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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the voters of Preston County, re-
gardless of political affiliations or
religion:

To the voters of Preston County, re-
gardless of political affiliations or
religion:
As you are aware that / was de-
MED the right, not only as a Repub-
lican but as free American citizen,
of having my name printed on the
primary election ticket TO be voted
for by my party in the late primary
election as candidate for the house
OF delegates and that am therefore
not in anywise bound by the said
primary, realizing as do the dan
ger that threatens this state on ac.
count of boss rule and party domi-
nation by a well organized office
trust within the party, | take this
method Of announcing myself an
independent candidate for the house
OF delegates subject TO the voice of
the people expressed at the polls on
November 9Th, 1906. | therefore.
submit my cause to you, fellow citi-
zens' on my record as a public Off
clal and as a life long oponent TO
government by the few TO the detri-
ment OF the many. /, il honored
by your votes and elected as your
servant, pledge you my word that
there Is no man, or power, big
enough to deter me from my pur-
pose, and that purpose will be TO
conscientiously and faithfully dis.
charge the duties incumbent upon
me as your representative.
Owing to the fact that | am at
this time tied up with the cares and
responsibilities of editing and man
aging the business interests of a
newspaper, it will be out of the
question for me to make thorough
canvass, but will agree to furnish
my friends pencil with which TO
write my name on their ticket. Be
heving, as | do, that the people
should be given the opportunity of
expressing their choice at the polls
and believing that freedom in this
respect means better officials and a
better government, l will cheerfully
submit to the judgment of my peers
in the matter.
Thanking you all for past conf
dence and soliciting bestowal of the
same, / am,
Truly yours,
Leroy SHAW
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04
SPLENDID RECORD OF A WEAR.

From the Grafton Sentinel.
The congregation of Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church have
every reason to feel proud Of the
splendid record that has been made
during the past year, and as the time
for the annual conference draws near
is but natural that members Of the
congregation should begin to "sum
up" the years work now about end
ed. This has been done, and the
gratifying fact is brought to light
that The church is not only entirely
out Of debt, bat that each depart
ment Of the work has 4 balance ON
the light side Of the ledger. AT the
beginning Of the conference year
now about TO end this church was
~ debted TO the amount of nine
hundred dollars This debt has
been entirely wiped out, and m adj
dition thereto the Sunday school
has purchased and paid for a four
nundred dollar library, now in use.
Every organization of the church IS
clear Of all Indebtedness, as stated
above, have balance in their treas
uries. The pastors salary is paid
entire to the end Of the year. The
several boards Of the church have
unanimously asked for the return
for another year Of the Rev. II. c.
Howard, the present pastor. Rev.
Howard came to Grafton a stranger
a year ago, but during the twelve
month he has accomplished wonders
with his congregation, and has en-
deared himself not o9ly TO members
Of his church, but to about all the
church members in the city who
have come 20 know him, and 10
no, few who are members Of no
church at all. BY his gcniality. his
cordially, his reliability, his earnest
ness and his power he has taken a
! place 10 Grafton second TO that Of
no other minister ever stationed
here, and it is the hearty desire Of
all who know him that he be returned
to Grafton by the Conference that
| meets TO Sisterillc early mex, month.
/ Thathe viii be given 90 the congre
I CATION here for another wear is
doubted by no one, as lhc splendid
record he has made, and the general
wish lhat he shall return, speak
cjoqlenl.Y for themselves. The
Sentinel very heartily cougralulatcs
! Andrews church 1iou what it has
accomplished during the scar about
90 end, and wishes for IFS continued
success and power
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

I..ua Pore food snI Uus law sill
mark on fhe label Of every Couch Cure
containing Opium Ch'Ytof1fm. ur els other
Supplying or poisonous drug Bl.f passes
D, sh0pp's Calgh Cure af mad. ~, 20 wear
snuIsy free DrShoop ali along ha bitterly
opposed lhe use ~ aU opia,es ar nafeo,ie,.
d.. Sboops Cough Cure n absolutely safe
even for the youngest babe and DO cures. b.
does not simply suppress Get safe and
reliable Cough Cure, by simply insisting ON
having Do. Shops let noe law be vopr
protection. We cheerfully recommend and
seil De- Stuckler
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

1t will not lower the educational
standard of the county if a man
named Loar is elected Supt. Of
schools, as the Democratic nominee
fought school a number Of years
on a first grade certificate and was
regarded as one OF the bestteachcrs
in the county.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04
Truly yours,
Leroy SHAW.

when the tip of a dogs nose IS cold and
N ois' that dog IS not sick. a feverish drv
nose means sickness with a dog And SO
win the human lips. Dry, cracked and
c'io'less lips mean fevershness, and are as
wen Ill appearing. To have beautiful pink
Ve'yet.lke lips. apply at bedtime COATING
OF i'r. Shops Green Salve. It will soften
ana heal any skin ai.ment. Get a free
ti'aI box, at Strcklers store, and be con.
"need' Large nickle capped glass Jars, as
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

Ex-Sheriff Leroy Shaw, cator Of
The Leader, comes out in that
paper with his picture and ris an
nouncement that he is an indepen.
dent candidate tor the Legislature
and purposes to show the Bosses
whether or not they have entirely
disposed of him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

William Randolph Hearst, the
congressman and editor OF New
York City, has been nominated for
Governor BY the Democrats of the
Empire State and will make The
greatest campaign on record. He
had previously been nominated by
the Citizens League and Good Gov.
eminent Party Of the state and has
a good chance for election
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04
Preston Democracy
deel in Convention and Make
Nominations

Convention called to order al
p m. last Saturday by J. S. Brown,
Chairman o! Democratic Commit.
tee, who named Col. r. w. Monroe
rs temporary chairman and =. NJ.
Williams, temporary secretary of
The convention.
On motion, the temporary organi-
cation was made permanent.
On motion Of J. S. Brown, a com.
mittee Of five was appointed on reso.
iuuons 20 report before the adjourn.
ment OF the convention, and the
chair appointed the following com
mittee: J. Slidell Brown, Rob't A.
Loar, DR.. S. NJ. Scott, J.W. Shsffer
and NJ. &. Gibson.
Nominations for House of Dele.
gates from the East Side being
called for, J. A. Dodge, of Portland
district, was placed in nomination.
No other name being presented, Mr..
Dodge was nominated by acclama.
ton
Nominations for House OF Dele.
gates from West Side declared in
order and on motion the nomina-
ton was left blank and no name pre-
sented.
The nomination for Superinten-
dent of Schools being in order, Thos.
f. Loar, of Valley district, was
placed in nomination, and on mo-
ton was declared the nominee of
the convention without opposition.
On motion, the nominations OF
the district convention OF Portland
district was ratified by the conven.
ton.
On motion, the different districts
were requested to submit their dis
trict nominations to the secretary
Of the convention to be entered in
the proceedings of this convention,
and the following district nomina.
tons were submitted
KINGwooD DISTRICT.
For Commissioner County Court
NJ. {. Gibson, of Tunnelton.
For President Board Education
+. P. Gale.
Member Board Of Education
/. p. Martin.
ConS'aDie--J ames + Hayes.
LAASA"I DISTRICT
- " y ''''' ''oie' county Court
"To'se a. No''ey,
e''us 81 no@ru Eauca'ion--l' n.
y ,,,"'
'.'inueI po"fa Of Education
" -"
/ u'iner Elmer
''''"Se''
VALLEY DISTRICT.
For County CONFERENCE.-The.
Guseman.
President Board Education-Ja.
son Rogers.
Member Board of Education-G.
w. Herring.
Consiable-Willam Herring.
Commissioners of Election-J.M.
G. Fairfax, Reedsyille J. L. Gale,
Masontown Jacob Spiker, Herring
LYON DISTRICT
For Copnty co,,r,,.s,ou. r.
vey 4 Bauey
President Boa,d ~ Fd,o.to.
w. D. R AMMAN
ArsDher Ro.,IpI.. ~
4 DIt,r, 80.
Union. Reno and Cra,t di.,.;.,.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

In letter from Hon. r. c. Price
of Mooreheld, Hardy county, The
Democratic nominee for lie State
Senate in this district, be says that
ne was sorry he could not be here
last Saturday at the county conven
ton, as previous engagement
prevented his attendance. Howeve.
he hopes to be in the county before
the close Of the campaign and NEE,
with as many of our people as posi-.
Bile.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

Arace war has been in progress
down at Atlanta, Georgia and about
twenty niggers have been killed
and lot more crippled Also q
few whites.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

"u es, Punishment ul iJght
Tic Republican press Of tic
Suteis very much afraid of that
great corporation, ,he b. IL O.
Ealrood. Every candidate named
By the Democrats for scat in
Congress or elsewhere, have been
accused OF being the candidate Of
Tins great corporation New let
us sec how consistent. admitting
~ the sake of argument only.
hat their charges were true. To
day these Same trustowned paper
arc supporting for the L. S. Sen.
ate a man who not only owns a
railroad, but also owns all the
coal through the country which
his road trayerscs and is to-day
erecting coke ovens and opening
mines all along the line of his
railroad, which connects with the
much despised b. q O. at both
onds. Is it not safe to presume
that these two lines of railroad
are dwelling in peace and har-
mony, and each looking to the
others interest If one yields
such a high-haudod hand in poll
tics, it is but safe to presume that
both are guilty of the same oifense
and should be treated alike. But
why laud one to the skies and
prefer charges against one Of a
criminal nature The House of
Representatives to-day is com
posed of representatives Of the
plain people, while the U. S. Sen
ate is composed to a large degree,
or majority of heads of corpora
lions and their attorneys. Such
Is the situation to-day. Good,
honest legislation in behalf of
plain, honest, Woodworking peo-
plo is formulated and passed by
.ne mouse OF Representatives, on
y ~ DO oIocKed when 1t reaches
.me senate, the House OF Lords.
ne day mas long since passed
"nen 'le people can be longer
iooieu by 'he cry OF "Stop, thief
i'''" '-'5 ips OF thieves them
~ "a" ''e 9eAa'e OF 'hese
'"s' O"Iol'7 ana Iheir attorneys
una ou nave taken a long STRIDE
81 vac '''ioo'lo'' ol JusI laws ana
,''-07' ~. eIiil'ch' ! % commune
'' 7' y .07' iI 'Ne T.. = senate
~ OIeeu anarchy socialism ana
''oU"7i,eu 10 PUNISH the poor
"''''e we '''n escape upon some
PROV ip1o 'ecAhlcaiity has pro8
49, more "hatchy ana blood
S''oo 'noh an 'ne laws upon our
''''r'o DOCKS No'"iIhsIanding
tIlc ldcL Llidt the Tl9ld QNnmlu9-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

The late Republican candidate
for the Legislature on the West
Side has taken Horace Grceleys
advice and gone west.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-04

The Democrats Of Portland dis
trict are up 90 some Dodge this
time to beat the Republicans II
possible.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

bandit In love with his cou~in and vowel TO
Wreak vengeance on everybody else except he
herolne' and with varied company OF ions
and donas, of clerical disnitaries and rnys,.ri-
Gus Indians, of American army officers and Mex
lean vigilantes, the action never flags. The re-
suit is somewhat highly colored bus doubtless
IN the main suggestive picture Of the social Iifo
IN southern California during the period be-
tween the Mexican and the Civil wars The
elaboration of the plot is matched by that o.
the Illustrations and page decorations Tho
pictures from photographs made bv Harold
A Taylor under the supervision of the author
They are excellent photographs. and less dis
lIIusioning than this method of Illustration
usually is. The scenes are those actually de-
scrlbed in the story, with the exception of tho
rev (suspiciously modern) interiors, and the cos
tunes are guaranteed to be historically correct
Where the subjects are exteriOrs and landscapes.
and the human clement is subsidiary the pict-
ures are frequently effective. But to show pho-
togTaphs OF actual people posed before the cam.
era to represent the characters of romantic &C.
ton is ineDt even when il is not ridiculous
Mr.. Phillips has come out with another coIec-
ton Of his Red Saunders stories some of tho
best Of those in which that cheerful cowboy
takes leading part as hero or intcrlocutor.
Racy of the prairie mountain SOIL aboundine
in the dry humOr of a semi-arid land stopping
at no extravaganza of vivid frontier invention,
yet truthful in their general Characterization,
their mirth provoking qualities are ably Sec
onded by the drawings of a. B. Frost and VIII
Crawford. A bull snake, bobcat, wounded
hawk, grizzly bear, Zig. goat, a deer a
bull pup and wild horse are the pets" in Red
Saunders's anecdotaI happy family and they af-
ford plenty of lively adventure and promote
much entertaining unveracity, some heroism and
a dash Of sentiment.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Mrs. Boyd's story. There is scarcely anybody
who has not enough Of this characteristic in his
or her make-up-the desire to appear to the best
advantage before the worldwide cannot find
some sympathy for these two ladies who car
ried it to so pitiful extremes. Compelled at last
to let go their hold on London society and to
seek refuge in oUt-of- the-way country viii
lage. the herOines found their experience in
small ecOnomies-for the purpose of making
show-of good service to them in a place where
no display was required or expected, and so be-
gan for the first time to enjoy the pleasure of
living within their income and of paying debts
instead of mourning them. Forced back upon
themselves and their own resources, they came
to delight in the work Of gardening, poultry
raising and such like occupations which they
had taken up in the first instance as a mere
distraction. Their characters expanding under
such normal and natural influences, it is not
strange that they attracted the suitors whom
they failed 10 charm in their artificial existence
II London, and that the volume ends to the
tune OF wedding bells. What the book lacks is
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

thought "Out Of Due Time relates the expert
ences and incidental ronnances, of a small group
Of earnest Catholics in their efforts TO start a
review for the purpose of harmonizing modern
thought and Catholic thought TO make one
music as before" Failure to receive encour-
agement at the Vatican precipitates a moral
and romantic crisis, but in the end all of the
characters remain within or return to the
Church The implied moral" is that if these
advanced thinkers with German phi
losophy and so convinced of the necessity OF
the Church's recognizing and availing itself OF
the teachings of human reason that they are
willing to sacrifice their personal interests in
,hair cause-are nevertheless, also willing to ac-
cent the Church's judgment that their proposed
nronaganda is i'll timed. others who have
coroa within the same intellectual influences
may he led to take the same view. The author
succeeds in making interesting types Of the
characters in the tale between whom the phllO-
sonbicaI and religious discussions in which the
volume abounds are carried on. II is the style
NJ hook which it is customary to characterize as
/ ..,ovverful" Thoughtful il certainly is. Its
..nowerp can only be judged by its effects.
The struggles of THE Misses Make-Believe"
m keen up an appearance of afiiuence in May
fair on a little over nothing year, because
they had been brought up to il and deemed IT
their prerOgative, and incidentally hoped to en-
ter into satisfactory matrimonial alliances with
gentlemen in their social sphere, will find a
responsive echo in the heart of many a reader OF
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
VAN DYCK.
lis Etchiags in Capital Collection for the
Student.

lis Efchiags in q Capital Collection for the
Student.
tte series recently inaugurated by Newnes Of
I-o16on under the title Of The Great Etchers."
The first Of these admirable books Of reproduc-
lions was devoted 10 Meryon. The second, the
ore now IL hand, is given TO Van Dyck. This
makes a sheaf Of plates of peculiar interest
Illustrating a great artist in of his most
brilliant moods. As MI Frank Newbolt re-
marks in q well written preface, the most strik-
ing quality in the plates reproduced is their
originality. In painting" he says, Van Dyck
owes a debt at one Jirne 10 Rubens, at another
IN etching he owes nothing 70 anybody. He in
vented The freely etched portrait. and left ira
dition which still influences this branch of art"
The durability Of this tradition is explained
tr he simplicity Of Van Dyck's art as an etcher.
There was nothing esoteric about his method or
his manner He took a straightforward view
of mis- subject and drew that subject forcibly.
clearly and with a charming economy of line.
The elegance Of Van Dycks portraiture is its
first merit: that elegance which was part and
Parcel Of his nature and constituted the very
soul Of his distinguished style. But the lesson
Of his etchings is above all things lesson Of
sound craftsmanship exploited with simple
feeling for ruth, as well with a subtle in
stinct for beauty. The reproductions in the
volume before US are well made, and are printed
on "A good creamy paper. Art students should
hail them with gratitude.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

any touch of real romance The author has
plenty of invention, but very little imagination
and the story is told with about as much ideality
as a cook book, and with much the same wealth
of detail. The two heroes if one may so dig
Nifty the gentlemen who are awarded as prizes
for mertorious conduct to the banshed sisters
are a brace of stolid Britishers, admirable, no
doubt, as husbands but not altogether graceful
as lovers In fact. the book is too Hfelike. 1t
has the accuracy of a photograph, but lacks the
charm of art.
There is no lack of romance in Mrs Ryan's
fornia It fairly oozes out between the pages of
For the Soul of Rafael" Love riots in tropical
luxuriance throughout the story, and as every
one of the leading characters-and there is
numerous group Of them-loves the wrong per-
son, the possibilities of rivalry, jealousy, in
trigue and violence are abundant, and the au-
thor makes the most of them. The heroine is
a beautiful Mexican, of mixed Spanish English
and royal Aztec blood, m;smated to a degenerate
son of highborn Spanish Mexican dofla, who
has sworn the bride Ito stand guard over the
soul of Rafael" The hero is a noble minded
American horse dealer. The two have previ-
ousy met and loved each other in a chance
counter in the mountains only to be suddenly
separated He believes that Raquel has taken
dead With such a complication to start with:
with Bryton's tirtatiOus widowed sister-in-law
TO turn the head of Rafael: with a picturesque
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
ROW4NCE And RELIGION
Ethical and Social Problems IN
Recent Fiction.

OUT OF DUE TIME By Mrs Wlfrid Ward
A@Iho PIP VI. S19. LOngmans, Green & Co
As1ES MISSES -1AkE-BELIE EVE. BY Mary Stuart
Boyd Emo. PIP. S63. Henry Holt & Co.
FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL. A Romance of
Old California By Marah Ellis Ryan With
hlhe.een 13lustrstio: from specially posed pho
Logfaphs ty Harold A. Taylor decorative de-
signs by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. 8vo. PIP. 379
RED SAUNDERS PETS AND OTHER CRIT
TERS. BY Henry Wallace Phillips. With thirty
slX Illustrations by A b. Frost, B. Martin JUS
uce, Mi Crawford and others. limo, pp. viii,
81. Mcclure Phillips & Co.
religious novel, evidently written with the
aim Of keeping within the fold of the Roman
Catholic Church those of its sons and daughters
who are inpatient of the slowness of the Church
to adapt its theology to the results of modern
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
LITERARY NOTES.

remarkable collection of bookpIates is 10
be sold next week in LOndOn-One which is said
to be second in value only to the Franks collec-
ton in the British Museum. II contains about
plates from about 1870 to the end of the nine
teenth century.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Signor Fogazzaro's much talked of novel, II
Santo," has just been placed upon the Index
of the Roman Catholic Church. and this is what
the author says concerning it:
I determined from the very first 20 obey 'ho
decree, in conformity with my duty q Catholic;
refranng from all discussion Of it, and contrav n
ing of it in any way; authorizing new reprints
translations and bOve those already pro-
vided by agreements which were made before the
decree was given out. and which cannot b0
broken. There you have my decision! l should
like it to be known to every one.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Miss Betham- Edwards is writing book which
ought to be interesting. It's chapters are devoted
to regions associated with famous French
writer's. The scenery and genesis Of various
novels of BalZac are described; Flauberts lit
erIry workshop near Rouen-the house which is
to become a commemorative museums the
subject of another paper; another shows US
the home of Brantome in the DordOgne, and am
other the homes and haunts of George Sand.
One who knew Flaubert has contributed rem
iniscence of that novelist; and a former g Ie5t
Sand.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

1t is strange that in this period of wealthy
bookIoVers an absolutely unique collection 81 1uld
remain unsoId This is Mr.. w NJ. VoyniCh's
group of unknown books" a most interesting
as well as curious collection.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

The action of the governors of the Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital in restoring the skull of Sir
Thomas Browne to his grave-Which riflad
at the beginning of the last century-!s COM
mendable, if somewhat bel2ted 1t was fastened
at the last, no doubt, by a vigorous sernl N
preached at Norw 'Ch by the master of Pembroke
College Oxford CBishop MitChinson). IT is said
that he roundly denounced the citizens OF Nor
wich for permitting the continuance of what he
described as an act Of Dissertation.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

A few years ago there came TO the surface OK
the stream of bookseling a folio manuscript vol
ume containing letters, speeches and poems 0f
Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper of the Great
Seal in the reign of Elizabeth ard the father OF
the now famous Francis Bacon. These Produc-
tions are about to be brought out in a subScrlp-
ton edition.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

fine copy of the rare first two volumes Of tho
first edition of Sterne's ''TTstram Shandy," pri-
vately printed at York in 1850. brought at auc-
ton the other day the considerable sum OF - II.
The first edition OF Shelley's "Adonais" pisa,
1920 brought 500
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Mr.. ]. Z. c. Bodley has net been able to coIH-
plete his work on the Church in France owing
10 persistent i'll health but he is bringing out
a small book on the subject Ito aid those inter-
ested in the French religious crisis in studying
the Separation bill and its results
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

"rhe Business Mans Magazine is about 10
take its fling at the railroads, and will begin in
the June number d series of articles under The
headline Break the Railroads Threatening
Grip" An early paper will be a discussion Of
Rebate Evils and Determinations" by the Hon.
Charles +. Townsend, member OF Congress and
author of the Esche- Townsend bill