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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-25
In THE GRAND TONIGHT. sFMTANA.n TOMORROW MIGHT, 1.-THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN


1870 $500
George quaint com
count hich
come the Grand ho on
Wednesday ser
hebesanthoria ne
preach i one dfstncdYey
ran dna That has been y ptp
Iduced! Afte Seems ftfihg that
Ade shonld writ the Ionglook Tor
American play American.
through and through born on q
tarm ii middle wento the
Village school q when Al grew
settted d chicago hers he became
newspaper man old story
Ehow ne attained Tasting fame as the
author Of Fables Slang: Henry
nv, Savage admired his genius and
nfodnced his first play after ethsE
managers had refused t#sThe Suit
tan 81 suIu. It's mdrked success as
well as the SUCCESS OF laEeE plays
under the direction oHenrg Saw
agsfs now matt . history
In .'The Comfy Chatrmani ABE has
done the best work of his career,b
cause he has merely sought to set
down the scenes OF which hs was
widely famtliSr4the scenes where he
kaid spent bis boyhood days. Every
one who has lived i'm the country will
at once recognize such types as the
firtatious milliner, the old settler, the
young lawyer, the %stora-box orator,
the general storekeeper, the politician.
the shfftless darRey. and all the rest
one OF the keenly delightful por
Itraitures of @The County Chairman.
which comes to the Grand opera house
Wednesday. September 26th, after q.
years run at WallacSs Theatet, New.
York, is Thomas u: Grady's inyestt-
ture of s~assafras Livingston, descrtb.
ed upon the programme as a touch
OF local color There Is a sense, Of
double meaning In this description.
for sassafras is not only colored, but
strongly given to the artful pursuit
OF touching" He is a shtftless, slip
shod negro, of the type one finds in
all villages. selling eggs he has pill
Tered from enlghboring hencoops in
yesting the proceeds in candy and
lady-fngars,. hanging about for invi=
Itations to smoke and drink, borrowing
TRIES of money from the opposing can
d!dates upon the pretense Of having
named his new baby after each of
them, when the baby is really a girl.
and In every way imaginable trying to
get a living without working for it
The metropolitan critics have frank
nv stated that they regarded Mr..
~Thatcher's acting as a revelation. Ne
gro fmpersonators heretofore have
tbeen satisfied with grotesque carica;
lures OF the colored race. Mr.. Grady's
contribution is genuine, carefully CON
sidered and graphic acting. q piece
Of artistry OF which any player on
the stage might be well proud.
To be sure It is but one Of many
lime character sketches well executed
in "The County Chairman" for all OF
george AIDES quaint .persolages are
cleverly invested by the members of
.Ethls capital company. But ~sassafras
has an important place in the list,
and he is an unalloyeI delight to all
who enjoy hearty and u~nrestrained
laughter.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-25

Jao0bs II. -. Preatden
nsHagTnond. 49,. Vice President
BroWnhsld ~...ss.... Cashier
~ TNsE5|l lNEreAHEs +fNt y
OF. ire and burglar proof vault
s86osstD customers for private p
ROgnohdtSyour business, which VII
pFompt and careful attention
DsSetcFs-Goo. II. Jacobs, ". Z
I'M II. hartley. Harry Shaw
Haymoni, 9. n Hutchinson
aEbes
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-25

5AeETTHE HAnITp-

: gpod one and one you'll never
ypu live to- be 9 hundred.
a. 1oaser you live the better you'll
~ Il what habit2 Saving your
1one5s This Is not a lecture, not .
MFmcn-sHnpiy q suggestion for your
EDp1. deposit from st.o0 to 500
gith = Sd See what will become Of II
IA p cent More to. tell Il You ask
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-25
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

e.Hg EaEN jay FrH
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
At rules held in the clerks Office of
the intermediate Court Of Marion
county, West Virginia, on the first
Monday in September, 1906.
Alta Vanderyort vs.. Curtis Wander
vort-In chancery.
Summons.
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
To the Sheriff Of Marion county,
i greeting:
You are hereby commanded to sum
mon Curtis vandervort to appear be-
fore the judge OF the Intermediate
Court OF Marion county, at rules to
be held in the clerks ONCE OF said.
court, on the first Monday in septem-
Der, 1906, to answer a bill in chancery
exhibited against him In said BY court
by Alta Vanderyort.
And have then there this writ.
witness, r. b. Parrish, clerk of,
said court, at the court house Of said
county. the s1stgday ot&Augpst 1906,
and 18th years OF the State.
r. PARRISH, Clerk.
The sherit's return on the foreeo+
ingssummons tsas follows:
The within named Curtis Wander
wort is not found in mi balliwEpk
neither is he an inhabitant thereof.
H URBE,
Sheriff 81 Marion County.
West Virginia!
Object OF Suit
The Of the above suit is to obtain.
on behalf OF the piatntin, Alta Van
.dervort, a divorce from the bonds OF
matrimony from the said defendant
Curtis Vandervors andto secure the
care, custody and control Of their I'M
FAINT son, 8Noryat Zane yanderTor
An ahdavti having been made AMI
hled that the defendant Curtis Var
dervort, Is nonresident Of this
State. the said defendant IS required
.to Experimentation month after the
date of the aFst publication p thls
der In the clerk our said,
court to do what Is necessary o pro
|tect his interests.
And IT is ordered that this order.
he published and posted according Z
Law.
Given under Inv hand this ga
.of September 1905
HPARRIsH clerk
w OGDEN
counsel Plaintiff
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-25
LUNGS SHATTERED.
Hose OF Compressed Air Burst in
Mans Mouth.

Mans Mouth.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Sept. 25.-
IChauncey Miller, an employe q the
machine shop Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway here is dying at the
Huntington Hospital from one o. the.
oldest accidents on record. Miller
was working with a section Of small
hose filed with compressed ali; the.
pressure being 80 pounds to the square
inch. a small leak in the hose pc
CURED and Miller took the hosein his
teeth in an attempt to makeea re-
pair. The hose burst and the com
pressed air went down his throat With
such force that his lungs, and, physi-
clans believe, his entire stomach was
shattered. He was taken to the hos
'pttal unconscious from loss Of blood.
and. Is now dying.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-25
TtIsphone4Assoeiatlon Organized.

Telephone Association Organized.
KEYsER, W. Va, Sept. 95.-The
Mineral county Division of the West
Virginia Mutual Telephone Associa-
ton has ben organized here with the
following otHcers: j. w. Carskadon.
president, J. w. Wagner, secretary
and treasurer, who with s. N. Ar
mold, j. p. sheetz, s.. L. WEIGH, A: w.
,Rane, w. w. Kessner and ]. w Van
diver, make up the board OF directors.
The company willtoperate a line from.
Keyser to Petersburg, where II will
connect with the Mutual Telephone.
systems OF Pendleton and Hardy coun-
ties: BY branch lines connectionawi VIII
!He had With Hampshire county ana.
east into adjoining counties wi
iglnla and West Virginia
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
ThPashed aim.

A dispatch from Prosperity to the
Na1s aad Oluslsr says that towa was
0hrown into fever Of exol temeat late
reursday evening by the repor6 tnsb
an enraged father had assaulted, aud
serlously or painfully hnrt tine would.
be gallant OF his tlf6een-year. old dauzh.
sor, 1t seems that msu named
o Bryan, travelling photographer,
claiming to be from Indiana, had
baen boarding In the hons OF the
young lady and had bsen paying her
some attentions. AS aoon as the pa
rents learned OF this, 1t is said, that
they forbade him the house. a short
time ago 0 Bryan went to an adjoin.
ing town, about twenty miles away,
80 engage In his regular work. He
camo back once or twice, 1t ia said,
and trsed to aee the young lady. The
vigilancs OF her father prevented
this. Oa Monday the young lady
started TO school, and on Wed lesday
o Bryan appeared on the scene onca
more and attempted to SEQ her at
school, which was denied him. At re-.
oess he forced himself into 5ha build.
ing, but was ordered Off the promises
by the superintendent, 1t is said he
Iay In waiting, trying to speak to her,
but falling Ia this, he 81 coaedod In
getting o note to her, asking her to
meet him ut the evening train, as III
would In all probability be her last
opportunity to see him. The irate
father had hunted him all the after.
noon and WAS on hand at the trair.
upon O,Bryan appearing he at once
attacked him beating him over the
head and shoulders with q oane. The
town marshall appeared on the gosna
and took the now fully aroused father
In hand, hut not before he had eff q.
lively booted O'Bryan tho length OF
the oohoa, into whioh he scrambled
with alacritv.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14

and seems not to have been hailed a.
y leader by the men Of his race at
home. A watsant has been issued
for l. Wy.
A few months ago he published an
article In The State In which he tcOr
ed the men of his race in Camden
ending up with an appeal for whip
ping posts, and since that time there
has been bad feeling between himself
and other colored men of the town
Rev Il Williams replied to him IT,,
he State and the men whose names
appear on the circular think that It's
appeaeance Is q scheme OF L vy's to
sntagor 70 the white people against
them. While there Is no excitemen,
hore now over the occurrence worti.
4peaking Of, the oit'zens feel that \
borough investiR CATION of the affail
should To instituted.
Sentiment Ia divided among tho
White people aa to the real author
ship OF the circular. Some tbink
that the circular is genuine and that
ihe men whose names appear thereon
are responsible for 1t, but most Of the
pest Git z ma of the town are giving
the men tho benefit OF tho dobut.
They do not believo that colored mon
Of their intelligence and business
prominence would be In sympathy
Tith such movement and thab II
shey wore they would hardly leopard
"a their stonding In the com munity
n which they earn their daily bread
oy allowing their names to appeal O.
I'D inoendlary papsr.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
Attt mptsd Suicide.

At West Chester, Pa, just before
being hanged Thursday for the muir.
der of Marie and John Delucea, chil
dren whom he had kidnapped, Reoar
do Forto attempted suicide. He slash.
ed his wrists with tin tags from to-.
baooo p .uohes. The jsiior seized him
and held him while doctor bandag
ed his wrists. He was then taken to
the gallows and hanged. Tho crlms
for which Forto was exscntad was
committed at Howsllsville aud at the
time feeling ran 80 high egsinst the
murderer that Ii was necessary to
spirit him to the county jlil TO pre-.
Voat lynohing.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
Slow Sixteen,

Sixteen Of the 80 called Christian
Filipinos who were dealing In Man.
1aya slaves In Davao district Of Mip.
oenao, Philippine is lands, have been
slain by the aVenglng relatives Of the
Wom en- and ohildron stolen.
Details of the tragedy have beon
received here. eight Mandayaa en-.
tered an isolated building occupied
by the slave trs filekera, killing them
sll. The house and oil It's contonts
~ero destroyed by fire. Slave batting
is carried on by Filipinos along the
eastern coast OF Mindanao, and until
the practice shau have been broken
up by the authorities 1t Ia expected
reprisals of the character described
will continue,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
walked In Hls 9iot

Master league Harris, the twelve
ear-old son OF Mr.. w. p. Harris O.
Youngs to"nahip, Lsurens ctulby,
unconsclCusly accomplished remark
ably feat f9W nights ago. The
youth IL a somNamnblist and at tw,
o'clock Wednesday night the entire
household Of Mr.. Ii irris was arc useo
by cries from the boy who was found
perched en- the chimney top, twenty
feet above his sleeping apartment, hc
n&ving climbed up through thS
nue Of the chimney from an open fire
2laco in his rooDl While asleep and q
ladder was INN ediately secured anC
the lad was rescued from his perilous
position.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
Caus sod a Row.

Col. Horace Welch, of Jefferson
Texas, who travelled 1000 miles to at
tend the reunion OF the Fourth Ohio
volunteer regiment. at Columbus.
Ohio nearly created riot at the
Memorial hall, Wednesday afternoon
by waving Confederate flag In the
face OF the fifty union veterans pres
ent. Some treated the matter jocose.
ly, but scme shouted ''shoot him."
fire. on the hag," ss the emblem OF
the cause they had fought against
auttered before their eyes. Wheloh
displayed the fig after he had pre-.
santed resolutions adopted by Gen.
pick Taylor Damp, United Confeder.
ate Veterans OF j fforson, Texas. ex.
pressing friendship for the northern
veterans and asking them to visit
Texas. No action was taken on the
resOlutiOns
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
G;rl Ended Life

AT Chicago Miss AbaYia Thorp, dis
appointed in love, Thursday fred a
bullet into her head, killing herself
In the Chloe where she was employed
as q stenographer. A bundle OF let
gers carrteI next to her heart and
written by George Fl. Scott, attorney
for the Illinois Humane Society
,auscd the Coroner to begin fruitless
search for the man. Scott, 1t Is said
almost collapsed when he heard over
tho telephone that she had killed
herself. MS, Thorr, 1t Is said, visit.
ed Scott at the off @ OF the society
He is divorced. Friends Of the girl
understood she and Scott were engag.
cd to be married. Oh one OF the let.
ters was o pencil notation made per
haps only short timo before death
by the girl. She had scrawled
Judge net, that ye be not
judged"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
FAAAL b CJID&MT.
"A Young Lady shoe. y HerseIf with
Sma Pistol.

"A Young Lady Shoe. y Herself with
Small Pistol.
At Greenville, S O., on Thursday
afternoon Miss Lucille Haddon, o
beautiful young woman about 10 years
Of age, daughter of Mrs S4rah E
Haddon, who keeps q boarding house
IN north Main street., mot death In 8
most shocking and trag 6 manner ear
'y this afternoon. Shs was shot
through the heart by the accidental
'ischarRe Of q pistol which evidently
fell to the floor while she was remov
Ing several articles Of clothing from o
trunk
Miss Haddon had only fsw min.
utes before returned from shopping
and while out she bought . bottle
gasoline TO clean a skirt. She went
| to her room and q few moments later
the report OF pistol was heard
| When members Of the family reache d
the ro"m the young wJma1 WAS lying
on the floor gasplna for breath. Sne
never spoke.
No one was in the room when thc
{as0lene was 0n the Il 1or near ths
body and smoking revolver Of al
oallbre was near the trunk, whi5a.
VAS open and from which the unfor
tunate girl had rem.ved several gar
| nents.
Miss Lucille WAS Of the sunny dispc-
,ition and she was In her usual happy
numor. The $platolt was 8. Y Raft
TO her two years ago ard she always
| kept 1t In her tulk. II ,ere is no,
the least ground to support suicide
theory. The Haddons are we'll known
and nightly respectable pscple ano
i've In worry desirable section Of the
city.
Mrs. Haddon mother OF Mills Lucille,
ras been q widow for u number Of
ears. She supported herself by keep.
ng boarders. The dead girl was D
great help TO her mother In running
the hOuHe
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
FIXED AT TEN CENTS.
Cotton Growers Advised Not to Ssll
Under That Prioe.

Under That Prioe.
A dispatch from Hot Springs, Ark,
SAW the executive committee OF tnl
Southern COTTON ASSOC alton late this
afternoon feeommsa I'd to its mem
oers and cotton growers OF the Soush
that no cJtton be sDld during shs pres
ant season loss than ID ctnts pei
pound. In q resolution adopted by th.
committee 1t IS ssa ed that the
crop IS In atste OF deterioration, and
for that reason no estimate Of the crop
was made. The resolution states, how.
ever, that the committee iB Eatia6ed
that the crop will not hs as large aa
he current estimate. The placing OF
the minimum price at ten cents was
II thu nature OF victory for the con
,orYa I've lement OF the association.
The 70, olntiOn adopted by the com.
nittee, which lie in the shape Of 81
address 10 ho public, follows:
'loasmuo rs we, the cotton grow.
"rs Of tae South, know there has bser
great deteriorati IN in the cotton orol
vince August rs, and,
Whereas the consensus OF opInior
Of the members OF this com mitteo i
that the deterioration is still going o /
sc deem 1T unwise to make an eBti
mate of the crop at this time. Wa a.,
sati, fad the crop ~il not be a3 la-g
as the cur ent estimate.
We. therefGra, sug ,e3t and usg.
upon all our menb>'s AL pro Iucer,
throughout the South not tu bell theii
cotton at flsur, lo.s than The cosi
OF production.
we call upon all Soutbfr1 inteY
ests to aid In M anta'ning for all Tins
this price as q mininum. We u-R,
the necessity OF marketing the oroI
alowly aud only On an aGv .pcrt
market, and withdraw all cotton fte II
the market at every d3cline"
TIE committee took up tie ch3rga,
against Secretary II ,aa:d Coeath ,D
Of dealing ia futures while an ca ~
Of the Association. After a spirited
|1obata, In which j a. Brown, o.
North Carolina, led tie cpp sibion
the committee decided to 70 into exc
cutiye aessiobs 30 Con8iier the charR
81. The co nmittee cx )ner8ted Cheat
am. Mr.. Bravn then left the room
In which the committee we're meeting
and announced that he had refused t,
sit In executive session on the matter
Mr.. Brown has nalntained through
cut the sessions that they should b
| open and not executive.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
Simple euro for N4uraIgia.

Here is simple method OF curing
facial neuralgia: II the neuralgia Ia in
the right side Of the face the left hand
should be placed In a basin Of water 40
hot as can be borne. Or II neuralgia
Ia In the left side Of the face then the
right hand should be placed In the hot
water. II is assorted that In this way
relief may be obtained In less than
i've minutes. The explanation Is that
the two nerves which have the great
eat number OF taotile nerve endings
are the fifth and the median nerve
AS the fibres OF these two nerves GROSS
any impulse conveyed to the left hand
Will AFFECT the right side of the face,
or u applied to tho right hand will a.
fecS the left side OF the face. This is
| on account OF the crossing OF the cords
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
VIGOROUS VIGWs.
Mayor Koddey, OF Rock Hill, on Got
ton Future Dealing.

Hon. John II. Roddey, mayor OF
II ok Hill, has during his inoum bonoy
Of about one year done quite D lot by
his firm dealing to break up lawless
CESS In his jurisdiction. He was at
one time well known stock broker In
New York, and the letters from his
firm were published in the prominent
papers Vt this State. In view OF this
fact his stand In regard to cotton
exchanges" and bucket shops" ia
an interesting one. He has been
asked to speak on this su ,ot at
different shines, and did SO recently
at the Tlrzah campaign meeting. In
. letter to Rock Hlll paper he says:
The writer has visited many of the
big gambling houses In New York
las played poker, faro, roulette,
horse races and cotton futures, and
unhesItatirgly declares that cotton
futures. In hlS opinion, is the lowest
down form Of gambling known, OF
that he has even seen or indulged in,"
oto, etc. Further on he says: AND
now / want to ssy to the peopla OF
Il 1ck Hill that If the city council will
license this form of gambling, which,
In my estimation, is the lowest form
IN existence, thel. the CITY council
nust not impOse the iiue on bhe fve.
cents crap-shOotor and the ton-oelta
poker player. cannot ccuscientiously
do 1t, and will not. The oyunoil
rusb try such oases. II O man ii
allowed TO take bon or twenty thous
md dollar stake and bet 1t on thees
boards and few ticks of telegYa
phtc instrument decides whether ht
wins or loses his money, then / can'i
6 clnscienti0uSly impose o fine on s
negro for few dice ticking against
the ground for five. cent stake, TO
6he poker player for few cards tick
ing against table cloth for q ten
cent stake. I here Ia no Justice no
fairness Ia It, and do not need th
position Of mayor Of this oity or an,
ohher position enough to mako mo d
/
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
a RIAL BAD STORY.
Wife Deported and the Hu band TO
turned TO Co,umb a Alone.

turned TO Co>umb . Alone.
The Colur b.a r oord sa,s Mrs
S,llemy So b.gah, who was to have
ioed her husband, George Sabbagsb
hare two months ago, and of who's,
many troubles In tee attempt II 70
r JcOrd has told from Time tt
vime, bss been finally deported, af
ter & ttiug as for as New York. 1t
was suspec ed IN Il apce, whence shs
started on the secood stage of hel
long J urney from Syria to Oulumb bis /,
tnat she was suffering with traohona !,
q disease OF the eye peculiar to Syr
che DOUBT and a o va 10 pr)o3si on
a. way to NV Y ,fK Tlere II wa
found thatsne was tutYarlhg wiah ira
choma In aecor6 ance with the cu3ton
Il the immigra VA dapartmeno she
'as cred dep0rlsd.
s b ,agah, no 8tvar If gr cx,austinC
every eff ,rt here and exp nulng mora
chan 8400 from his savings, ha gone
20 Non York, personally TO. do whs
ne might. Tar ugh tn, Syrian bis.
hop In New York hs tcok up tho GAS
Tith the higher Cfl ;ials uf the E
Island immigfatlen athtiop, ware
ais, wife. with her Gwo.year Il, chilo,
vas detained, and tho matter q ally
came up to Secretary M,tcai', OF the
apartment Of c0mmeroo aad labor IL,
Washington. The best thay the $40
tetary could do was TO advise Saubs
Gah to send hiB wife back TO France or
Syria and havo her try again, IL sEe
could be cured OF trachoma. lie refu
I'D to broak the departmental preosd
,nt and r2sc nd the order of depOrta-
zion. That was fiaal
Sabbayah took o last farewell Of
his wife and babe, supplied her with
all the mo ley ne and his friends here
could raise, and urged her to retu'L
20 Marseiles and there pu5 herself un-
Ter the care Of specialists, In the hope
that she may be cured OF the disease
and be permitted after all to realize
,heir dreams and rejoin him In %
sunbia. Tle RoodbYes had to be said
1nrouKh tue iron bars that divide the
visitors room VI tic station from the
great pens under the sheds where BUS.
peoted immigrants are detained.
Sabbagah has returned to Columbia
snd begun to work aud plan harder
than ever that he may replace the
money lost In the present vain effort
md save up more agrlnst the reunior
'ghioh he confidently expects within
few 10 nths. Toe ch!lds eyes were
,u d, and he might have brought
1t With him but would not deprive the
p iOr mother OF It's comfort.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-14
"A Poor Brand.

AS result Of alleged slanderous
statements uttered by Rsv L. b.
Compton, pastor Of the Haywood
Street Holiness Church at Ashevllle,
N. O.. Fannie &c. Joffers, known t.
he II H)liness sect as grandma" JEFF
4rs, instituted suit In the SuperiU
court demanding 81, 600 damages fui
he defendant. The litigants are both
hat the progress Of the law suit viii
be watched with much interest by the
Holiness people In the city. According
TO the clerks Ctll 30 Of superior court
the aland0Yous remarks consisted O.
6his statement made by Rev. l.. Nj
Compton 10 one D. r. Muse and to
ne Frank Hall: Grandma" Jtffers
(maanirg the said plaintiff) was turn
ed out Of tie Baptist church for ly-
Ing" These folks have q very poor
brand Of holiness.