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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-07-17
w. Ii. PILES,
AGENT FOR THE

AGENT FOR THE
MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY, OF Ircnton, and
the IRoNToS DYE HOUSE. Work called
for and delivered.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-07-17

Electrical storms are quite fire.
guent this season.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27

;atter Might 70 be rived III the morn
ing. II u eighty years ago the pres,
ent year that the iueifer mattel! the
arst genuine friction match. was in
vented; and even that required an at;
taehment OF bent sandpaper TO pro-
dpce the desired results.
It Is hard for the present generation.
to realize the Inconvenience from
which the friction match emanclpat-
cd their ancestors. The manufacture
Of this product has become a great.
and even somewhat diversified In.
dusty. because every section seems
70 have matches peculiar to itself. A
man who has been a commercial ,rav.
eler for many years tells us that II he
were taken up and carried to any
point east OF the Alleghanies he could
tell within a hundred miles OF where
he was by the matches he should 1nd
In use. There Is also a national pride
In matches. A recent mayor OF Man.
chester, England, visiting friends in
Boston a Few years ago, spoke very
highly Of our "abominable matches,''
and declared that he did not see how
a high-spirited, Independent and n
terprising people Ike ourselves put up
with them.
The American peop,e, however, APP
pear to be fairly well contented with
the home product, else they would
not buy and consume SO many with
comparatively so little grumbfing.
They use up about 70o,00O,0o0, 900 a
year or about half ola Il that are
manufactured in the world. There are
hundreds of factories scattered over
the country. mi plant on the Pacific
coast covering $40 acres and operat-
ing over thirty miles OF railroad, over
which is carried to 1t daily 200, 900 feet
Of sugar pine and yellow pine logs
for the match machines. Inferior lum.
Der will not do. 1t must be straight
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27

fEA-4 tc4IfN ~
grained and fee mlkncts and care
FULLY treated N addition The bystro.
duet goesd III j larger things The inc
tory on The kPnctac coast reierred to
turns out id this bySprodIel thou
sand doors land 500 window sashes
daily In d single yssr one match
company In lthe lasesrsgion cut 22s.
100000 bosyl feet Of pine, though TINT
was intended for more than 1 year
product
Il Is no wonder, when We. consider
these figures, that the matehmakees
are becominga nxious. And that Is
true In, other countries as well as our
own. In Germany and France there Is
a movement TO have forests planted
Just for match timber, and We may
soon face a famine In match wood In
this country. for not ali kinds can be
used for that purpose. II may also
happen that invention may develop
something that will take the place Of
matches. It is not probable thatsthe
limit Of progress has been reached In
the means Of producing fre at need.
There Is no Promothean penalty for
the man who shall make the discovery
but rather welcome and reward by
his eager fellowmen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27

1t is true that Vice President Fair.
banks selected the South as his own
field more than n year ago, and, there
are conflicting opinions as to the re.
suit OF this work. But a study OF pre-.
vious conventions and the readiness
of these Southern organization leaders
to listen to convincing arguments
encourage Mr.. Taft's friends to
look for votes in this group Of States.
OF the 16S votes in this group 1t is u
question solely for Mr.. Taft's cot.
science to decide how many he will
get.
There is n other group Of doubt.
States where Mr.. Taft's friends
will find little encouragement. These
are the New England States:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
Match Makers
Are Anxious
DECREASING SUPPLY OF TIMBER
is ALREADY WORRYING MAN
UFAcTURERs.
From the Boston TRANSCRIPT.

1t is perhaps more Characteristic
OF Americans than Of any other peo-
pie to hold small things in contempt,
forgetting that little drops OF water,
little grains Of sand constitute the
plant we inhabit. A match is a small
and Insignificant aaffir. yet multiplied
as 1t has been in this country and the
rest Of the civilized world It has been
one Of the most potential agents Of
modern material development. It has,
come into use at a late day in the
worlds history There are many liy-,
ing among us still who can remember
when the flint and finder we're the reg.
ular means Of starting a fresh fire,
and the old one was carefully pre-
served by burylng the embers night
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
New EnaIand AaaInst Hlm.

~
or these 81 votes Mr.. Taft will be
ifcky II he can capture two out OF Con.
necticut. The group is usually spok.
en- OF in Washington as the "Aldrich.
Crane" group. for Senator Lodge,
strong as he Is in Massachusetts, poll.
tics, and close to President Roosevelt,
will probably not be able to deliver a
single delegates In hts own State and
none in the rest Of New England, ex.
cept, as suggested, that in Connects.
cut he may be able to arouse sufficient
pride in the fact that Secretary Taft
a graduate Of Yale to capture a few.
delegates there. Senators Aldrich and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
Anti-Taft States.

Most OF these States hold out no
hope to Mr.. Taft's friends. -Four of
them have "favorite sons" Pennsyl.
vania has Mr.. Knox: Indiana has Mr.
FAIRBANKS; Illinois has Speaker Can.
non; Wisconsin has Senator Larol.
cite, New York may or may not
have Governor Hughes, or 1t may have
Secretary Cortelyou. Probably 1t will
have neither, but will be divided IN
between Governor Hughes, Secretary
Corteiyou and Speaker Cannon, but
there will be practically no Taft dele.
gates. New Jersey has no candidate
at this moment. but 1t is against Ser.
Rotary Taft, because he stands for
President Roosevelt. Oklahoma Dre.
sents u curious situation. Whilst on
his way to the Philippines last fall,
Secretary Taft made two or three
speeches in Oklahoma In the hone Of
creating a friendly feeling there. TN.
fortunately In his addresses he urged
the voters TO vote against the new
Constitution. which was the first steo
toward statehood. The overwhelming
majority by which the Constitution
was adopted shows how thoroughly the
people of Oklahoma repudiuted Mr..
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27


Crane are very closely allied enas
tor Foraker which means that they
will never permit Secretary Tan 10
gain any strength In their preserves
Where these votes viii eyentasIly
land depends. of course. entirely Oh.
how matters shape Themselves In tho
convention. but they will never laud'
in the Taft column.
II Is difficult to classify Colorado in
any one Of these groups. Her 10 votes
will probably be divided.
It IS entirely reasonable to believe
that Mr.. Tatt's friends will muster 300
votes on the first ballot, even Il the
Ohio delegation does not cast is IS
votes solidly for the secretary$of waf.
That is a matter for MI. Taft to de-
eide himself, II he can persuade sPresi.
dent Roosevelt to surrender his ia.
vorite project Of eliminating Mr..
Foraker and can arrange a compro.
mise with tho senior Senator. there Ia
every probability that the IS votes OF
Ohio may yet be counted in the Taft
column.
Certain 1t is that Mr.. Taft will lead
on the first ballot. 1t Is equally GER
tain that the first ballot will not be dc.
cisive. Experienced observers here
believe that the convention will be
deadlocked for days, as was the Chi.
cago convention in 1888. AS to tho
final result any guess is good. l.. G.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27

rTt-l Ll-IHIEeENr
Tbtah 9
Montana 81, 10
Nevada 6
Delaware /. i
Washington 10
West Virginia ii
New Mexico q
Arizona Z
Porto Rico ....s......a...:.. 2
OF these Mr.. Taft's friends are.
strongest in Michigan, and be will
probably get 20 of the %. In Iowa he
viii at least break even. In wyom.
Ing he ought to get the entire delega.
ton. Montana Is probably against
Mr.. Taft. The 10 delegates of Wash.
ington can be secured for him. West
Virginia Is in the hands OF Senator
,Elklns, and Mr. Elkns is not given
to hasty decision. West Virginia will
be a doubtful quantity until prospects
are very much clearer than they are
~ present. IL seems almost proyi-
dental that West Virginia is near the
bottom OF the roll. The three terri.
tories ought TO be safe for Mr.. Taft.
Nevada and Utah are very doubtful.
and it does not appear that the att.
tude of the almia:-'.7t..i IN the pres.
ient difficulty at GoIdGeId, where Il
rushed federal troops into the State
one day and then rushed them out
again almost Immediately after. has
made the administrations candidate
stronger. Still ont of this group OF
doubtful States Mr.. Taft ought to he
able to gather between 50 and GO
votes.
In the South.
Coming to the Southern States,
there are here two groups-one con,
sisting Of Southern States where there
is a ririle Republican party and the
other where the Republican party con,
sists almost wholly OF the state or.
ganlzation.' The first group consist.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27

These are the three varieties oh
"oUR;PIE" preparation which arc
creating SO much favorable comment
everywhere. Each package It put utp
according to the strlctest Pure Food
Laws. 1t does not require an expert.
enced cook to make good pies from
"oUR;PIE." Just the proper proper
tons OF all Ingredients are In the
package ready for your Immediate use.
AT grocers, 10 cents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
Glasscock Talks,
Conved tions
SAYS THE STATE CONVENTION
MUST co"T TER Ma
TioNal CONVENTION.

NORGANTOWN. Dec o7-rbafr
man woodward has sent ont n cotf for
a meeting Of the State committee n,
Parkersburg January 18th. The Wash.
ington correspondents have tried IN in.
innate that there was something IN.
usual about the form Of the cal, and
that it might mean a single early con,
yenilon Mt which no,,ono, 1ao,...a,
would be selected and the State tickle,
nominated.
Collector W. e. Glasscock. n Nom.
Der Of the committee. has received !,
COPY, OF the caIl and be saws tbot thora
is absolutely nothing unuspa, anon,
1t. The committee will set n ttmo an,
designate a place for bol,jpg , con,
yentlon Mt which national d]e,o,,tes
at large To REPRESENT ,-.ost I,trrtn,,
in the Chicago convention ,nl VII,
Issue a call for the same
"What about hat suggestion II
holding onlv ono con vort,on nm, ~
ing the state ticfe, NJ Tho s,n,a tt.,aa..
he was osl;e19
a would not no in favo, ~ az,
such schcme. ro,,;o1 ,ho oar.
"and I have never hoard ma nro,,
sftIon even disrtssed he, ,nv
30 ,h r,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27

To- tNN
Here. too, Mr.. Taft's friends oash.
to be able to gain some delegates. In
Maryland the attempt TO pass Taft
resolutions ct the State convention
asst August was wisely abadoned b,
cause Its advocates were ,osi it would
be defeated: but there is, nevertheless.
4 friendly feeling for Mr.. Taft. While
Speaker Cannon and Secretary Cos
telyou will undoubtedly get more dele.
gates than Mr.. Taft, It is not improl,.
able that he Will pick up one or two
IN virginia he GEMS fairly sure of the
delegation. North Carolina he can.
not count upon. because he made there
an unfortunate speech which offended
the Southern Republicans bitterly. N
Tennessee he may pick up half the
delegates. but from Kentucky he need
expect nothing. for there, too, an eff.
fort to obtain an Endorsement for his
candidacy at the Republican state
convention is Very likely to be In the
hands of men friendly to Vice Pres,.
dent Fairbanks and to Senator Fora.
ker. which means that Speaker Can.
non a count on the Kentucky votes
If n deadlock comes.
practical" Politics VIII Count.
AS for the other Southern States.
where the votes of the delegations de.
pend solely on the word of one or two
leaders, 1t need only be said that Sec.
rotary Taft's managers have operat.
in Ohio politics long enough /,
know that only practical" methods
and it is simply a question #
Secretary Taft viii authorize his man.
ayers to get these votes in the usual
x---,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-secretary
TAFT has been making good use Of ey,
cry moment II his leisure time since
his return TO study the presidential
situation. and 1t is intimated that he
will soon give out a statement.
Conjecture Is accordingly busy rs to
the nature OF the statement, and opin.
ion is evenly divided that Secretary,
Taft, after going over his boom very
carefully with his brother, Mr.. Charles
P. Taft. the wealthy Cincinnati edit
tor. will or will not announce that
he has retired from the fight. Next
to President Roosevelt. the Secre.
tary's brother Is responsible for the
Taft presidential boom, and he will
continue to pursuade Mr.. Taft that
the Taft boom is sure to win out
eventually at the Chicago convention.
II Mr.. Taft stays in the fight there
is every indication that he will have
the satisfaction OF polling the largest
vote on the first ballot in the conYen.
ton. It would not be surprising II Mr.
Taft has 300 votes on the first ballot,
at this time he has 100 votes pracll
,cally pledged for n:m, II the claims Of
his friends can be depended upon
Confidence in their figures is some
what impaired because they include
in these 100 votes the 4G votes Of
Ohio.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
Good start for Taft.
claim tle fnllnwipp cfoto..

When it is reflected that there will
be In the next Republican convention
1870 delegates, being two for each req.
rescntative in the House and each
member of the Senate, and two dele.
gates for the Philippines and Porto
Rico and Hawaii and Alaska, and two
for each Of the territories, It Is clear
that Mr.. Taft starts off fairly well IL
the claims of his friends are made
good in the convention. for In a Re.
publican convention only n majority
Is necessary to nominate, and 1870
pledges is n very comfortable nucleus,
for fSG votes are needed. Just now
the claims of Mr.. Taft's friends for the
dG votes Of Ohio are not wholly con.
NincIng, because the two Senator's.
Foraker and Dick, have come out
topcrfy TO fight the Taft boom. md IL
Is hardly reasonable to believe that
they vii entirely fail to capture some
of the Ohio delegation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
Taft Studying
The Situation
IS LIKELY SOON TO DECLARE
HImsELF-THE CONDITIONS
ATsPREsENT.

An Analysis Of the Sentiment In the
Various states-The Secretary Has
a Fairly Good start-states That
Are For Him and Those That Are
Against Him-Fishting Ground In
Which the Delegations Are to &c
contended For-Two Groups Of
Southern states-A Matter Of Prac-
ticai| Politics.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
BELMONT MEETS LABOR.
officials of n. c. f. Hold Session
m Chicago Home.

Chicago. Jan. 12-August Belmont. president
of the National Civic Federation, and Seth Low.
chairman of the conciliation department. ar
rived here to-day to attend the meeting OF en-
ployers and employees at the home of Mrs Pot
ter Palmer tonight.
The meeting. presided over by Franklin Mac
Neagh, was the largest gathering of employers
and employees ever held in Chicago. nearly five
hundred and fifty persons attending. or those
present between one hundred and seventy five
and two hundred labor union officials. and
nearly equal number OF prominent manu-
facturers attended.
The chief purpose OF the meeting was to ex-
plain 10 employers and employees the aim and
objects OF the national civic federation with a
view TO establishing a branch in Chicago The
been misunderstood by employers and abor
unions alike. The federation does not attempt
to act as an arbitration board to settle labor
disputes, its policy being to allow the parties In
interest TO settle their differences between them
selves. 1t frequently happens however in n
strike that one side refuses TO meet the repro
sentatives of the other. and tn strike continues
The federation In such cases aims to conciliats
the employing side through the large employers
II has among its members, while the union rep
resentatives on the federation perform similar
service among the unions Once the contending
parties are brought together in conference tho
settlement OF a dispute is made easy.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
COURT ORDERS EMERALDs SOLD.
Judge Holt Hands Down Decision in Suarez
Jewel Case.

The emeralds which Manuel ]. Suarez, the Co
lombian is said to have tried TO smuggle into
this country when he landed in New York on the
Oceanic from Europe October are forfeited
TO the government, according TO an opinion
handed down by Judge Holt yesterday In the
United States Circuit Court The case is known
as United States VS.. 21s1a carats of unset en-
eralds" The emeralds said to have been
stolen from the Colombian government. which
alone has the right to mine these gems Sua-
rezs brother was imprisoned in Colombia, and
two OF his friends exiled for their alleged
connection with the case The stones. which.
Mr. Suarez says. worth $1,000. Will be put
up at public auction unless appeal is taken
and the ,iecislon of the Circuit Court reversed
Judge Hollis decision is based on MIR. Suarez's
failure 10 declare the stones. and not upon evil
dence introduced in proof disproof OF his
intention to sell them In this country. 1t has
no connection with the vague charges that the
stones were stolen. Regarding these charges,
Manuel SuareZ has written two open letters
one to the Bogota newspaper 'El Correo Ma
cional" and the other TO President Reyes Of
Colombia, In which he explains that he bought
the stones from some Dominican priests. who
sold them with the sanction of the Apostolic
Delegate and of the Archbishop of Bogota.
During all the proceedings OF the trial several
Plnkerton detectives. recognized representatives
Of the Colombian government. were attentive
listeners.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
REJECT BIG LAW FIRMS
NeU Insurance Concern Refuses
Offer to Buy Its Stock. ,

The directors of the North American Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey Tribune re-
porter learned last night, have rejected the ofer
of prominent legal firm closely identified with the
Mutual Life struggle for control to buy 100000 of
stock in the company provided the directors
appointed the firm its attorneys The directors,
1T is said, also rejected somewhat similar oner
from another firm equally prominent AT their New
ark election meeting yesterday. however, they ap-
pointed c. NJ Bovee, Of Ritch. Woodford, Bovee q
Butcher, as the company's attorney.
Those directors who were in favor OF the con-
troll of the company remaining in the hands of the
life insurance men themselves. regard MI boVee
appointment as a victory for their side AS toio
exclusively in The Tribune several days ago. there
was difference of opinion on two points, some Oh
the incorporators intimating that they WOULD wth-
draw should outsiders gain a foothod IN the coih-
pany.
I'VE shall not sell than 5000 OF stock 10 any
outsider" one of these told the reporter.
The news of the offer OF insurance ia"Seis .
and its rejection caused great interest IN lSi
circles speculation running high as 10 the sisiii
canoe of the offer. ~
The new company. the reporter learneo' wiz Al IN
crease its capital forthwith s00OO and virtually
will confne its business Central New Engiaho
and the Middle West.
The company elected the following oniceis
President. John T. Boone sr.: first vce-president
Lee B. Durstine: second vice-president. John H.
Mcnamara: secretary Francis E. stevens; ;dreaS ueas
Harold Mah1 the 9 hoaTd With Of the
ton nf Mr. MI Mahin. was made up of Lawrence
PTiddy New York Jacob EepsH EppselRR r oveT MsT
rich. Lafayette Ind; Daniel j. Mcnamara IN IN
dianapos brother of the yice-presdent; AiOegt
Schurr of Newark: w p. Kerr, Plttspurg,
jacob l. Babler Buffalo; John T Boone. jr, New
York. and Groom w Walker. sppingneeid a. M Massrs
Boone, sr. J. Mcnamara. Durstine stevens N rem. IN.
Fpnstein and PridGy; the agency committee OF Ihe
same men omItting Messrs Eppsten and Priddy
the finance committee of Messrs Eppsteln Baois.,
Kerr Priddy Stevens and d. Mcnamara; the auuit
committee of Messrs Overrich. Walker, Boone IT,
Babler and j. Mcnamara, and the claims commit
owing to his continued illness, John h Boone
ar was unable 10 attend the meeting.
Although ex-New York Life men incorporated
the new concern. the directors reiterated with en-
phasis that il was an entirely distinct company
with no connections whatever with the New forh