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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
R0OSE GRACIOUS

u one were TO search the recorded
dplngs Of ancient and modern man
with a view Of finding a prototype OF
President d Roosevelt, ones 9efEoft
YOU'D be III d measure rewarded5con
reachlng the chapter devoted to Tihe:
Erlus Gracious. In birth, education!
early environment, culture, ambition,
even in temperament and character,
there is a close resemblance that IL
suggests gTiberius and the modern
Theodore. So striking is this RESENT:
lance that ~ suggests the possibility
that Roosevelt may have taken the
elder Of the Gracchi as his model and
kept the sturdy Tribunc's aims and
achievements constantly in mind dur,
ins his own course along the path.
way TO distinction. .,l
Tiberius was Of noble, Theodore OF
gentle, birth. Both had in youth all
The advantages that wealth and rein.
cd surroundings offer. Both develop.
cd a highly moral character. Both
received an excellent degree Of educa.
ton. Both at an early age began 10
show an interest in public affairs
Both became thoroughly familiar
with the history of their respective
countries, and each apparently was
convinced that Il great and import.
ant task lay before them. In the
r3cthods by which each approached
| his task and, TO certain extent, IN
the tasks themselves. there is much
similarity Though related by BIRTH
and by marriage to people who are
sometimes rather snobblshly called
the better classes. and associated
with them in childhood iand young
manhood, both Tiberins and Theodore
became essentially champions of the.
people and later in life antagonized-,
Tiherins very bitterly and Theodore
as yet only7mildly- some of the more
prosperous persons Of their day ana
generation. z4
Nor does the parallel end here III.
herlus as well as Theodore saw some.
thing of military life. Tlberius as
sisted in stOrming Carthage; Theo.
dore assisted in storming Santiago, or
at least. III attacking some Of. lie
heights surrounding the Cuban city.
Tlberius lent his aid in destroying the
Garthaginian power; Theodore lent
his aid in bringing to an end the
Spanish power in the Western Hem,
tsphere. Though their military expo.
;t'eRce was brief 1t was creditablc. for
each gave evidence of courage and
patriotism. The qualities which eacl;
might have shown. to. better advanta.
ses in the field II a wider opportunity
had been afforded to him were shown
in civil life. Roosevelt, like Grac-
chns. is 4 man OF rare holiness anil
lldonbted courage. He is also ener.
setlc, aggressive, persistent, deter,
mined. His honesty, like that Of I'll,
herius, is OF the rugged sort that
Knows no faint of suspicion and pe..
mlls no compromise with laggards
Or eylldoers. When Tiberlus was
born the Roman State was in bad
way The small farmers of Italy had
been crushed TO earth by the rapacily
Of the great landholders.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
Relieved of His Cash.

Panl Sattertfeld, miner at Middle,
ton, Is reported 10 be minus his my
received on last Saturday. Not hay.
Ing had occasion 10 spend II, he still
kept{it in.the cnvelop handed him con.
tanning about SCI. In the meantime
his landlord and lady, where he and
other miners boarded, had disagree.
lnent between themselves ana on
Tuesday: morning concluded TO sepa.
rate. In the midst. of the confusion
Alr. Satterfeld went of TO work leny.
Ing his enrelop behind him on the
mantel. Upon reaching the mines.
however, no Glanced to think Of III.
when he rushed back to secure it,
When he arrived at the house he
found a condition OF chaos supreme
the husband and wife as well ms some
Of his companions present, and all
busy packing up for a.change.5 He
wellt{to the mantel,g but found that
by mistake some one had packed
away his enyelop and $al with their
belongings. He made inquiry OF all
about it. but their treacherous mem.
Dry failed in each case to recall their
having seen anything of it. 1t hay.
ing ing been taken during the short IN.
iteEyal of his absence, he could get no
Glue as to who had made the mis-.
take, and none have volunteered 10 In.
form him. All he knows to the pres.
e .al Is that he was relieved of his cash
ny some one, Of them who felt the
need ' OF 1t, and improved the oppor.
UNITY which good fortune had opened
TO them at his expente.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03

! have some good lots in two squares
Of Courthouse for sale at $4,000 i Il. +
H. Lanham. S. a, 80 =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03

All Of the latest telegraphIe and
local news will be found in the 'geuas
Virglnian. 81; q, "a; iaE.sg
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
.The sRec nstructlon nj.

Clip Hend erson rs removing the IA.
foot emban limentl at the front and side
of the ri: Boyers Brothers office on
Merchant street In order to give them
more ilght and Ventilation: They will
also re ~ y I; the adjoining prop,
ertys adding two more rooms and n
basement and 6eantifys the grounds.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
For saIse.

For Sale.
Choice building lots on Iirglniaf
avenue and Sixth street. Apply Ed;s
win Robinson, Gas Office. Mi;
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I3ssBsy5 our eguIar Core spondent.
.ASA 30 Y q e A~5AS

John Eucar, OF Mains street and Ma.
Gins cros; of New England, who have
fieenl typhoid patients an the City
Hospital were disn,issed and went{to
their homes sterday' Il E;sl3 II
WIS, y NJ oggess sand her little
granddaughter Rea Grace Cunning
ham OF East Park avenue, are visit.
ing ms. Boggessi daughter, Mrs. J. f.
Davis sof ameron I, for d few days.
Miss Marga retS CAN'T Of. Merchant
! street who has been sick for two
months With Id grippe IS at last con.
yalescent and was out for the first
time sterday. Herrelease from the
sicts rooms a. ter Sol long IS appreciated
ls3 Kept Busy.
s. Sampl the humane officer,
went up 70 ddleton yesterday and
bfonght back asfT:year:old hoy to the
Society," shelter until n home is Sc.
cured Tor hlnlii str. Sample goes out
on anot cal today, and so is kept
busy AZ his line 81 work! ]!
a New citizen Received.
Messfs John and Aaron Morgan
brought In the family and household
goods Of ofsiIl Holland Of Win.
Held district yesterday. He moves
into q 2. fgan's new house on
Market street! i twas too late 10
exercise u right Of franchise in ia.
Ror q bonds: but the majority was
large enough itt1hlout his vote.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03

~ way out Of the difficulty lay in
he fact that these Italian lands hal
originally been the property OF the
State. The proposition of Gracchus
was that the State should resume pos.
session of its own. He would leave
10 the occupants a certain portion OF
the lands they held and lease the rest
among the burgesses and others for
n moderate rent. 1.-THE theory of so.
cialism had been in vogue at Rome
'fiberius would have been declared II
Socialist of the most pronounced sort.
The opposition came chiefly from
the Senate, the headquarters Of the
Roman oligarchy, Tiberius continued
to Tread the unconstitutional path
until he encountered the armed
wrath of the Senatorial party, which
feared or pretended to fear that he
was about to usurp supreme author.
!Ey. 1t seems to be generally concc.
died that the intentions of Tiberius
We're good; It seems to be generally
agreed that his methods were danger.
Gus. Certain 1t Is that in exceeding
his constitutional powers he estal.
lished precedent which many a
nsurper could cite with significant
emphasis in the dark days OF Rome
that were soon to follow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
Hes After Them.

9H obinson, the sanitary officer,
y stirring up all our derelict citizens
with orders toB clean up about their
premises He has about GO notices 10
serve calling for immediate action as
soon as the weather conditions Will
permit Loola out for him for he will
be around on time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
4, Gay cai,valier.

1T George Adams, of Slate street, has
purchased for. himself a fine gray
steed and which has attracted the at.
tentlon OF others as we'll as himself.
Should anyone, 10 whom he is un.
known IN y, N in this new combination,
Chance to see a man driving through
.s3 our streets with the air of race
5oehey, or. mounted & on a white
charger like gay English cavalier,
then remember that it is George, for
ne has been a lover of display in good
fhors emanship from away back.
Later Later Concerning Morgan Travis.
IS s i e. a Trayis of Burners left tho
city yesterday for Whitman, Nebras
Ras 10 settle up the affairs Of his
bro her Morgan c. Travis, who died
sud- eniys there q few days ago, as
ported and will then bring home ON the
u rema Inns for ntermert at Ut. q .Neb 81,
churci The latest word confirms arms
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
Additional pump Force .s5

on account Of the 5ssndden failure
ot our water upply yesterday, the
Old seity plmp which had been sold;
aud was already delivered at the de.
pot bes shipped to Elltlns, was de.
tanned l, Z q the Water Commissioner
and togethe With the one%at3the West
virginia groce were placed up The
river near the electric power house
TO assist in Increasing the water sup.
ply atnti the present difficulty is rem.
edied and our new pump put in posi-.
lion read for future operation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
Fought to a Draw.

Catching the inspiration OF bat.
ling Nelson and lCorbett the night
before lyde Levelle and Billy Bowl.
lHg gptsnn aynatch with bare linuckles
eH short otiesS in the office Of the
Commercial / Hotel on Water street,
yeste rdayF at moon. Both were well
tanked up on good election day wa.
ters-sinee5 the bars were closed, SO
that tina hey coaldsnot get any old spark,
ling a ehtutky dew drop for the &C.
scasion. They stood up to the scratch
with each other for a brief time like
old sstagers, utmost Of their sci.
sentllc punching was done after they
got down on the floor of the arena,
swhere they could get in their telling
work with greater ease. After a gen.
eral ;mix;lpi when at length a cessa.
= donSo shostilities came for the sake Of
getting their wind they spent a. few
moments assuring each the other
What he could do TO him il only dis.
posed 10 exercise the privilege. And
With seeming confidence in each 9th.
serSs sta tements, they decided to call
9sitSa draw when they separated, each
going his own way unmolestcd, since
' We had no day police on duty TO ac.
lpany them to the cooler.
r.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03

the theory Of natural death from
iihemorrhage Of the lungs. He had
,leftithe hotel for his farmhouse, four
miles out, and had borrowed B some
tools OF d 5neighbor 10. do some some car.
,pentering:z He returned then on Sat
urday, February rs. seemingly we'll.
On Thursday the 23d, he was found
alone in his house. dead In the bed.
the clothing oil smoothly laid, one
hand folded across his breast and
the other at his side, Indicating the
absence OF the least struggle, but on
a stand nearby; and on his face and
bedding was the plain evidence Of a
hemorrhage. The. house and furni.
.tllre we're in perfect order, eight dol:
lars on his person, klndllng for the
morning fire ready, as though he laid
down to sleep. but failed to rise again.
Adding to the Force.
{ announcer detachment OF dagoes, some
Win Win pack upon their back, and 9TH.
ers a KIT OF tools, interspersed with
women to keep them company. were
seen on the wayifrom the trains to The
y! and Q. switch camp yesterday af.
ternoon. So 1T is each day. the work.
Ing force Of the company; continually
increasing and yet many still persist
IN asking us with an mir Of doubtful
m ni displayed, whether tho con.
tractors ltn its are doing anything ont there.
Go and see. ~
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
IT WILL DO GOOD.

1t is gratifying TO know that Cover
nor Glenn finds it possible to accept
the invitation to speak insNew Hamp-
shire on September 18th He has been
invited at the same time to deliver two
addresses i'm Massachusetts. The SUBJ
ject upon which he was requested to
speak, THE South-Particularly North
Carolina is one that will enable him
to speak at his best and to present the
advantages and opportunities offered
to men with muscles, brain or capital.
The Governor knows how to get next
TO his audience, whether speaking to
Tammany braves in New York, to the
leaders of industry at the Industrial
Parliament in Washington, to the Sum
day school teachers at Sunday School
Convention, or to the unterrified
Democrats at Snachet. His addresses in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts
will do good.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
sCORNED UNCLE SANS MONEY

The refusal Of Lieutenant f.. r.
MacKethan to receive the $3.50
which would have been his pay as a
second lieutenant of the Fayetteville
company at the Wrightsville encamp-
ment will give the paymasters some
trouble. but it points to sturdy
Scotch character and an unwaverinG
belief and conviction.
Lieutenant MacKethan's refusal was
based on the idea that there was no
legal right to justify the State in turn
ing over the old State guard to the
new National Guard formation with
out the consent of the soldiers enlist
ed He strenuously objected at the
time. but when he was over-ruled re-
manned in the guard However. not
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
HUFF uoNEp FOR A COW.
Wherefore Huff, Whose First Name is
Thomas, "Hoolleth' the Cow and
now HUFF Liveth at the
County Hotel
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News ana ODSefNef.)
Louisburg, N. c., July 25.-Thomas
Huff, who it will be remembered, was
on trial in Raleigh some time ago for
erin nal assault on a white woman, is
in ,ail here charged with the theft of
a low from a man named Edwards,
near Dukes store, this county. lie
carried the COW to Henderson and sold
her to Mr.. Reavis. Edwards went to
Henderson and found the COW. He
telephoned down here and Huff was
arrested and placed in Jail
1t Is learned that he admits his guilt
There are other charges against him,
among them being the larceny of Il
coat and gun from Wilks Young. BY
some means Huff came very near es-
Gaping from Jail. He procured saw
and sawed the bars OF the cell, let
ting himself down into a room occu-
pied by Mr. Kicks Pearce, one of the
convict guards When discovered he
was throwing bricks at a rapid rate,
trying to make a hole in the wall
Huff is evidently in for visit OF
some length to the state penitentiary.
The military company has arrived
from Wrightsville. All the boys re-
port a most delightful time, and
unite in warm praise of the battalion
and regimental officers. Especially
are they complimentary to Mr.. j. j.
Bernard, commanding the battalion.
and named their company street for
him.
Mr.. G.. w. Ford with Mrs. Ford,
Mrs. Il. s. Ford and Master George,
Miss Sadie Green and Mrs. J. S. Bar
row, are spending some time at Vir-
ginia beach. Mr.. Ford had a very
narrow escape from instant death re-
Gently while there. He was passing
through a driveway when the prop
sustaining the door gave way and fell
upon his head, knocking him senseIess
for a long time. Advces from there
today report him much better
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
CRIME KINDRED TO ENIBRACERN-

In spite Of the experience of the
Wake county "embracers," the prac-
tice does not seem to have been de-
TERED in Stanly county, where recent
" a most blatant was made at subord-
nation of perjury.
Two men, who offered States wit
nesses $500 each to testify favorably
to a prisoner under indictment for re-
failing were fined 500 by Judge
PEBBLES for contempt.
The sentence was certainly light
enough for the crime. While not so
deep running a sore as embracery, the
attempt to suborne witnesses to per-
jure themselves is one of the crimes
which strike at the foundations OF law
and order. They are crimes which af-
feet the whole people and every man
in the community is personally inter-
ested in demanding that they be pun
ished promptly and adequately. No
man knows when the force of circum-
stance may place him in court as
sutton or defendant. SO placed he
has a right to expect fair trial OF
his cause or on the charge brought
against him. That assurance van
ishes like snow from the desert when
the public comes to believe that the
jury tamperer and the witness briber
are abroad in the land.
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recognizing the right of the govern
ment to his services he refused to ac-
cept pay, at the last encampment for
the third time.
What the government will do with
the funds which have been appropri-
ated for the benefit of Mr.. Mac
Kethan and not received is not known.
Possibly they will be used towards the
creation of higher conscience
fund" than that now in existence. In
the meantime, Lieutenant MacKethan
sits tight by his convictions and holds
his commission as a matter or right.
If it came to a matter of fighting, he
would probably be among those who
would go most cheerfully but it would
he as a volunteer and not AS a
member of the National Guard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
Spirit of the Press.
Town Topics and other Depravity.

SOlllCl
Depravity becomes safe, almost in
eVitably, and sometimes Respectable,
when it can accumulate sufficient gold
District Attorney jerome has finally
been able to secure evidence suil-
cient TO arrest one of the agents or
Town Topics for blackmall. Colonel
Mann, however. proprietor OF the pun
LEGATION, will hardly land in prison,
although he it is who, it is generally
understood, forces the socially proml-
nent to pay and be praised, or refuse
this blackmail and be maligned. Yet
decent women have been known TO
read that paper and decent business
men to advertise in it. 1t ought 10
be looked upon as compliment 10
be slandered by the paper, for IL is
badge of courage to refuse It's de-
mands, and praise in its columns
means merely that a coward has pald.
These are disgusting, trivial examples
of crime and vice. and the authors OF
them are at least excluded from de-
cent company. although they escape
the prisons where they belong. me
ADLER men who, in high finance, ROB
orphans and widowed mothers, are
higher type, for stealing is nobler than
petty SANDER; but even they, In an
ideal community, would hardly be
looked upon as examples OF the nigh
est success, courted in society and
regarded with awe by rising youth.
Our moral standards need revision,
and happily they are getting 1t. Let
us consider the Equitable in this lar
ger light and stick to 1t until real
Improvement is assured.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
LawIessncss of Liquor Traffic.

Windsor Ledger.
The papers give us two instances or
violent lawlessnes in our Easern part
of the State In Tyrrell county. men
who are indicted for selling liquor
without license attacked the solicitor
and shot into his room at niiGlhti. n
Elizabeth City a drunken man In
court, cursed the. mayor and struck
him. Result of such things is easily
foretold The retailing of liquor VIII
certainly be driven out of this state.
All over the State we read of disregard
of law on the part of those engaged
i'm the traffic. They seem to be des-
perate. They are doomed.
In less than two years l1qlElsNltl
be sold in any agricultural section of
the state. and in but few large cities.
Nine-tenths of the crimes of the coun-
try are traceable to this evil When
the taxpayer begins to calculate on
this. then comes certain action.
The sale of liquor in BERTHE County
has been closed in on until now 1t is
sold i'm but three places in the coun-
tv. One such cases as the Tyrrell Co.
affair and the sale should be stopped
everywhre.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-29
ONLY MORAL MEN ARE FIT.

In speech at Mooresville this week
Senator Overman, speaking of the inn
provement in the private morals OF
public men, said: mo man that drinks
can go to Congress or be judge in
North Carolina" 1t is certain that no
man who cannot govern his own APP
petite is fit to govern other men. The
people are more and more demanding
clean and sober men in places of trust
and RELOCATING men who cannot keep
sober and who will not pay their debts
OF private life. This is as ii should be,
for the private life of a public official
is known of all men. If it is lacking
i'm virtue, the example is baleful one
to ambitious youth.
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LET Us ALL GO.
Don't Ii Make You Envious to- Think
of Sleeping on Blankets.
(Morganton Cor. Observer.D

Col. George r. Watkins, of Grass
lands Farms, Mitchell county, has been
spending a few days in town and the
tales he tells of the cool and pleasant
weather they have been having in
Mitchell county during the warm
summer days are a revelation. lie
says that he has slept under two blan-
kets every night this summer and hat
the warmest day i'm Mitchell the mer-
curry only registered rs degrees. His
place is 1000 feet higher than Ashe-
vile and the mosquito is unknown in
those parts. The water is always ice
cold and a piece Of ice would be a
rarity in that country.
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An Unconscious Sentimental Difference
charleston News and Courier.

Charleston News and Courier.
The Brooklyn Eagle, of which the
distinguished DR.. St. Clair Mckelway
Is the brilliant editor, does not know
exactly what to make out of the plans
for investigating the insurance rotten
ness in New York State. He says;
There is just one thing to do with
such a problem as this-give 1t up.
He wires in and wires out,
And still he leaves the folks in doubt
Whether the snake that made the
track
Was going South-or coming back"
DR. McKelway misquotes the poet.
What he wrote really was:
He wires in and wires out,
Leaving the beholder still in doubt,
Whether the snake that made the
track
Was going North--or coming back.
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Paul Morton's salary, is to be $780,
900. When he was Secretary of the
lean people paid it. Now he is to tax
the policy holders ten times as much
and they can't help themselves No
man in America as president Of an in
surance company can earn as big a
salary as is paid to the President OF
the United States. Policy holders
ought to get more and high up officers
less.
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The States Greatest Daily.

WIndSOr Ledger.
We have frequently mentioned the
great service the News and Observer
has rendered the State. Its bold stand
in the Rogers Jury findings is but an
other evidence of the fearlessness OF
its editor. The causes of religion NOR
ality, justice and right always Hlri !
a stern and outspoken champiHE& ~
our able exchange. No man or inter
est is so high or great as to awe IL IN
Ia silence. and the weakest man and
cause have in Joe Daniels a sin
cere champion. He edits the States
greatest daily paper for North Caro-
linians.