a
LARGE and capable company and tne
most smptuous production Mr. "''
more ever has had.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17

same little Democratic sheets, aud;
he is likely wise enough not toallow
what they say to annoy him The
REGISTER is to be congratulated for
recognizing the injustice they are
trying to heap on him and to be
praised for its fairness in coming to
what that paper believes in his re-
lief.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17
unera1 of Pittsburg Man

The funeral of Patrick Connolly
resident of PittsburG- Pa, who
died in a local hospital of pneum0n-
ia Sunday, Oct. Is, took place tins
from the Church of Immac-
ula+e Conception at 10 a. m. the
interment was made at the Holy
Gross cemetery. Two brothers OF
The deceased were IN attendance.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17

The Wheeling Register comes tG
the rescue of Charles F. Teter, nn'
now the little two-by-fours of TIE
Democratic faith that inAame them
selves with s"insnrgcnt' talk every
fine Col. Tetcr goes to some town
away from his home on business wll'
likely draw in their horns. 1t has
not bcen so very long since Demo
cratic papers published that Mr.
Teter had held an "insurgIGnl
meeting here. when, in fact, there
was no basis for such publication
nxcept that Mr.. Teter had register
cd at the Waldo and was looking ,r a.
ter some business matters. in'
tr1tb is. Mr.. Teter, as he says nm
self is not giving any of his a 1ta.a.
ton to politics, and no one nelES =.
tl,at what is called the "insTrgGm.
,5 nov amounts to a bawp pee;
,Ii is certainly nothing at tnt
inc me- to cause one to classify h HIM j.. a,
~ ~ .e;nsureent, and every thing n
an al,e one believe that he is as goo goo.
/. 1B3,ennblican as ever he vas. .,,ess
" - E rounding him except 1heS
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17

All kinds of Floor Coverings
THE BIG CARPET STORE,
l1S w. Main Street. ol2tf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-17

SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
Death of Henry lrvinu.

In the death of Sir Henry Irving the
world of letters as well as the stage
sustains grievous loss. Irving was
not only a great actor, but he was an
English scholar of high rank. His
after-dinner speeches were models OF
their kind, while his lectures on his
trionic art delivered before educational
bodies belong to the department OF
bellies lettres. With his scholarly equip
ment and his clear insight, he was nat
urally an informing critic Of the mas
ter's plays, and his edition Of Shake
speare is a contribution of distinctive
value to dramatic literature.
But 1t was as tragedian that Irving
was supreme. No actor since Edwin
Booth left the boards, except, perhaps,
Joe Jefferson, was in his class. Who
that ever saw him in the role OF Shy
lock will forget the Illuminating beauty
of his art? Who that ever saw him
in 1.-THE Bells" will fail to recall the
richness of his voice? Who that ever
saw him in Sergeant Gregory was
rot moved by the pathos Of his lines
or thrilled by the sweeping force OF
his acting? Irving blended happily
realism and idealism in interpretative
work.
The art of acting is not always con
structive or creative, but Irving ere
ated" his roles with almost the same
originality as the painter creates
picture or the dramatist play.
In private life the dead actor was
distinguished for his exemplary habits
and it was his highest desire to ele
vate the moral standard of the men
and women engaged in his profession
| He was genial, lovable man, and his
sudden taking off will cause deep
lament In cultured social circles In
Europe and America.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14

can be readily broken or that can catch
fire in the event of the occurrence of
wreck. They will weigh but little
more than the wooden coaches now in
use. They cannot be telescoped. The
cost of ,-.e new cars is between $4,000
and $4,000, and the wooden cars cost
almost as much.
The change, says a high official of
the Pennsylvania railroad, is In every
known respect desirable. I'VE feel
conndent," he says, that the steel
cars are the only cars for safety to be
used in the future. They will last
much longer than the wooden car, will
be much safer and can be operated at
a less cost. | believe the proposed
order is the forerunner of an order to
abandon the use of wooden cars, and
predict that it will not be more than
five years until every wooden car on
the Pennsylvania railroad will be
doomed to the scrap heap or sold to
other lines"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14

the self-made man disappear in this
country. The self-made man in this
country is assertive and aggressive.
he laughs at caste, and he will con-
tinue to conquer all that comes within
h.s reach regardless of college pro-
fessors. AS long as the colleges can
take but small share of the young
men, Professor Butler will have to be
content to see the lions share of this
worlds prizes go to the boy who
started in life without the aid of rich
patrons.
What may be in store for this coun-
try hundred years hence can not be
foreseen, but it is plain that through
out the twentieth century the self
made man will fully hold his own in
every desirable sphere of activity. He
will become President, become even
college professor, write the best songs,
paint the best pictures, and best of all
crowd out of the industrial and COM
mercial world the boy that started as
rich mans son in dignifed place
well up the ladder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
BOOK BINDING.
ON the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
OF course there Is beautiful book-bind-
ing even now for the amateur who can
afford to pay for the best material and
the best workmanship. but authorities will
tell us land prove 1t to us In the nearest
library that about 70 per cent of the
leather used for bookbinding during the
last twenty years has either decayed or
Is decaying. The blame spreads far. and
we are brought into touch with sundry
malpractices of modern trade. Nova
DAYS most feathers for bookbindng are
prepared solely or mainly with a view to
what is called their Finish" There is a
reckless use of mineral acids to secure
brilliant shades of color. feathers, again.
have almost ceased to be genuine. Per-
slams" and other East Indian skins are
stripped of their original tannage and
then finished as morocco. Sheepskin I'M
dergoes a mechanical grainage and
energies as goat. seal and pig. Leather
that is treated as the skilful and unscrup-
ulous mechanic knows how to treat sheep
skin is rendered worthless for the libra
rian. These are but half a dozen in
stances
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
KILLED WHILE II
TARGET PRACTICE

, Junction City, Kan, October 13.-Pri-
battery of field artillery was killed dur
ing target practice at Fort Riley at noon
| today. Privates John Connolly and G.. K
Simpson of the same battery are thought
to be fatally injured, and Privates Leary
Norman, Lancaster and Cline of the same
organization are in the hospital with
broken limbs and internal injuries. A
large number Of other artillerymen were
badly hurt
The accident that caused the death of
Laste and injury of the others occurred
about two miles north of Fort Riley.
The Twenty battery is one of the
six making up the first provincial regi-
ment of field artillery at target practice.
The batterys guns had been placed and
its eight limbers loaded with ammunition
were at the rear with six horses hitched
to each Timber The drivers had dis
mounted. When the battery was ready
for firing a large red flag was run up on
a staff as a signal to the range party
at the targets to get out of range of the
guns.
The wind blew the flag out in the faces
of the horses, and they stampeded at
once. Some drivers succeeded in getting
into their saddles, other were dragged,
but most of the drivers were left be-
hind. The horses dashed over a small
cliff. and went down in frightful mass
with their riders
The Twenty-ninth battery belongs at
Fort Leavenworth, and came here the
latter part of July for target practice.
Private Laste enlisted in the service last
January His wife and father live in New
York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
Cotton Mills North and South.

BY selecting twenty-six representa-
tive cotton mills in the north and a
like number in the south, Commits
sioner Wright of the Federal Labor
Bureau endeavors to show that the
northern mill is helping the operative
to a better condition, while the south
ern mill is standing still in that re-
spect. The report is made by a Mas
sachusetts man, and it seems to have
Massachusetts color. Yet Carroll d.
Wright Is a man who is not given to
the doctoring of statistics to fit a
theory.
In his annual report he goes on to
show that the average wages per hour
for cotton mill help are as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
Room fer Selt.Made Men.

Professor Butler of the University
of Chicago says the day of the self
made man Is over, even in this coun-
try. where caste Is considered a neg
ligible quantity. Instead of the self
made man, however, we are to have
under the Butlerian schedule men who
are started by 'inflooence" and by the
colleges, or by both. This idea points
to the sons of the rich as the coming
men In leadership, leaving the sons OF
the poor to pick up humble stations
In other words. our evolution has
brought us up or down to the English
level. England is bravely endeavorins
to unload the sons Of its upper class
from the army and navy, and yet Pro
lessor Butler says we will accept in
this country the methods that have
weakened England and welinigh
ruined Russia.
Professor Butler will not live to see
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
JURY HAS FOUND
TRAINMEN GUILTY

The coroner's jury which has been in
vestigating the death of Fireman II. E.
Abercrombie, which occurred in the
Louisville and Nashville and the Southern
wreck at East Birmingham crossing on
the morning of October s. returned YER
dict Thursday night fixing the blame on
Conductor H. L. Stewart and Engineer
d. M. Jones, who were members of the
Louisville and Nashville train crew.
The coroner's jury committed Stewart
and Jones to the grand jury No warrants
have yet been served on the men.
The jury, of which ]. B. Marshall was
foreman, commenced investigating the
death of Fireman Abercrombie the day
following the smashup. 1t spent several
hours on the scene of the wreck and ex-
amined a number of witnesses, but did not
reach decision in the matter until
Thursday
The wreck occurred at the East Bir-
mingham crossing of the Louisville and
Nashville and Southern railroads. Both
trains were freights. The Louisville and
Nashville train was en- route from Bir-
mingham to the Boyles shops. The en-
gineer on the Louisville and Nashville
claims that he could not<see the red light
at the crossing gates as 1t was obStruct-
ed, he alleges by the Southern train.
Abercrombie was the only man killed
In the wreck, but seven members of the
crews received injuries of more or less
serious nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
Insurance Companies.

you see a great deal in the newspa-
pers every day about the various DIE
insurance companies that have provoked
such a financial scandal" said well
known polcyholder at one OF the local
hotels yesterday afternoon, but 90 not
feel the least bit alarmed, and | see no
reason why any policyholder in the state
should be uneasy. l think, however, that
1t would be a piece of valuable news
for the state insurance commissioner TO
look up the solvency of the different COM
panies, whose methods of operation have
caused so much talk, and make an official
statement.
II am a holder in one of the com
panies under fire and have many friends
who are interested in the affairs OF the
same company. They have asked me 10
look into the matter, but lack OF time
will not permit me to make personal
investigation To each of them ! said
there was no cause for alarm l feel
sure that my company is solvent beyond
a shadow of a doubt, as are the other
companies involved in the official IN
curry"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
KiIIinq Frosts.

zone light frost" said Barnes Morgan
last night. docs not kill all the fever
mosquitoes, especially in Pensacola ana
New Orleans, and the quarantine will not
be lifted until all danger has disap-
peared.
I'm Pensacola light frosts are not ex-
pected until November, and killing frosts
are rarely seen there before December
comes in. Last year the first light frost
came on November 49, and the first KILL
ing frost on December IS. In 1903 there
was. however, a killing frost on NovemI
Der 10.
"In both Pensacola and New Orleans
a light frost can reasonably be expected
at the end of about two weeks more, ou'
In neither is a killing frost due much be-
fore December In the year 1900 Pensa-
cola did not have killing frost, and the
earliest reported date of such frost is
November IL. 1t closely followed the hrs'
light frost. This was in 1894.
you may be sure that there Will be nc
triaing with Yellow Jack, and you may
therefore look for continuance OF quar-
antine regulations until November"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
BIG RUN MADE ON
NEW ORLEANS BANK

New Orleans, October 13-Owing prob
ably to the publication yesterday of
story in newspapers here, run began
today on the Germania Savings bank and
many small depositors gathered at the
institution and withdrew their deposits.
A force of policemen kept the crowd in
order and each depositor was promptly
paid as he presented his book, the officers
of the bank having made provision against
the run. The paper itself. is not widely
circulated, but the story ran from mouth
to mouth on the streets and took the
form that the institution was about to
collapse Few of the depositors knew the
reason for the run. The officers of the bank
said that the bank was in an impregna-
BILE condition and that all who desired
would be promptly paid. business men
generally having shown their confidence
by Offering large sums of money to the
institution. The story printed was to the
effect that the bank held $4,000 of the
mortgage bonds of the Rushmore Plant
ing company, in which Vice President
Blaffer of the bank, is Interested and that
the company had defaulted. Mr.. Blaffer
said that he and his associates had taken
the bonds off the hands of the bank and
shouldered the loss themselves.
While the run was on Germania stock
was quoted on the stock exchange at $500
a rise of 10 points during the day. The
bank is regarded as one of the staunchest
in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
Steel PASSENGER Coaches.

This is emphatically the age of steel.
1t may De called the age of soft steel,
for that is the kind the Bessemer con-
verters and open-hearth furnaces turn
out by millions of tons. The millions
of annual tons are needed, however,
and one use after another arises to
demand more millions of the wonder
full metal.
The Pennsylvania railroad. for ex-
ample. has just placed an order for
1900 steel passenger cars. That COM
pany has come to the conclusion that
steel passenger cars are safer and in
every other way better than the cars
now in use, and 1t has ordered, not an
experimental number, but enough to
transact its express passenger bust
ness at any rate. Local passengers
may perhaps have to ride in cars OF
wood until those cars are worn out.
The cars ordered by the Pennsyl
yania company will be built entirely OF
steel, including floors, sides and roofs
GtAra viii be nothing about them that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
Railroad Yards.

1--WE have Just completed the tests Oh
the Southern's gravity yards at Atlanta
said M. NJ Richey, assistant general su-
perintendent, yesterday. THE freight
cars are switched by gravity, ana IL
decreases the number of switch engines
reouired and also the number of men
necessary.
zone freight engine and one crew can
place more cars In twenty-four hours IN
gravity yards than several engines and
crews can place In ordinary yards.
There Is what Is known as a hump
at one end of the yards. A freight en-
sine will take a cut of cars and push
them one at a time over this hump.
There is a grade on the far side and the
cars run down this grade and are
switched on to the track, where they are
desired by what is known as ladder
"a brakeman boards the car as 1t goes
over the hump and runs 1t down to the
part of the yard where it Is to be
placed.
1.-THE cars are weighed by automatic
scales Just after they pass over the
hump
"The Southern has similar yards at
North Birmingham, but we have not COM
menced using them entirely yet The
road will move Its round house to North
Birmingham as soon as 1t Is ready &c
use those yards almost exclusively.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
Things out of hope are compasst oft
with vent'rng.
Poems.
Alabama's Public Schools.

Only one child in eight finishes in
this country primary education; only
one in one hundred and twenty a high
school education, and only one in fiji
teen hundred a collegiate education.
We are inclined to think in this
state that we are doing a great deal
for public education. So we are. But
really only a start has been made.
According to the state superintendent
of education we have in the public
schools 372,564 white children and
306,S60 negro children, and the sum of
$1,019,136 is to be divided among
them, giving them, exclusive of poll
taxes or municipal or county taxes,
$3.50 a head.
According to the census of 1900
there were 1922 children of school
age in this state. If we add ten per
cent to cover the increase in five years
we have 806,544 children of school age
In this state. There are therefore
about 127,120 children in this state
that the superintendent of education
has not found or located.
These figures go far to account for
the fact that Alabama had in the CEN
Bus year 31,711 whites who could not
read and write, and 107,946 negroes.
We may indeed see in 1910 that North
Carolina and Louisiana have slipped
from under us, and that Alabama is
doing the tailend act. This is why we
need full local taxation, and nothing
else will take its place. When every
school district Is free to have what
ever educational advantages 1t is will
ing to pay for then indeed will IT. be
possible to carry Alabama up the list
and it cannot be done until that priv
ilege is granted. Both Louisiana and
North Carolina have 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-10-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Thompson compIimented.

'The invitation extended to Joseph o.
Thompson to accompany President Roose-
velt's party through Alabama during ms
visit to the state is q high compliment
to Mr.. Thompson as lhe representative
of the administration il Alabama, sara
a republican, who is a PERSONAL lrleho oi
the Internal revenue collector last hlght.
The honor rendered Mr.. thompson Is
fitting tribute to his record as punlie
official and to his loyalty to the repup-
lican party and to the President IN Ala
bama.
while in charge of the internal rev
enue affairs of the state, MI thompson
has fully demonstrated his ability as a
public official. During the past Two
years his office has been checked up by
three inspectors. all of whom made eX-
cellent reports on the way he conducted
his office"