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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12

Press Clab. were lined up in front
of Place Viger and the entire par
ty was taken b. the club for a de
lightful trolly ride over the lower
part of the city. In the afternoon
visit was made to Notre Dame
and the Gray Nunnery in Dor
chester street. Montreal is famous
for it's churches, there being l9
Episcopalian. 13 Roman Catholic,
besides many UNCONVENTIONAL ones.
Here we met the gallant Col.
Geo, Ham, General Advertising
agent of the Canadian Pacific Ry
Ool. Ham is one of the most versa.
tile accomplished entertainers we
have ever met. Always in a oon-
spiouous T osition where the merri
ment rsged the fiercest he was a
grand figure, The blinking of
glasses, the gurgle of wine or per-
petration of joke found him in "de
tickest O de fry" with no thought
but to excel and no ambition save
that none escaped without their
portion. He was Alpha and
Omega of Montreals large list of
clever and interesting entertainers
and left an impression on some
that time cannot efaoe and others
that it took at least two days TO
eradicate.
The Col. compares with men as
does the magnificent railroad he 30
well represents, compares with
other roads and we make the oom
parison reservedly for he is very
timid man. The only fault with
Col Ham is that he lives too far
north. We are under great obIi-
gations to the Csnadi an Pacific for
their kindness to us. They strive
to entertain and no labor seemed
y
too arduous for them to undertake
to show US grand time. The
Canadian Pacific is the grandest
road in the world and sight seeing
tourist can get more for their money
on tour through their western
mountains than can be had any
where else on earth.
Sunday night the party bade
goodby to the beautiful city of
Montreal, some of the delegates
from the east returning to their
homes. Others boarded the PuIs
mans and were takea over the
Canadian Pacific and landed in Of
tawa, the capital of the Dominion
Ottawa is literally supplied with
public parks, open squares, etc
kept beautifully clean, she can
justly claim her right to be called
The Washington of the North"
a great deal has been said about
the Canadian houses of parliament,
but to know how beautiful and full
of dignity they are. see them in
the early morning, when the FIRST
sunlight turns roof and gable. spire
snd steeple, into picture of glow
ing beauty One does not know
which to praise most-the perfect
81 mmetry of the building or the
beautiful sight.
Ottawa is real American city
No tesseilated towers or spires
erected by superstitious crsed;
filed with sacred relios. each one
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
F F)RTY-FIFTH YEAR
West Virginia Facts.

The following facts regarding
the State of West Virginia have
jist been compiled and will be iu.
tsresting to many of the inhabi
iants of the inhabitants of the com-
mon-wealth who are not we'll &C.
q1ainted with the State in which
they live:
Toe gross area of the State is
81 $50 fqnars miles. The popuIa
tin in 1890 was 95S 500. and at
the same rate of increase made in
the decade pre- vious to this oen
sus, there is probably something
like 1, 200 600 people in the Stat.
today. The average number OF
persons to family is 5 la num-
ber exceeded only by Texar.
OF all the states in the Union.
W,s Virgins has the largest pei
cent of native white inhabitants.
There are 90 s74 farms-four
6tths of them owned by the occu
pane. ThsstotaI area III fu1ms-it.
ia 7 ceres. The total value of tn,
frms was $40 9O7 349-an average
per farm of 81 log
Toe production of the coal. OF!
and timber in West Virginia the
am, uat and their value for the
year 1905 are as lIowe:
CosI-37 57O.2 net tons, valued
at $35 .682 27O.
Oil-13 100000 barrels. valued
$2O.OOO.OOO.
Gas-vaIued at So GOO 600.
Lumbsr-545. 900 600 feet, vaIu-
ed a $S I75.OO0
Total value OF products for 1905.
s7l S57 279.
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a cen.eIentIou. T.nant.

Wanted, cockroaches in large
numbers" is unknown as an adver-
tisement in American papers, but
it is said to be not unfamiliar in
England. Its mysterious meaning
was made evident In an ADVERTISE
ment in Wimbledon paper:
Wanted, 10000 coclroaches by
tenant who agreed to leave his
present residence in the same condi-
ton as it was when he took 1t.
The tenant was q stickler for the
literal fulf1lmelt o9 hia eoutzact.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
From Mail Order Firms.

Merchants in many cities COM
plain that the large mail order
houses are getting trade which pro-
perly belongs to the local stores.
Here in our town the situation can
uot said to be alarming, although
even here there are many who regu-
l4rly persue the alluring catalogues
and occasionally send orders to
Chicago in the belief that they are
getting bargain" Tue mail
order houses, of course depend for
the most part on country trade
They send to the farmers and resi-
deuts of small towns hundreds of
thousands of catalogues They
adve. tise extensively in weekly
papers that reach the rural dis
tricts.
To buy goods from mail order
house in Chicago CT far away city
is generally speaking, u foolish and
short-sighted policy. In the first
place, it is doubtful if any real
bargain" is ever cured. The
mail order house must make its
profit, and like the local merchants,
it has it's expenses to meet. That
its margin of profit is tremendously
large is shown by the enormous
weslth which these houses have
rapidly accumulated A man who
few years ago was a poor tele-
graph operator and built up bust
ness which has just been capitsliz
ed at $4,000 The meaning of
this is that, if the local merchant
is undersold. the goods sent out
by Ithe mail order house g of q
vastly inf rior quality.
So long as local merchant deals
f.irly and is able to supply what
the customers want ne ought to be
patronized. The city of Point
Pleasant. like every other city.
owes its progress largely to the
enterprise of the local merchants
Tney generally are active in every
movement designed to promote
he welfare of tbs oity, and they
a-e tIRays among the most liberal
contributors to every public cause
The rural residents of Mason ooun-
ty. almost as much as those who
live in the oity. are interested in
the upbuilding of Point Pleasant
The farmer has q vital interest in
his nearby oity. aud when he trades
with Point Pleasant merchant he
is indirectly promoting his own
welfare
But aside from any question of
loyalty to the local merchant, trad
ing with the mail order house is
unwlse because it is usually un
profitable. As a rule the local
merchant is able to duplicate every
thing sold by the mail order house,
at the same price, and the quality
is quite certain to be better. In-
vestigation and comparison NO
doubt will convince the average
man that ordering clothes and
groceries by mail from Chicago is
loosing proposition.
Eohols' Concentrated Iron and
Alum Water at Van Gilder's. Call
and get a circular if interested
Seems to be good thing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12

Most disiguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples. rashes, etc. are
due to impure blood Burdock
Blood Bitters is cleansing blood
tonic Mikes you clear-eyed, clear
Drained. clear skinned
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12
Remove the Fences.

The Wheeling Intelligenoer has
the following which might com.
msnd itself to Point Pleasant peo-
PIE equally as fcroibIy as to tn, se
of the Nail City.
IF that progressive organic ton
the Civic Club, would care for a
suggestion looking to the beautify
ing of Wheeling in a way not
b therto touched on, it is respect
fully urged to devote tone of it,
energies toward the removal of
residential fences in Wheeling.
Fences have long outgrown
their usefulness in CITY this size,
as they have done in towns of much
smaller siza elsewhere The fence
less city is the city BEAUTIFUL. all
obseivers will agree.
"Just why citizens in this en-
lightened sn1 protected age insist
on retaining division fences bet
ween their twenty FIVE or thirty
foot lot and their neigh bors' passes
all understanding. If they only
knew it nothing would add more
to the attrsctiveness of their resi-
dsnces than the psrk-life effscts
produced by the absence of rigid
severe and unsightly enclosures
n are big. oluhby bedges much
better where the lDts ere email.
1T is pleasing to note that &C
c4sit ntl spots in Wheeling's resi
Dental sections can be found
where modern minds prevail. On
certain Island streets. at Wood
lawn and other pretty. places out
the pike, the street or line fence is
taboced. The fence is suggestive
of sel6shness. of sign to the pub
lilo that thia much ground is mine.
no more. no less. 1t prohibits the
perspective, the vista Of a sweep of
lawns 1t will do in the country to
fence in cattle 1t has no place in
q wide awake town."
What the word "skiddo1" lacks
in elegance it makes up for in ex-
pressiveness "Twento three for
you're" the suffix which usually st :
companies it is little more vague.
But inasmuoh as these expressions
fall glibly from the lips of the
butcher, the baker and the candle
stick maker, a word of explanation
may not come smiss to those whose
manifold duties will not permit of
their flowing closely the vagaries
of modern slang. and whose vo-
cabulary is confined solely to the
English language "Skidoo, %
was frat used by George NJ. Cohan,
the Yankee Doodle comedian, in
his successful musiosl comedy
Little Johnny Jones "Skidoo
is said to be a contraction of the
old time "skedaddle," and meane
exactly the sams thing "23" con-
veys about the same hint as the
chestnut bell. and the means that
you are ruug eff and someone else
is using the wire. Its origin is
shrowded in mystery, and while
many explanations have been offer
ed, no one really knows.
Most disfguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc. are
due to impure blood Burdock
Blood Bitters is cleansing blood
tonic Mikes you clear-eyed, clear
Drained. clear skinned
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12

Eohols' Concentrated Iron and
Alum Water at Van Gilder's. Call
and get a circular if interested
Seems to be good thing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-12

OOuAS0II0Ib
We would get off our cars. shake
the dust of pilgrimage from our
habiliments. stretch our legs and
take in the town. We found the
people generous. sympathetic and
filed with energy, and we took our
time and saw the sights. The po
lice never troubled us, and it was
their fault if they did not see US,
but they knew their business.
We ate. drank and were merry.
We smoked upon all the cities.
Our digestion was imprt we'd and
our averdupois increased. If we
heard strange noises we were not
alarmed for it was only skyrocket
of j y fred off in honor cf our
coming. We were welcomed every
where. But the good times erd
close oompanionship could not last
forever. and the time had arrive d
for our happy party to bid each
other a fond good bye and return
to his home and workshop-some
to thefeast ward. others to the west !.
ward, some to the northward and
others to the southwark, while the
editor of the Register turned his
face toward the timber wrapped,
coal lined hills of his well-beloyed
West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Died.

EEANS-Suddenly, Sunday evening, Noyer,
Der %, 1906, at I;l0 O'Clock MRS. MARY A
Evans. -
Funeral Wednesday. November 2s. at SIS
a IA. IRON the residence OF her son-in-tayy
H II Walsh, AS nth ST sw Thence 70
st. Aloysius Church, where requiem mass
viii be said for the repose OF her soul
Relatives and friends are respectfully in
vited 20 attend. no2S-2t
AgRCH-on Sunday morning. November Is.
1895. HENRY c. BURCH
Whereas. the sad intelligence has reached
Us that Mr. Henry g HUrch, proprietor of
the Ebbitt House, has departed this life;
and
Whereas. Mr.. Burch was a member Of the
Washington Cd Co Hotel Mems Associa-
ton. known and respected by all its mem
bers; therefore, be IL
Resolved, That we deeply deplore the death
OF Mr.. Burch. and tt Is hereby ordered that
these resolutions be placed upon the min
utes or this association. be published IN our
official organ, the Washington Hotel Re
porter; also in the daily papers; and be il
further
Resolved That a copy Of these resolutions
be sent 20 the family Of the deceased with
our deepest sympathy in their great bereave-
ment. and that committee from this as
sociatlon be appointed 20 attend the funeral
services.
JOHN T. DEVINE,- President.
Attest; T A. MCKEE. Secretary.
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We're more than three times as much as
were the receipts from 1860 10 1885.
The rate of postage collected by the
Government from July !, 1885. TO June
80. 1870, on first class matter was two
cents per ounce or fraction thereof with
an Increase in weight from one-half
ounce 70 one ounce, and a reduction in
postage from three cents 10 two cents,
equal 20 a reduction on frst-class mat
ter OF 66 2-3 per cent
On second-elass matter, the amount
collected from one cent per pound a re-
dHction or 90 per cent Tor an improved
service over the previous period and
during which latter period the deficit
had also been reduced from 1412 TO 5
per cent as before stated.
We are convinced that because OF the
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER q, 1906

great increase in density of population.
and the great increase that viii again
be made in first and second-class mail
because of a reduction in the rate of
postage. that the time has CONE for a
further reduction In postage.
In the evidence given before this COM
mission in New York. in speaking OF the
orders issued by the PostOffice Depart
ment on July H. 1901. the following Ian
guage was used;
1T (meaning the PostOf1ce Depart
ment was not thereafter TO be bound
by the pTecedents "
1t is to precedents and previous con
struction OF laws the business world
looks in making calculations for the
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

pensation Of employees: the rental Of
space used for postoffices; the money
order system; c. o. d. department: in
surance OF delivery; the extension Of
free delivery: rural free delivery, and
other details not herein set forth hav-
ing been taken into consideration IN
making this proposition. is matter OF
agreement and legislation, and We are
satisfied can all be disposed OF TO the
satisfaction Of the Government and all
parties concerned.
/ respectfully ask that this commits
sion embody this proposition in its re-
port TO Congress,
w. D. BOYCE,
Chicago H.
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In MemOriam-

HILLTARD-Departed this life, November %
1905. LEO A HILLTARD.
Solemn high requiem mass for the repase
OF his soul. at the Church of the Imfnacu-
late Conception. Thursday mSrning. NoveTn-
Der p. 1905, o'clock. BY His Mother
no1s-ft
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Special Notices.

THE FIFTH SENfI-ANNUAL dividend
OF two and one-haif (2izFl) per cent las
been declared on the preferred stock OF
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. payable December 1st 1906, 10
stockholders Of record November 10Th,
1876 Books for the transfer Of stock
viii be closed from November goth, 1906,
TO December 1st. 1896 both dates in
elusive. JAS. 3. LACKEY. Secretary.
nol3. Is. II, Is. .20,23,21,30
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

INGRowING NAILS AND SORE FEET
instantly relieved DR. White. Chirop-
odist. iii Pa. ave. Hours. s to ., Sunday,
10 > Phone N. 45S. Established 1861.
oc30-3lt
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

future. and the frequent overturning Of
precedents by new departmental rulings
upon given point causes confusion and
loss. and places vested rights in jeop-
ardy. To obviate this, and 10 enable the
establishment of a fixed set of rules and
regulations We would require that Con-
gress enact a law providing for the ap-
pointment Of a commission for the con
troll Of the postal service similar In Inn
port and power to that the Interstat te
Commerce Commission now has IN mat
ters Of transportation.
Matters for Agreement.
The question OF a continuance OF the
rules established by civil service as the
same relates to postal service; the com
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

Merchants Hotel Company has sold and
disposed of its rights in the Merchants
Hotel located at 4S5 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest. Washington, d. c.. TO
BENJAMIN Andrews. All persons having
any claims against this company will
please file them with the undersigned
on or before the 18th day OF November
1876. WILTON j. LAMBERT, Atty. 4i0
Fifth st. NV. Washington. d. c. no23-5t
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

Windovu OIL Opaque Shades. .4os
w EAAOW Empire OIL Opaque. SOC
QfaIas KING Scotch Holland 75o
p4ldUeS' hdng nee Win cali with samples
Rundlett'H Shade Factory, 18th & X nv.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
DR.. EVANS
DENTAL PARLOES

Are the largest and most up-to-date
offices in this section OF the country.
doing only that high class OF dentistry
at modern prices that pleases. Exam
nations and estimates free.
Next door to Raleigh Hotel, on the
Avenue, Opposite Postohice.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

Eours; a. IA. 20 p. m.
Sunday, 8 a. M 80 IA m.
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WALTER IT HOLT

Mandolin. Guitar. and Banjo Teacher. has
severed his connections with the Washington
College OF Music. His Studio IS now li12 New
York ave. nv. nols-aOt
The Washington times., 1906-11-27


Nov. ., from A. NJ until II A. NJ.
The special displays OF Thanks
giving Supplies by dealers in Cen
ter Market make one OF the great
sights OF the National Capital.
Food Supplies from every cline
and COuntry-au the freshest are
here in magnificent abundance,
and at lowest rates
For the convenience Of patrons
an accommodation waiting room.
Only one car fare required TO
bring one TO Center Market from
any part Of the District
Make your purchases early, thus
adding TO your comfort. and at
the same time insuring early and
prompt service on the part OF
your dealer-WhO. with their en-
ployes. viii thus be enabled to en-
10y the day themselves.
PRESTON S. SMITH. Clerk.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
MRS. NJ. LANDoN REED,
PHYSICAL Culture for Adults.

Physical Culture 1or Adu4tss
No special costume OF apparatus.
1904 X St, y. ". Phone Main 4754-Y.
nol9-6
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
CENTER MARKET
Open for Thanksgiving
Supplies

on WEDNESDAY, Nov. IS,
from A NJ. until 10 p. NJ.
on THANKSGIVING DAY,
Nov. ., from A. NJ until II A. NJ.
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10 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Ouinine rahIats
druggists refund money II Il fails 20 curs
z. " GROVES signature Is on each box gsc
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

HaII-Noyes Day and Night School
Roth sexes All Ages. ColIege-Preparat0ry
Techntcal and Graded Courses-AlsO special
coaching Catalogues FRANCES MANN
HALL. A. NJ, Principal. Phone, Main SSII K.
no94-tf
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

The reduction IN the deficit was *
per cent. The deficit for 1906 was only
per cent Of the revenue. -''
During this second period the receipts
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The Berlitz School Of Languages

72s 14th St n. W. Trial Lessons Free.
Grand Prizes, st. Louis, 'o4; Liege, 'o5.
French. German, Spanish. etc. Native teachers.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Scale of Cheaper Rates.

We propose. first. the reduction by
one-half of postage on first and second
class. matter. or one cent per ounce or
traction thereof on first class, and one
half cent per pound on second class
matter except county free for weeklies
as hprpfDforp
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-08

Although the fact Is not so clearly
evidenced by the figures Of the ten year
period, If we closely study the pro-
duction figures as given by each sue
ceeding year, we can see, even without
going into the history Of developments
that production has all along been
rather greater than consumption.
These figures tell a story to the effect
that when the production exceeded the
requirements of the mills, prices
went down and the next year or the
year following the production was less.
Then, with the production less than re-
quirements. prices went up and the
next year or the year following, prices
went down again. Generally speaking
the manufacturers have all along had
the advantage of making prices very
much as they pleased until within the
past few years, having overdone the
thing In taking cotton at whatever
prices would buy 1t, production fell on
to such an extent as to raise prices
we'll above living figures.
Outside the United States the only
other two countries of the world whose
cotton production amounts to enough
to have a perceptible influence on the
price are India and Egypt; but In
neither Of these countries does 1t ap-
pear that competition with the south
Is ever to be a matter of very con-
siderable concern. Here are the fig
ures giving the total number Of bales
raised in each country during the pc
riod Of six consecutive years:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-08
MEMORIAL DAY.

The Winnie Davis Chapter U. D. c.,
has decided upon the following pro-
gramme for the Memorial Day exer-
cises next Thursday, May 10:
Assembly at the Graded school build =
ing at 5 o'clock p. m. Of ell the people
who desire to participate.
Exercises to be opened with prayer
by Rev. E. E. Gillespie.
Song-Maryland, My Maryland.
Address by w. w. Lewis, Esq.
Song-Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground. >,
Reading of the list Of qualified appli--
cants by Rev. Dr. ]. l.. Stokes and
presentation of crosses of honor by the
following young ladies': Misses Helen
Lowry, Elise Latimer, Elizabeth Hun
ter, Strauss Walker. >,
Reading report of the Ladies Auxil-
iary of the Yorkville Cemetery assc-
citation, by Mr.. M. c. Willis.
Roll call Of Confederate and other
soldiers dead by Rev. DR.. ]. l.. Stokes.
Closing prayer by Rev. w. G. Ewaft;
After the exercises &C the Graded
school a procession will be formed un-
der direction of Mr.. M. c. Willis, mar
shal Of the day, and march to the Gem
etery in the following order:
Jasper Light Infantry.
Confederate Veterans.
United Daughters of the Confeder-
|acy.
Children of the Graded school and
citizens.
Arrival at the cemetery the graves
of the soldier dead will be appropriate
ly decorated and the exercises VIII te
closed by the firing Of a salute by the
military.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-08
aROuT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Arthur Hart is clerking for the
Star Drug Store.
Mr.. T. Baxter McClain of Camden,
spent Friday night in Yorkville.
Mrs. ]. L. Daniels Of Gaffney was
the guest of Mrs. A. B. Gaines last
week.
Miss Georgia Richards of Stanley,
N. c., is the guest of her sister, Miss
Beulah Richards.
Rev r. A. Rouse came up on Fri
day afternoon on short visit to rela-
tives in Yorkville.
Rev. Paul H. Moore, a student OF
the Theological Seminary at Louis
vile, Is now located at Cynthiana, KY.
Misses Mary and Rachel Brawley or
Chester, were the guests of Miss Les
slie Witherspoon Saturday and Sur
day.
Mr.. j. ID. Davis has rendered his
resignation as agent of the Southern
railway in Yorkvlle. Mr. Davis will
leave i'm a few days to work for the
Seaboard Air Line as agent at Wax
haw, n. c.
Mr.. B. A. Correll, for several years
past assistant agent at the c. & NJ
w. depot, has given up his position
and left this morning to take a posi-
ton in North Carolina. Mr.. Correll
has been succeeded by Mr.. Luther
Minges of Newton, n. G.
DR.. j. II. Parker, former captain
of company A. 18th South Carolina
volunteers; but for some years past
a resident of Waco, Texas is on a
visit to his old comrades and frienCs
in this section. DR.. Parker is a ma
tive of Union county. He went to
the war as second lieutenant of COM
pany A. The late Col. w. H. McCorkle
was captain, the late Capt. L. M. Grist
was first lieutenant. Capt. Grist sue
ceeded Col. McCorkle on the promo
ton of the latter and Lieutenant
Parker succeeded Capt. Grist after