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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-20
Suits Instituted.

M, v, Wilson VS.. NJ. q. Wilson, in
chancery; Marca rules, Bruce Ferrell
attorney for plaintiff. The Bill in this
suit states that the parties were mar.
ried in Greene county, Pennsylvania;
that three children were the fruits Of
this marriage; that these children
were nearly full grown and that when
lie was following his trade as a tool
dresser in the oil fields in June 1862
the defendant clipped from the plain.
tif's and defendants home at Long
run, Doddrldge county, West Virginia,
with Sweet Morris"
The plaintiff says that the defend
ant has wllfully and wrongfully and
without any proyocation or Just cause
eloped with Morris and abandoned
and deserted her home and that the
abandonment and desertlon still con.
tInues; that the defendant is now a res,
ident Of Marion county, The plaintiff
says there is no hope or likelihood Of
a reconciliation between him and the
defendant and that he does not now
desire, IL he even could do SO, to take
the defendant and live with her after
the life Of shame and dlssoIuteness
that she has lived for more than three
years,
The defendant sues for n divorce
ayincluo matrimonii.
Guardian Appointed. s.
d! b Cunningham appointed guar:
dian o. olle Falconef iataAy heir o.
susan y leonef, dsceasel Bond glys
ca Ga t6e sum Of 5000 WITH Al q.
Iibbs and s ii Hrocs as slire ties
MarFiaep Llesnse
AIelens b csiss and lsula il Mo,isr
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SWEET MELODY 81 oSJs.

Lost anything? a West yiEeinsan
want ad. win md II ioF you
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InE FAIRMONI MtsI VIRGILIAN.
TEnMs 0F sUnscRIPTs0 IN:

GEO. "a. JACOBS, President.
MYRoN CARLETON OUCH Editor.
Z. "a. DAVIS, Buslnsss MaHassi.
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ND West vlreinIsn q delivered By

! 49, i
The West pitginian IS delivered by
carriers to ~ parts q the city and
ihe nearby towns IL E single copy
Is missed. notity IS d once 30 that
an Investigation may be made
The west ylrgtnian g for sale at
The following places:
A.. G. Martin's book store, Main st.
clyde Hclts eigar store, Main. st.
Kinkead's news stand Main street
Mercer,s confectionery, opposite
Watson Hoteis
Yost Bliiasd parlcrs, Fairnont
avenue
A. MerrideldsI store, Locust avenue.
chilsonls Hs@s Stand opposite
Opera Heuss
J. W. erra news stand, Monongah.
Claude Hggtubotham Company
store, Watson
Fred Harr confec tionery, Water
street First ward
Emmett ICES news stand, Manning,
ton.
Mss sailie i Martin, postoace,
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swssr MELODY FLOUR.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-20

Vice President Of Briar Hill Coal and
Coke Co
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
WHOLESALE DEALER
OR AGENT

For the Bluefield
branch Of THE JUNG
BREWING CO., of Gin
cinnati, Ohio. Applica-
lions must be backed by
references. Bond reques-
ted). Address l.. G.. FIS
CHER, Bluefeld Inn.
Boom IL BlUefield, w. Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
$4,000 CLUB.

A we'll known architect, who has
econtly returned from a "Trip through
he northern end of the state, says
hat BIucfeld at this time is far
more active city than Petersburg,
'arNsburg, .'airmont. Grafton or
Wheeling While we know those
.iaces are not fit to live in. and CIV
rybody that can leave them to come
% Buefeld, yet so infinite are the
disabilities here that we want the
Tub to hurry mp their organization
nd get "at en-" We can entirely
'epopuIatc Petersburg and Fair
lout if we will but let the people
p those towns know what a city we
AVE here. OF course there are some
copies we don't want here; for in
lance the populations of Grafton
nd Moundsville.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
TEACHERS DIS
TRICT INSTITUTE

Program for Teachers District In
utute to be held at Buedeld in the
High school building, November 80.
1900, beginning at $50 "A. m
FORENOON.
g. Devotional Exercises
3 United states History-Mrs Ida
2 Watts
s. Paper Miss Elsie Lilly.
a. Teaching Beginners to Read
Iiss Janet Ferguson.
8. School Discipline Miss Flop
nee Calrce.
Paper Miss Louise Shipman
T. Tho Batavia System of Individ-
al instruction Prof j. w Tlnsley.
S. Practical Application Of Mathe-
u1'ira Miss Alice Sturn.
Paper Miss Ada Eaton
AFTERNOON.
o. Music.
2 Class Exercise Miss sanie
humate
3. Bookkeeping A. c. johnston.
q. Geography Miss jamie ship
Iau.
3D. Arithmetic Inu. pi,.i.i,,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
SKATING RINK
LAST NIGHT WAS INTENSELY IN.
TERESTING.

rive 10 one Ia favor OF Blueiield
was the score at the Polo Game last
"'snt ana 1t proved very Interesting
y" al OF the large crowd present.
9pe'lal meht'oh should be made Of
'''i'e' blueh''u' ana Sales and
''u"S' Oh Roanoke There was ire
'"o"uiouS crowd az the Skating Rink
'"'' "'fh' ana every one present had
"ei'Bh'IuI llhie ana enjoyed them
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
BEFORE U. S. CURT
WEST VIRGINIA OIL MAGNATES
WIZ BE SUMMONED.

St. Louis, Nov. 22.-The sub
poenaes for the defendants in the
governments standard oil monopoly
viii be sent out today by the clerk
of the United states circuit court.
The writs against John D. Rockefel-
Ter and che six other officers and dl-
rectors in the Standard oil Company
viii 80 to the United States marshall
at New York city for service. The
subpoenas Tor the n corporations
and partnerships will go to different
court districts in New York. Ohio.
Pennsylvania, Now Jersey. Kansas,
West Virginia aud other states The
Waters-pierce and Republic oil Com
panies will be served.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23

A METHODIST MINISTER REC
COAMENDS CHAMBERLAIN's
Cough REMEDY.
We have used Chamberlaiu's Cough
temedy in or home for seven years.
md 30 has always proved TO be re-
liable remedy We have found that
would do more than tho manu-
acturcrs claim for &C.. 70 is especially
God for Group and whooping cough
REV. JAMES a. LEWIS,
'as,or MiIaca MINI. w. - Church.
ChamhcrlaIu's Cough Remedy IS
Id hy all druggists
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
NEGRO MEETS
INSTANT DEATH
MS SKULL is CRUSHED IN ACCI-
DENT AT INANHoE FURNACE
AT WYTHEVILLE,

Wytheville, Va, Nov. 22.-Lewis
Porter, colored employe of the
ivanhoe furnace, was killed last
night i'm endEavoring to adjust a
band which had gotten out of order.
The band flew off, throwing him
down and crushing his skull, causing
Immediate death.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
FOR SALE.

will buy real estate most any
where at bargains ! do my own
trading and there is no commission.
It you desire property at william
son, Bluefeld. Roanoke, Norfolk on
in the Coal Fields. let me know.
own some of the best locations.
Address
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-23
NOTICE TO TAX
u [L-1A
PAYERS

Will be in my Office in the new
telephone Building, room No. /, on
Gland street from Nov. Z to Nov. 80,
inclusive between the hours of 0 a.
ID, and u noon, and 1880 p. m. to
. p. IN. for the purpose of collecting
'xes for the year 1906. Parties
aging within the period mentioned
.boyo Will be given 2 IL per cent
Iiscount. All parties owing taxes
re earnestly requested to pay their
axes during the time stated.
Yours very truly.
w. p. HAWLEY,
Deputy Sheriff
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The Leader.
ALL ABOUT BLUEFIEL,D

Nathan Marks OF Pocahontas, was /
doing business in the city yesterday
c. c. Harmon. OF Graham. was on
our streets yesterday.
Mrs. r H. Holt of Princeton. is
registered at the Hotel Altamont,
this city.
Attorney c. b. Martin, of Prince
ton. was in the city ON professional
business yesterday
ID. j. Mcdonald, contractor of the
Deepwater, is in the city transacting
business.
The Home Mission Society of Grace
church will meet this afternoon %
2:SO at the home of Mrs Udy. on
4th street
A. Il. Stone, OF the civil engineer
ing force of the Deepwater, passed
through the city Yesterday on his
way to Ohio, on business in conncc
'' S
Miss Martha Easley OF this city
who has been in Richmond. va. for
her health. is doing excellent and is
improving every dav. Her friend
go ''''
Mr. and Mrs. H. X. Price. who
have been on visit to North Caro-
lima returned to BIucfcld last night
on No. g. We welcome them home
again.
whore he has been ON business con
nected with his company. He REPORTS
a pleasant and profitable trip.
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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
FEMALE WHITECAPS
CHASTISE WOMAN
APPLY STOVE POLISH, MoLAssEs
AND FEATHERS.
PARADED BEFORE PUBLIC
East Sandy, Pa, Wife Is Punished for
Alleged DisgraeefuI Conduct
Vigilantes Are Fined but
May Repeat Act.

East Sandy, PA vigilance com
mittee consisting of four young mar.
ried women, forceful and determined,
stirred this ordinarily quiet village to
enthusiastic admiration by correcting,
IN whitecap style, the alleged evil CON
duct of Mrs. Hattie Lowry, a neighbour
also the possessor of husband.
The vigilantes-Mrs. V. Lowry. sis.
ter-in-law of the victim; Mrs. Nellie
Glaze, Mrs. Bertha Brinkman and Mrs.
Hilda Pherson-appeared at Mrs. Hat
tie Lowry's home in open day and an
nounced that as she had not needed
their warnings to desist from actions
they believed had brought disgrace
upon the community, they had decided
to chastise her by humiliation.
Two of the women seized her and
tied her hands behind her back. The
captive was too much amazed to even
cry out. Mrs. Glaze, who acted as
spokeswoman and leader. took from a
package a.box of stove polish and a
dauber While two of the women held
LONAg Ou the iAOOAf TIC ONhCA N"O
smeared her face with stove polish
until it was completely covered.
From the same bundle Mrs. Glaze
took a jar containing thick molasses,
which she poured upon the head of the
helpless victim. One of the other wom-
en- then emptied the contents of
feather pillow upon the molasses, to
which the feathers stuck in a mass.
The quartet of women seemed to
have their victim completely hypno-
tized, for when they seized the loose
end of the rope that bound her hands
and commanded her to march out of
the house, she did so. They took the
direction of a railroad camp, and there
she went. Two hundred workmen en-
ployed there ceased operations to see
the spectacle. When Mrs. Lowry had
paraded through the camp, the women
tied her to large box, where she re-
manned until man released her.
Mrs. Lowry Immediately went to
Franklin and procured warrants for
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
GHOST VISITS HALL
OF GIRL STUDENTS
EVANSTON SHOCKED BY TEMER
ITY OF uNEARTHLY SPIRIT
MANY SEE APPARITIoN
Appears Before 5elated Residents Of
chicago's Aristocratic Suburb
Police Trying to Solve
the Mystery.

Chicago.-Evanston, refusing t
play second fiddle to Englewood, ha'
developed a first-class, unalloyeC
| ghost. and a fastidious one at that
For the last five nights the police
department has been trying to solve
the mystery and after the last per
Torrance. in which the ghost had the
effrontery to circle around Willard
hall, the home of 300 girl students o.
Northwestern university, four times
the minions of the law are more deter
mined than ever to lay low the Of
Tending spirit.
The apparition in white, fleet as a
hare and imbued with the astonishing
habit of appearing and disappearing
before the wondering eyes of the be
holder at win, was first seen by Sergt
Jamison between the hours of twelve
and one o'clock in Sheridan road, near
Main street, South Evanston. Ten
minutes later Patrolman McArdle, sta.
toned in North Evanston, saw the
same identical shade floating along
Sheridan road toward Wilmette.
Every night since then, with pro-
digious speed even for a ghost, the
apparition has made its appearance in
different parts of Evanston and WI
mette around the hour of midnight.
Automobile parties returning home
late have seen it for moment in the
glare of their searchlights and then
lost sight of it, only to have It appear
the second time two or three miles
farther along their route. Belated pc
destrians have been terrified by hav-
ing It appear running along beside
them for a moment and then disap-
pearing in the darkness.
When Assistant Chief Shaeffer first
had the matter brought to his atten-
ton he ridiculed the idea that it
could be a ghost and offered as a solu-
ton of the affair the theory that some
health maniac was doing a running
stunt Therefore, Sergt Jamison
seated himself at the telephone desk
and after monopolizing the wires for
two hours announced that Evanston's
SIS physicians had not recommended
night air as beneficial to any of their
patients. The other day all the men
students OF the university and acad-
envy were approached by their profess
sors- Why, we would rather sleep
than eat, let alone roaming Evanston's
streets at midnight" was the tenor Of
the answers the professors received.
The police department, baffied, gave
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drivers seat, and, lashing the horses,
started away with his pride. He raced
away for two blocks-then made the
tactical error of stopping to wait for
Jim to catch up. Jim arrived. after
running a dead heat with Mr.. Ray
mond, and as Jim climbed onto the
drivers seat Mr. Raymond again
leaped into the carriage with his
daughter.
Meantime neighbors had telephoned
the police and Policeman Wilson went
on the run to stop the alleged riot.
Jim had resumed control of the
reins and was riding with the groom
on the box, while inside the cab Mr..
Raymond and his daughter were en-
gagged in strenuous argument Mr..
Raymond hurled his daughters suit
case out of the cab window, but by
that time the cab was going so rap
idly that he could do nothing more.
Policeman Wilson missed connec-
tons, and as he arrived at the Ray
mond home, where the doctor was
working over Mrs. Raymond, Chief of
Police Sullivan, at headquarters, saw
a cab with man in holiday attire and
a negro on the box and an excited
man inside flash past the station. He
pursued the cab on foot Deputy
Sheriff Hissong Joined the chase.
Across town went the cab, with Jim
and Halter and Mr. Raymond and his
daughter inside, and with the chief of
police and deputy sheriff in pursuit
on foot.
The cab finally stopped in front of
St. Benedict's church, just as the two
officers overlook it. Chief Sullivan's
only comment was "Oh, HI"
The painting and exhausted bridal
party entered the church parlors and
there Mr.. Raymond made his last ef-
fort He pleaded with Father Girard
to refuse to marry the couple Father
Girard decided that as they we're both
of legal age they might as well be
married there as anywhere.
The paternal blessing was not forth
coming, but Halter secured the bride
he had won after the most strenu-
Gus courtship in modern annals.
Jim drove them to their new home
in triumph.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
BRAVE WOMAN KILLS BIG
BEAR IN EXCITING HURT
Follows Animal Through Thick Brush
and Finally Succeeds in Ending
His Life.

Tilamook, Ore.-Mrs. NJ. J. Cone
who lives with her husband at Netarts
Ore, and who rents the Maxwell place
at Netarts Beach, showed that she
was woman of courage and pluck in
an exciting bear hunt. She was re-
turning home from the Maxwell place
alone on horseback and suddenly
came across a large bear in her way.
Mrs. Cone drove her horse at full
apced 10 her home ana, obtaining a
Winchester and a shepherd dog, re
turned TO the place where she had
seen the bear. The beas. was soon 10.
Gated at the sheep corral, and, getting
within close range of the bear, she
fired her first shot, which broke the
bears fore leg. The wounded beast
made off on three legs.
Mrs. Cone followed it up and fired
again at close range, the bullet strik-
ing the bear in the nose and coming
out at the side OF the. head. For some
time the bear wallowed around, with
Mrs. Cone and the dog after it, when
it dashed off into the thick brush.
This did not daunt Mrs. Cone in the
least for she followed as fast as her
clothes would permit, some of which
she threw off so as not to impede her
progress.
Every once in a while she came up
with the bear, and did not miss an OPP
portunity 10 fire. For over a mile she
chased her quarry in the thick brush
and succeeded in hitting the animal
four times. The dog, nipping at the
bears heels, forced him to take to
log. where a desperate fight occurred
between the two animals. The bear
kept tanning the dog off with its paw.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
ORGAN GRINDERS HEN
A CLEVER PIGKPOGKET
Short of Leg and Long at Neck, Il
Won Many Penny from
Folks Upstate.

McKeeyer. N. "a hen with a
neck like a turkey and one leg an
inch shorter than the other attracted
attention here a few days ago and
caused as much merriment as a one
ring circus.
The fowl, which was said to be two
years old, was the property of an or
gan-grinder, who carried it on top of
his organ instead of a monkey. He
had taught it to do several tricks,
and it is safe to say that 1t collected
more pennies than the average simian.
When the organ.grinder struck the
village the hen was perched on the
top of one shoulder emitting sounds
between a crow and a squeal. This
naturally attracted attention and soon
small crowd was assembled. AS
soon as enough had arrived the hen
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
The Queer coin-coIIeetor of the Or
gan Grinder.

dropped to the ground and began to
navigate in a series of circles toward
possible donators of coin. Owing to
the fact that one leg was shorter than
the other 1t could not proceed in a
straight line, and its efforts to pick
up pennies tossed on the ground were
extremely ludicrous.
Once 1t had a coin in its beak the
hen would flutter and squawk and
circle back to the grinder and place
the treasure in his breeches pocket.
Then it would navigate back to the
crowd and look for more. The long
of the fowl was of advantage,
ior. = standing on the toes OF It's long
leg. n could search vest pockets for
pennies. In this way several were
added to the collection. The hen, in
fact. was as good pickpocket as was
ever found operating at the county
fair.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03

An Ordinance providing for the levy
ing and collecting of annual occupa-.
ton tax on street hacks and job
wagons.
Be it ordained by the City Council Of
the City of Palestine, Texas:
Section 1. That there shall here
after be levied and collected on the
18th day of December, 1906. and on the
18th day of each succeeding December
thereafter, an annual occupation tax
on all street hacks and job wagons as
follows:
From every person, firm or corpora
ton owning and running for hire any
street hack in the City of Palestine.
there shall be levied and collected an
annual occupation tax of $1,000 on
each hack.
From every person. firm or corpora
ton owning and running a two-horse
job wagon there shall be levied and
collected an annual occupation tax of
$4,000 on each wagon; and from every
person, firm or corporation owning
and running a one-horse job wagon
there shall be levied and collected an
annual occupation tax of $500 on each
wagon. All of said taxes above pro-
vided for to be paid annually in ad-
vance.
Section 2. That an ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Attest: AL. Bowers.
S. ?. Allen Mayor
City Secretary.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
GIRLS cRAzED BY NEW SECT.
Two Former Public School Teachers
Become insane at Holy ehoster's
Camp.

Portland. Me.-Mrs. Alice Phelps
Of Kansas City, has consulted attor
neys in an effort to have the law re
move her daughter from the Holy
Ghost and Us sect of worshipers al
Shiloh. Rev. Frank Sanford is the
head of the colony and styles himself
it's Elijah"
Six years ago May and Bessie
Phelps, aged 80 and 80. respectively,
were respected young women of Kan.
sas City. They were considered in.
tellectual and were teachers in the
public schools. They had made a
special study Of Biblical literature. and
fell easy victims to the arguments of
one of Sandford's missionaries. Then
they came to Shiloh.
The methods of the strange sect
undermined the reason of the younger
girl, Bessie, and she became insane.
Her mother had her removed to the
state asylum. There she has remained
in a semi-conscious. cataleptic state,
despite all physicians can do.
Recently the mother heard the
elder daughter was also likely to be-
come insane. Mrs. Phelps went to
the Shiloh colony. but could not in.
duce the young woman to leave. The
girl seemed thoroughly imbued with
fanatical ideas.
She was clad in only a calico wrap
per, and was shivering. II is said her
food allowance for that day was one
teacupful of parched grain. and that
many days she was allotted even a
smaller proportion Of either oatmeal
flakes or grain, with occasionally half
a cup of skinned milk.
II is further alleged that she slept
on the coolest nights in an old shed.
through which wind and rain swept
and that her bed was n pile OF straw
or a few shovelfuls Of sawdust. The
young woman claimed this to be the
true life.
Mrs. Phelps says she saw many in
the same plight. Small children were
so emaciated that their cheek bones
almost protruded from the flesh and
their eyes were glazing and sunken.
Sanford is on cruise in his pala.
tial yacht in the Mediterranean. and
has practically all the funds of the
colony i'm his possession.
AS the daughter Of Mrs. Phelps IS
Of age attorneys says she cannot be
compelled to leave.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03

up the problem in despair and as the
ghost was doing no apparent harm
would have let the matter drop If the
shade had kept to the road. The visit
to Willard hall, however, was too
much for a police department to ig.
more.
Just think Of it," Patrolman Newell
exclaimed. did you ever see such
nerve in all your life? Why. a live
man, let alone a shade, would not
dare approach Willard hall after nine
o'clock at night It's simply shocking.
Something must be done to stop it or
the girls will decamp for other parts. ="
Accordingly the reserve force Of
special policemen will be called upon
and the offender. ghost OF maniac.
will be given "a run for his money"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-03
She Was Marched Past Two Hundred
Workmen.

the arrest of her assailants. Sheriff
McElhinny served the papers upon all
but Mrs. Pherson, who was not at
home Their husbands accompanied
them to the Office of Alderman Hender.
son, at Franklin, where they pleaded
guilty and were fined $40 and costs.
The husbands settled.
Mrs. V. Lowry, a very attractive
woman, explained the matter to the
alderman, saying:
For a long time my sister-in-law's
actions have brought reproach upon
the entire neighborhood. When kind
words did not cause her to cease her
Objectionable conduct, we four women
decided to adopt vigorous measures, in
the hope that the woman would either
reform or leave the village. The chas.
tisement happened in much the man.
ner that Mrs. Lowry has described.
We are not ashamed of what we
have done. We feel that we have done
the community a public service, and /
do not doubt that under similar cir
cumstances we would do the same
thing tomorrow. We think these
measures are more effective than when
the law is invoked. for a delay in the
trial would occur and there would
have been even more Iltlicity than
has been the case ia this instance"
The feminine vigilantes acted with
secrecy, lest their husbands should
prevail upon them to desist. Now that
the deed has been done the men saw
the measures, though severe, were
were warranted. Mrs. Lowry says that
she will not leave East Sandy.