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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-16
GEO. NJ. JACOBS, President.
MYRoN CARLETON LoUeH, Editor
j 1. M DAVIS, Business Manager.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
THE CRIME OF BRIBERY.

APfrop8s the action of the Mineral
county grand Jury In returning an In.
Fdlctment against A. ]. Wilkinson. the
American Book Company agent In
this State, for an alleged attempt 10
Influence the votes or two members
OF the Mineral county Book Board and
the affidavit Of Berkeley county ,ciIi.
zen 10 the same effect, Ii is Inter.
estlas to note the seriousness OF saeh
an ofrense. In cases Of bribery men
are asked to lay, aside their own judy.
ment and for pay pass upon questions
affecting thousands Of people whose
Representatives they are. In county
like Marion, with a population OF close
TO forty thousand people 1t means n
great deal to n company TO get the
contract TO furnish school books to The
pupils OF the public schools for n pc.
;riod Of five years. That Is why book
companies spend thousands Of dol
lars in sending agents to represent
them. But It IS not the legitimate ex.
penses OF which We complain. It Is
the crime OF attempting to buy and in
many cases succeeding in buying votes
for the adoption Of certain books re.
gardles OF their merits. Scandals Of
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A Contemplate Innovation.

Trouble there Is between Mr.. and
Mrs. George \. Cox, Of Cincinnati.
and the management" Of the KnIcl,.
erbockcr hotel In New York. But
there Is greater trouble brewing be.
tween the Knickerbocker, and all
the women Of Cnristendom. For
what is the loss of $4,000 worth of
diamonds as compared with the pass.
Ing away OF human, womanly.
worldwide instinct? The manage.
ment Of the Kn:ckerbocker hotel.
responding TO suspicion Of Mrs.
Cox. says for answer that there could
not have been u man under her bed.
because by design they had provided
beds that would not permit man so
to secrete himself Could any design
be more wanionly cruel, .causeless and
contemplate? Have women no rights
that are not 10 be respected by the
proud, austcre stlffuecked boniiaces?
The problem carries no concern what.
ever to the sensibilities Of men. This
is plainly n woman's question. Men
do never sccreie themselves under
womcns beds. They rise above any
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this sort have been whispered for
years and yet people have not press.
ed The matter. There are waIsper.
ings Of attempted bribery In Monon.
gala and other counties this year, In
Marion county 1t was said certain
minister was in the employ OF the
American Book Company agent to
work on the members OF the Book
Board With promise for help in nay.
Ing of 4 church debt. Talk about
tainted money! Holy saints, how
can a preacher enter Into q collision
with a hook company agent to work
for the adoption Of bis books to get
funds to pay OF a church debt? Bet.
ter have no churches or preachers
either than TO have the curse of the
Almighty upon the means OF their
support. The laws are very strict on
the subject Of attempted bribery and
II would be n good thing were Mineral
county 10 lead the way IN going 10
the bottom of the cases now under
consideration and II the parties are
found guilty punish them as the law
prescribes. II would probably hush
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AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

The Wheeling papers are making
much OF a statement made by Dr.. /.
c. White, State geologIst, relative to
the discovery of the existence Of cox.
Ing coal In Ohio county. Dr.. While
says:
"'fhe Lower Frceport vein, 3 feet .
Inches In thickness, which has been
encountered by the diamond drill at
Glennova ut depth Of $50 feet, Is
splendid coking coal and will prove
Of enormous value 10 Ohio county"
DR.. White stated that this is the
same vein which is mined by the La
Belle company at Mingo Junction and
at Brilliant, and the analysis shows
that 1t Is COOL for coking purposes. 1t
Is the same as the Upper Freeport
vein, which is mined and cooked on Sen.
ator Elkins' road, the Morgantown G
Ringwood. In that region the coal
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AN OBJECT LESSON TO ApyER
Users.

We note in the advertisement Of
Hartley's store that special request
is made 10 the people Of The suburban
and surrounding towns 10 visit their
opening. We know Of no better way
m Invitation conld be extended to
these people than through the columns
Of the West VirgInian ms we make all
those points. YES ALL OF THEM.
each and every evening Of the year
except Sunday and the fists to these
several places are not small either.
Note the list and see the towns in
which Hartteys are Interested. espe.
cially, and J. NJ. Hartley and Son are
known to be as enterprlsing advertIs.
ers, with rs good judgment, as are to
be found in the Monongahela valley.
Here IRE the towns. and villages TO
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opULA1loN 81 MARION X on COUNTY 81; =:

- = - ,''InNNSlNr WIN ~
The gain of,nearly 10000 in polula.
ton from 1890 to 1900 in Marion DIM.
ty makes speculation as 10 the Goun:
tvs present numberfof inhabitants Of
considerable interest: In 1900 the U.
s. census shows that 92,A2o people re.
sided in Marion county, while in 1880,
ten years before, there were 2o,T21
persons here. The first census Of
which we have record, that Of 1850,
showed 1862 people and the Succeed.
ing figures IRE rs follows: l$O, 49,.
722;s 1870, 12,1O7; 1880, l7,l9S, 1890,
2O,721; 1900, 1880, At the Iate of
increase from 1890 to 1900, Marion
county at the present time has Just
about 10000 people. a very remark.
able feature Of the record given as to
the population Of the count. Is the
loss Of CTS people from 1860 TO 1870.
1t might be Of interest for some OF
the older people Of the county to tell
us about conditions at that time aud
explain how It came that Il lie censls
Of 1870 showed fewer people In the
county than the census Of 1860. We
would gladly publish computations
on that subject.
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Peoples Forum.
Afraid OF Forelaners,
KlLARM; April l6.

il d. - =
Dear Editor: | see q letter from
Riresviiie dated. April the 10th where
1t said "a place for ALL He or she
speaks Of many thousand foreigners
dotting West Virginia soil. The. duesss.
ton may arise, he goes to say, be;;ll
cause there Is place for them. IywilB.
ask where is that place he refers toy?
! will state that place Is mine or yours
or any other free born American. First,
the white man took the red mans
place years ago. They are taking
your place this very day in your work
and before many years roll around
the foreigners will take your place Eina
your homes and In your country;
While We are In Ged's abiding coun-ss
try we fear that dread Of some days
not far in the futureithat weSwlll be u.s.
the plight the red man was years ago,
for thousands upon thousands ARE
landing on our shores. READER. ! n n
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The Weekly Wfst Virginian is in
receipt of a letter I om Mr.H, B. scnn.
age, Of Grafton, fith check enclos.
ed for subscription. Mr.. Scranage re.
marks in his LETT Ter that he has been
a subscriber TO ibe paper for 20 years.
The paper is now 80 years old and
We have u good many subscribers who
commenced with the first copy and
are still subscribers.
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beds built SO close to the floor that
their feminine guests : can not see
whether Or not there Is man under
meath Charleston News.


Is there any reason TO believe that
a verdict, agreed upon by nine men
out Of tewive would, be;less; accurate
and just than one secured with the
approval Of all? Ninety.nine out Of
every one hundred jury yerdicts are
compromises. After argument and
persuasion the minority as rule give
In TO, the majority, some concessions
being made to meet their views. The
failure Of jury to agree means either
that there are some unusually stub,
born and opinionated men on II, or
that some one or more OF the jurymen
have deliberately violated their oaths
and sought TO bring about mistrial.
The conscience Of q 5uryman who
has taken an oath should, Of course.
be respected, but when that conscience
causes q mfstrfai in case that has
cost many thousands Of dollars, and
has occupied the time Of the courts
for months, It becomes very costly
thing. When, as It more often. does,
II prevents the conviction OF some
criminal. whose guilt Is morally Ger.
tain. It makes mockery Of Justice,
and becomes a dangerous thing. a
reform Of the jury system that would
do away with the necessity Of abso.
lutte unanimity in verdict, would
seem 10 be tImely.-Wheeliag lntelli.
gcncer.
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WE'VE OUR.

Say! You newspaper boys down
there at Fairmont! II You don't stop
that controversy ovdr your respective
daily circulation, thy public will con.
Glade that you are bSth deceiving You,
patrons and they Won't believe any.
thing you say abett the number OF
copies You print each day. You both
print very creditable sheets and de.
serve larger circulation than either
Of you have, no do bt.-Graltou Scnti.
mel.
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{ a; Seeker kftsr Light a
a valued local Subscriber, who
seems TO have lost patience, makes
this agonfzing plea:
!, aWill you Kindly tell me who has
chargesoi the Hawaiian AFFAIRS heres
I wrote to the Bureau of Insniar Al.
fairs; they referred me to Civil Ser.
vice, the Civil Service referred me to
Postoaice and Treasury Departments.
] called on Department Of Commerce
and Labor; they could not tell me,
and now | appeal TO you. All refer
me to some one else. | would like
to find out who manages the islands
here?"
1t is easy to see where the trolble
lies, Our friend has not made a thor.
oagh job Of his investigation, He has
stopped too soon. ANY one who has
had experience with the executive de.
PartmeRts knows that II Is as futile
TO give up the quest as It Is to pursue
1t. II not more so. The inquirer admits
that he has barely skirteI around the
edges OF three executive departments.
Does he expect to get any information
at that rate? There are the depart.
ments Of State, Navy. War, Agrlcal.
ture. Justice and Interior yet 10 be
examined, In addition 10 such indie.
pendent or semi.detached bodies as
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
Government Printing Office, Library
Of Congress, and the Smithsonian In.
stitution. II these are thoroughly ex.
plored and fall 10 yield a satisfactory
or Ineligible answer to the question,
fl will begin TO look as II the trouble |
were in the question itself and not In !
the great executive departments. Or,
the fault may lies in the questioner. |
Let him look himself over and make !
sure that he Is all right before i'm.
pugning the motives of the govern
ment. Has he not lost his patience,
instead Of carefully guarding 1t?
who has charge Of Hawaiian af-
fairs here?" That is not a fair Ques.
ton anyhow. What affairs? Let the
subscriber answer that. II he Is IN.
qalring about political affairs, It was
obviously bad break 10 quiz the Civ.
il Service Commission. and the com.
mission was right in referring him to
Secretary Cortelyou. The inquirer
made mistake In the first place
when he wrote 10 the Bureau OF In.
sular Affairs. Everybody knows that
the Bureau OF Insalar Affairs has troa.
bles enough with the Philippines, Gu.
ba, Porto Rico. Santo Domingo and
other black.an.tan acquisitions, In
hand and in prospect. without bother.
ing with Hawaii.
Let our friend carefully decide what
he wants 10 know, and then let him
clamp his jaws and start in with all
the departments, bureaus, commits.
sions and institutions. II he sticks to
1t, he is bound 10 learn much. even II
1t Is moi directly applicable to his
Observation-Disclosures Post.
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ts first 4 crushed into small particles
md 70 then put Into the coking oyens.I
The result IS a very excellent coke.
and the same can be seeared IN Ohio
,cglnty BY treating the coaisins q simil!I
ar manner. Z. 81
The discovery Is said TO add 50b,.
100000 tons to the estimate of ;thes DOS.
sible coal production Of Ohio county.
while Its value to the community wifi
run into the millions. Ohio county
people are 10 be congratulated.
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Until somebody really finds the
North Fole, this discussion about who
owns 1t, must he regarded as a matter
of purely academic interest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-16

Tie busiest man in the community
doesn't always accomplish the most
as he frequently Is Engaged In the at.
fairs Of other people.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-16

90 The Balkan peasants used pitch.
forks against the government troops.
Must have been reading about some Of
Mr.. Ti'lnaa's performances Ia the
Senate.
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The old soldiers are still talking
about the paper that called them per.
jnrers, The incident can hardly he
considered closed yet from what some
Of them are saying.
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As used as the Russian EDITORS are
to being blown up by the censor. We
should think this thing Of getting
blown up by the tcrrorfsts was vel.
come variety.
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In the matter Of children of school
age, FalrmoHt Is In a class by itself
as compared with the other towns of
this part Of the State.
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From present Indications there will
be no scarcity Of candidates for the
various State offices in West Virginia
next year. The State has a large mum.
Der OF patriotic citizens.
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1t is evident that Col. Harvey Is a
great friend OF J. f'icrpont Morgan or
he wouldn't have talked so badly
about President Roosevelt.
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The difficulty about getting rich Is
that II yon make per cent. you are
tempted TO spend 10.
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DRUGGETT

2. 4. p. Z 2 as i . . . .
Our. business on Druggetts has been enormous.
onr patterns are the best and prices are i.ht
Reversible Ingram, size 9x12, $500
All Wool Extra Super Ingram, size 9xl2, $500
Fibre Drlggctts, size 9xl2, .,....... s1o.o.i
Special Tapestry. size 9xl2 ........... $3.50
Monarch Tapestry, size 9xl2, worth SIS, spe.
cial .................. .!...... s135J;
Empire Tapestry, one seam, 9xl2 !: 49,. $500
Best ~ wire Tapestry, size 9x12 ........ 5000
Body Brussels. size 9yl2. .S25 and $3.50
Special Tine administer in very handsome Flor
al design, size 9x12, sold most everywhere at
S22'oo, our p.iee, special ..............s1 $40 eS
Very best Administer, 9xl2. .s25 and $3.50
Royl Wiltans, exl2 .......... .S35 and $4,000
Crex Grass Rugs in al sizes from 1Sx36 at SOC,
to 9x12ift at $3.50.
Mating Rugs, a6x72, worth 75c, at 500. .5sc
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Office Removal.

Dr.. Graham has moved bis office to
second floor Masonic Temple. II
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The two weeks Of pretty weather
borrowed from April by March has al.
ready been paid back with a good rate
of interest.
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rue FAIRH0HT WEST VIRGINIAN
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUN.
DAY Blythe FAlRMoNT WEST +
vlRGlNlAN PUBLISHING
COMPANY.

The West virginian, daily and
weekly, is entered in the Postofflce at
EFhrmont, W. Va, as second class mail
matter.
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which a special Invitation is extended:

which special invitation Is extended:
MoNoNGAH,
W0RTHiNGToN,
MIDDLETON,
CHIEFToN,
ENTERPRISE,
SHINNSToN,
GYPSY,
WATSON,
BARNsToWN,
MANNINGToN,
MoRGANToWN,
MONTANA,
RlVESvILLE.
BARRACKvfLLE,
AMOS.
Now 1t is not to be denied that Graf.
ton. kingwood, Piedmont, Davis, Par.
sons. Elkins. Beverly. Buckhannon
Weston, phIllppl, Clarksbnrg, West
Union. and lot Of others we might
name, arc good towns. but the real
noticeable thing Is that IIartley's. the
biggest store in Fairmont, has judg.
ment enough TO know who will come to
their opening. Marion county has
about 1000 population and local mer.
chants have an ambition 10 serve
them and sell goods to them and that
Is worthy ambition.
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As silent as the arave-the Grafton,
Clqrl,sburg and MoEgantown papers on
the subject Of school enumeration. 4
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-02-14
Yh8 D8loif Diary. s Department :: : ss''..
Department Editor.

Orman Salisbury of Lanesboro. John
Hawley of Missouri. j. d. Butterwortf
and two daughters were among those
who attended services at Deloit the
last of the week.
VIM. Cose. Sr.. was down Monday
the first for few weeks On account
of illness.
Revival service will continue at the
M. e. church each evening this week.
Rev. Fegtley will assist Rev. Bruce
again this week.
Elder C. E. Butterworth of Dow
City received message at neloit last
Friday evening to come to Gallands
Grove to preach the funeral sermon
of Mrs. williamson on Sunday after
noon. He took the train Saturday
evening to make arrangements to be
on hand at the appinted hour.
Mrs. Aletha Anderson purchased a
couple of fine Plymouth Rock roosters
from her uncle Geo. Newcom at Ode
bolt, which arrived Friday.
Elder H. o. Smith will preach each
evening this week at the L. ID. S.
church and on Sunday at the usual
hours.
Mrs. Lucy Gardner and little
daughter of Kiron and Mrs. Scott Nc
Kim and Clair and Edith Montgomery
of Denison attended services in De-
lott Sunday.
M. Myers was business visitor to
Denison Monday afternoon.
A. G. Myers came in Friday night
from Milford center school house
where he teaches and remained in
town until Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. j. Dobson has had an attack
of gripp the past week.
Arthur Spence who is attending
school at Lamont. Iowa has been hav-
ing the most severe case of scarlet
fever in the town but is now recover
ing according to letter received by
his parents here Monday.
Preparations are being made for the
moving season which is about at hand.
Maurice Winans has been laid up
the past week with neuralgia in his
face. hut is better now.
We understand Miss Una Galland
went to Arion Sunday night to work
in the Hotel.
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PUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned will sell at public
auction on our farm two miles north
of Denison. tour miles south of De-
lott. on east side of the river, known
as the Heppner place. on
MONDAY. FEB. 10. 1907
Commencing at 10 O'Clock a. m.
the following property:
One team. z and 8 years old. weight
5000; one team years old, weight
1900; one bay stallion coming years
old. weight 1900: one team. weight
230O. 10 and Ii years old: one team 8
years old. weight 1900. one team
and years old. weight 1907: one sad
die pony. IL head of cows. some will
be fresh soon: 60 head of two ear-old
steers. weight from $50 to 800; Is
head of vearling steers and heifers
10 head of spring calves 2 herd bulls.
Shorthorn. Hereford. Is brood sows.
rs shoats. thoroughbred Duroc
Jersey boar.
Two stirring plows. new 18-foot
steel harrow. l disc pulverizer. 2 Gull
tivators. / mower.2 lumber wagons, 8
sets work harness nearly new. 80
bushels home raised clover seed.
Free lunch at noon.
Terms "A credit of IL months time
will be given on sums over $40. pur-
chaser to give approved note bearing
8 per cent interest. $40 and under
cash.
FINERAN BROS.
McAhren & Driscoll, Auctloneers.
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PUBLIC STOCK SALE.


The undersigned will hold their
Fifth Annual Duroc Jersey Hog sale
at the Vineyard Stock Farm. located
five miles northeast of Kiron: four
miles northwest of Boyer and six
miles south of Odebolt. on
TUESDAY, FEB. 10. 1907
Commencing Immediately at 1890
p. m. the sale will consist of
43 bred sows. sired by Ohio Col
onel, Tolstoy. Orion and other noted
strains. Bred to bears as good as the
breed represents.
Will also have IL head of cattle of
high grade Red Polled cattle: consist
ing of 6 yearling heifers and year.
lingsteers.
Free lunch at noon.
Free conveyance to and from trains.
Sale will be held in convenient quart
er. No postponement. Come to the
sale and inspect our stock. Write for
catalogue.
Term-Sums of fifteen dollars and
under. cash: over that amount one
years time will be given on bankable
notes bearing 8 per cent interest from
date of sale. Parties from distance
will please bring late bank reference
S. S. STOLT &
ALFRED j. CLAUSON
Teaguist Brothers. F. o. Cubbage.
Auc'ts.
w. F. Bay. Clerk.
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Born on Wednesday Feb. 18th to
Mr.. and Mrs. P. D. McKim. a son.
Congratulations are decidedly in order.
Mrs. E. A. Nick i'm returned home
from her visit to Denison last We'd
nesday morning.
Mrs. John Cook of Denison. Mrs.
II. Fink and Mrs. w. Wilkinson were
guests of Mrs. James McKim last
Wednesday.
Mrs. w. A. Willoughby and son
j. A. Willoughby. of Bonesteel.S D..
started upon their return trip home
Thursday. Her daughter Mrs. A. j.
Mason accompanied them as far as
Denison and together they visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. N. L.
Hunt until Friday morning.
Elder j. C. Crabb. President of the
Gallands Grove District. arrived to
attend services at the L. D. S. Church
over Sunday.
Chas. Flint. of Middleton. Idaho
who spent few days visiting at the
home of his mother Mrs, R. Flint
who has been i'll sometime and among
other relatives and friends of boyhood
DAYS returned to his home last Satur-
day. Charley was one of the Craw-
ford county teachers for several years
and thus formed large acquaintance.
j. l.. Riggleman shipped car load
of hogs and j. d. Newcom car of
cattle to Chicago last Saturday. j. l..
Riggleman went into Chicago with
them.
Broder Boysen passed through town
Saturday with some fine cattle to ship.
Hans Henningsen moved last week
to a farm near Denison.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Holcomb of
Gallands Grove attended the l.. d. S.
Religio and Sunday School convention
at Deloit last Friday.
A. H. Rudd and wife of Dow City
spent Sunday at Deloit.
VIM. PETIT. ST.. of Gallands Grove
and daughter Mrs. Shaw of Missouri
spent few days at Deloit visiting
among friends and attending services.
Elders H. o. Smith and w. A.
Smith of independence. Mo-. attend
ed the L. d. S. quarterly conference
at this place.
Mr.. Jordison of near Fort Dodge
and Mr.. Reynolds of Coalville. Mr..