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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20

CHICAGO. Sept. 20.-Five members
of q SEQ: known as "Parhamites' have
been arsssted on charges OF man
slaughttr. They are accused Of Tor.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20
.PARHAMITES" ARRESTED FOR
ToRTURING WOMAN TO DEATH

turing to death Mrs. Let!t.a Green
haugh, Of Zion CITY, IN an EFFORT to
cast HDeylls and evil spirits from her"
Rheumatism racked her body.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20

Programme Electric Thsater Friday
and Saturday
"a Case OF Arson and "a Bad
Omen"
song, you're the Brightest star OF
All NY Dreams
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20
NJ p,oole EntertaIns

Mrs. Poole EntertaIns
Mrs.. Robert Poole Of cIatiahurg
Eas hostess to q number ofi her friend
Wedne day afternoon from 4 until
o,clock IA hopprs 6f her guest Ais.
Mabel Morgan, q aIgmon
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20

Records, Records, Records.
Cold moulded Cylinder Records, 16c
each, $3.50 per dozen. Regular, 25c,
$500 dozen.
TYLER,DAYIS & co.
st $50 Main Street. Cd Floor.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20
trolley Car Collision.

Trolley Car Collision.
PITTSBURG, Pa. Sept 20. = A
Homestead and East Pitshurg trolley
car collision to-day injured fiye peo-
pie and shook up q number Of passen.
gers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20

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Book s!oEs. s.ss3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20
THE NEAIAER

Rain and cools to1ie nd tilE
day, clearing saigs'is attsEnoi
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-20

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The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05

their money at time when banking institutions were confessedly scared and were holding it back by main force of possession.
 In the face of this course it is, perhaps, entirely consistent for the same paper to ridicule w. J. Bryan and his advocacy of measure that would remove every fear of loss from every depositor. and meas ure that would go very far toward making a money panic such as this impossible. No doubt these same depositors who have been the sub- ject of ridicule will very much ap- preciate the course of the Globe Democrat in making funny" re- marks at the supposed expense of a man who wishes to insure them against loss and against the very condition that has caused many a man to hoard his money.
 In this connection Mena's banks are greatly to be congratulated, as they have refused to be scared and have been ready at any moment to pay over the counters the money due any depositor, condition so unusual during past weeks as to be remarkable. It is equally pleasant to record the fact that almost no depositors have withdrawn their money from Mena banks, showing that they have had an intelligent grasp of the situation and full con- fidence in the institutions whose open-door policy has been so excep- tional and so appreciated.
 It is doubtful, too, if any of these banks, or any other rightly conduct ed ones, would oppose government or state guarantee for depositors.
 It is generally, as in this case, men and papers given over exclusively to petty partisanship who oppose such measures simply and solely because they receive the approval of lead CTS of an opposite political party.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
Making Holiday.

Old age, they say, is another name for regret. l have not found 1t so, and sometimes 1 am a little afraid lest I have grown old improperly, because for me regret has so small share in the wistful tenderness of glad remembrance. I think, per haps, regret is born chiefly of omis- sion: Now I.have perpetrated many things sins, follies and solecisms of every variety--but 1 feel sure that my lists of omissions is not formid- able one. 1 may have neglected virtue, but 1 have never willingly omitted delight, and the joys in the world far outnumber everything else. Yes, 1 can safely assert that whenever the chance was mine things worth enjoying were rarely left out, and I think it must be those who have habitually omitted the best things in life, the pain, the hope, the happiness, who in twilight hours are haunted by regret. Acts may be forgiven; not even God can forgive the hanger-back. "- George Frost.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
In After Years.

A young farmer, who does not believe in patronizing home mer- chants, sent to mail order house for suit of clothes. In the pocket of the pants he found the following note: Should this fall into the hands of a good looking man who desires to correspond with young lady Cf sweet disposition, kindly address," etc. The aforesaid mail order man promptly sent letter to the address, and a few days later received the following reply: Sir, my wife has received a letter in her maiden name. Twenty years ago, when she worked in a factory, she might have written the note. She is now the mother of seventeen chil- dren and my lawful wife. If you don't cut writing to her, l will take trip to your town and make you look like two cents worth of dog meat. ."-Exchange.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
Eat More Candy.

Give children plenty of pure sugar, taffy and butterscotch and they'll have little need for cod-liver oil. :" says Dr. Woods Hutchinson in the Christmas Woman's Home Com panion.
 "ln short. sugar is, after meat, bread and butter, easily our next most important and necessary food. You can put the matter to test very easily. Just leave off the pie, pudding or other desserts at your lunch or midday dinner. Youll be astonished to find how quickly you'll feel empty again, and how 'un- fni7hed' the meal will seem. You can't get any working man to ac- cept dinner pail without pie in it. And he's absolutely right. The only thing that can take the place of sugar here is beer or wine. It is signif- cant fact that the free-lunch coun-
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
A BREWER WANTS pAmAer.
The schlItz Company of Mllx,,... to Sue Attorney General and ''s
 Receivers.

Leavenworth, Kan, Doe owners of the Schlitz Brewine " pany of Milwaukee, Wis, are ar,sns @ ing to file a damage suit for s.sass against MT. Carver. MT. Allen ss sss MT. Whitcomb, the three receivars '. the Kansas supreme court and ms attorney general. F. s. Jackson TAs legal papers have been prepared .ns the damage suit will be filed in ,hs United States circuit court within week. s. E. Abrams, a represents tive of August and Henry thlein !, Milwaukee and c. F. Muller of rh, cago. were here Saturday and cleared up some brewery property matter. preliminary to filing the suit.
 The threatened damage suit Is ,ba outgrowth of the suits in the Kansa,. supreme court to oust brewerles q, other states from doing business In Kansas and to seize their property The supreme court receivers seized six brick buildings in Leavenworth among the best property in the city April 27, and held possession of 1t un. til a few days ago when the SchlItr Brewing company made settlement with the receivers by paying costs amounting to $3.400.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
AN UNPLEASANT VIEW.

According to statistics there were 5000 killed and 76,286 injured in railroad accidents during the past twelve months. And yet the United States and Mexico have united in an effort to prevent war between South American republics, which in the past ten years have probably not killed and injured so many persons. People like the 2-cent rate all right, but would probably, be willing to pay more if the management of the railroads would give more heed to making travel and employment on the roads more safe and less to watering stocks and other like specu- lation. Allow your imagination to finger on the sight of more than 80,000 victims and several times as many suffering fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, wives and children.
 And everybody knows that the list could be reduced to a fraction of it's size if the proper efforts were made. It is proven by the records in other countries where human life is held less cheaply.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05

ters run in connection with bars furnish every imaginable thing ex- cept sweets. Even the restaurants and lunch grills attached to saloons or bars often refuse to serve desserts of any sort. They know their busl- nessl The more sugar and sweets a man takes at meal, the less alcohol he wants. Conversely, nearly every drinking man will tell you that he has lost his taste for sweets. The m ore candy nation consumes, the less alcohol.
 The United States government buys pure candy by the ton and ships it to the Philippines to be sold at cost to the soldiers in the can teens. All men crave it in the tropics, and the more they get of it, the less vino and whisky they want.
 Tn fine, the prejudice against sugar is born of puritanism and stinginess, equal parts. Whatever children cry for must be bad for them, according to the pure doctrine of original sin; besides, it costs money. Iknow families in the rural districts yet where the head of the family groans over every dollars worth of sugar that comes into the house as a sinful and 'unwholesome' luxury"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.

tCn1cagO NeWS.l
 Some of the most eloquent ser mons are worthless.
 Hope deferred is apt to give the promoter cold feet.
 You never realize how brave some men are until you meet their wives. The professional society man is capable only of entertaining silly women.
 Never judge the merit of a joke by the laugh of a woman with dim- ples and pretty teeth.
 If it wasn't for the happening of the unexpected life would be aw- fully monotonous.
 And sympathetic tear comes as near being a panacea for all femi- nine troubles as anything on the market.
 If a self-made man says he is ashamed of his job he is a pretty fair specimen of what David said all men were.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
on, CONSISTENCY

It is dull month with Mir. Bryan when he fails to put forward some novel political plank. His latest propo- sition is that the government should guarantee all bank deposits. But MT. Bryan has also acquired facility in dropping his numerous misfits. Globe Democrats.
 Since the day when the crooked methods of a few New York finan- ciers caused a break in the free flow of business prosperity, and since a rotton banking institution or two went to the wall and others took fright, tying up the money of the country, no paper has heaped more abuse upon scared" depositors who wanted their money than has the Globe-Democrat. Ina. big sheet seemed determined to assign all the trouble to the people who, accord ing to it's theories, had no right to
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
THOMAS STRIKES
 BACK AT LAST
A Revival of the Fight in the M. E. Church, South, Conference Against We'll Known Preacher
 ssO,OOO Damage Suit.

Malvern, Nov. 30 Rev. James Thomas, one of the most widely known Methodist preachers Tn Arkansas has at last turned upon his enemies. For five years Kev. Mir. Thomas has been charged oy Methodist ministers and laymen with being Otto Brock, who many years ago was bad character in Texas. MT. Thomas, though he has denied this, has never offered to prove an alibi nor has be ever until now seemingly resented the accusations brought against him.
 Today MT. Thomas filed suit iu the Hot Springs county circuit court against G. w. Hester ot Devine, Tex, for $50,000 damages for slaudering his character.
 MT. Hester is the banker of Devine, Tex, who year ago made affidavit that Rev. James Thomas was Otto Brock. He was in Malvern for two days this week and reiterated those charges.
 Mir. Hester was here at the in- vita ton of number of Methods! layman who have been investi- ga,ing the charges against MT. Thomas. Rev. I. K. Waller of Oklahoma conference was also brought here to identify MT. Thomas as Otto Brock, which II is said he did, and the matter has been brought to fever heat. As a result MT. Thomas has struck back.
 MT. Thomas record during the 20 years in which he has been in the ministry in Arkansas, has been brilliant one, and above reproach. He has many admirers in Little Rock, whom he won during his eight years service there. At Texarkana his work was remarkable. He went there after leaving Little Rock and or ganized church, and then bull, one of the best Methodist churches in Arkansas and paid for it in the four years that he was pastor there. During the past year he has been financial agent for the Henderson and Hendrix colleges, and has in ths time raised $50, 900 tor those schools. He is a very bright man and, 1t is said, powerful preacher.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05

ity. The greater does not have to fight the lesser. let the greater put appear and the lesser will not De wanted by anybody any more.
 Thousands have believed that to ignore the needs of the body was a mark of goodn -ss, but modern psy- choogy IS demonstrating the fact that to ignore or crush any natural desire is to produce abnormal de sires. and it is abnormal desires that make man go wrong. Other thou sands have gone to the other ex- treme and ignored the needs of the soul; but this same psychology IS demonstrating that to ignore the soul is to deprive the mind of proper guidance. Lack of soul develop ment is therefore the cause ot the mistakes of man.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
JAPAN IOST(P LABORERS|
Baron Ishii Arrives in Tokio and Talks of Observations in United
 States and Canada.
AMERICAN LAPS OPPOSE IMMIGRATION
The Mikado's Representatives, Alter Investigation, Believes It VIII Be Necessary to Prevent immigration of Laboring Classes to United States to Avoid an Exclusion Act.

Tokio. Dec. 1.--Baron Ishii, chief of the bureau of commerce of the Japanese foreign office. who visited America and Canada for the purpose of investigating the emigration prob lem. arrived in Tokio Saturday and conferred with the officials Of the Tor eign office with whom he arranged thorough canvas of the situation for the coming week. In an interview Baron Ishii said:
 My visit to America and Canada convinced me that the opposition to the Japanese is based partly upon race prejudice. though considerable of 1t is due to laborers, instigated by az itators. I found Japanese residents in America and Canada who resent the incoming of their countrymen from the Hawaiian islands and Mex ico, which is disliked. While 1t is proper for Japanese to conserve the interests of the Japanese now re- siding abroad. many of whom are prospering and living peacefully in America, in my opinion 1t will be necessary in order to keep absolute faith with the United States, to pre- vent immigration of laborers thither altogether, because an exclusion act would be disagreeable. We should send laborers to Canada in great mod eration"
 The foreign office Is now engaged in Investigating the representations of the American ambassador. Thomas J. O'Brien, concerning the character and number of emigrants. The indications are that the Japanese government will give formal but verbal assurances of future rigid exclusion of all that can be termed strictly labor emigra- tion to the United States, being care ful also in limiting the number nov ing for Canada. It Is doubtful If these assurances will take the form of writ ten notes to either country, but pos sibly Foreign Minister Hayashi will make a statement in the diet.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
THOUGHT, WORTH WHILE.
External Progress,) )

No one has right to criticise un- less he can do better; and he who can do it better knows too much to criticise.
 1t has frequently been stated that one cannot be happy and be good; but the fact is that the person that is not happy is not good, and the person that is not good cannot be happy.
 Do not tear others down; build yourself up. In every sphere of endeavor, this is the great secret of results that are permanent, thor oughly satisfactory and thoroughly worth while.
 That which has worth can prove itself to be worthy; but it is no sign of superiority to antagonize inferior
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
A Home Made Happy by Chamber
 Iain'S Cough Remedy

About two months ago our baby girl had measles which settled ,cn her lungs and at last resulted in a severe attack Of bronchitis. We had two doctors but no relief was ob- tained. Every body thought she would dle. went to eight different stores to find cer- tain remedy which had been recommended to me and failed to get 1t, when one Of the storekeepers Insisted that I try Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. l did so and our baby Is alive and well today.-Geo. W. Spence, Holly Springs, N. c. Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy always cures and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Jackson Drug Co, and all druggists
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
sUNRLowER PHILOSOPHY.
(Atchison GloDe.) ]

(Atchison GloDel
 Some people are born to be made rich by others.
 Some men are seeking temptation in order to test their strength.
 It is easy for man to be patient if he has nothing at stake.
 Some fellows have a great deal of ability in ungrammatical packages.
 Women have a nice way of being mean that men cannot hope to equal. In the game of love a man is apt to draw to beauty until he makes a pair.
 A woman's idea of an entertaining man is one who says but little and listens.
 Having common sense and having command of 1t are to different things.
 Spendthrifts may be so called be- cause they have nothing in common with thrift.
 Sympathy is all right in it's place, but 1t can never take the place of ready money.
 So many people are like a poorly governed community. They fail to maintain sinking fund.
 A girls best influence against trouble is to make a confidential friend of her mother.
 The unhappy women are not all married to mean men; many of the unhappy women are not married at all.
 When woman says her husband will not give her any satisfaction when she accuses him she means he will not confess.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
Wien to Go Home

From the Bluffton, Ind, Banner: "when tired out go home. When you want conso- lation' go home. When you want fun go nome When you want to show others that you nave reformed, go home and let your family get acquainted with the fact. Whom you want to show yourself at your best go nome and do the act there. When you feel llke being extra liberal go home and prac- uce on your wife and children first. When you want to shine with extra brillIancy go nome and light upthe whole household.p To when would add, when you have a had cola go home and take Chamberlain's Cough hemedy and quick cure Is certain. For sale by Jackson Drug Co, and all drueoists
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
A Younq Wall Street pIunqer.

New York. Dec. 1.--Jesse L. Liver more. the 2S-year-old plunger, who was recently credited with making ss, ,000.0 in Wall street and who said he had retired. is said to be back in the street looking for more. It Is said that he has acquired 30o.0o0 bales of cotton and with the increase recently stands to make s1.000.000. Keep your mouth shut and go home to your wife on time" was Liver. more's advice to men seeking for a system" in Wall street at the time he made his fortune.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
Missouri Bank Looted.

Sedalia. Mo. Dec. LA telephone message from New Franklin, Howard county. 40 miles from Sedalia, says that robbers Friday night dynamited the safe of the New Franklin bank, ransacked the vaults and escaped with $4,000 in coin and currency. The robbery was not discovered until Sat urday morning. Bales of hay and stacks of grain from nearby mill had been brought into the bank by the robbers and piled up against the vault doors to deaden the sound of the explosion. No clue to the rob. bers.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
Silver Not an Element.

The coinage of silver has no bear ing upcn the monetary conditions which exist today. The restoration of bimetallism would have given us more money than we have at present. but the unprecedented discovery of gold has given us such an increase in the volume of money that prices have risen.
 The present stringency is not due to the scarcity of money, but to the scare that has spread among deposi- tors. W. J. Bryan.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
BACK GIVES OUT.
Plenty of Readers Have This Ex.
 perience.

perience.
 You tax the kidneys--overwork them
 They can't keep up the con- tinual strain.
 The back gives out--it aches and pains,
 Urinary troubles set in.
 Don't wait longer-take Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Arkansas people tell you how they act.
 J. w. Price. of 2l1 North Tenth street, Fort Smith, Ark, says: II tried Doan's Kidney Pills and they did me more good than any remedy ever tried for my kid neys. For two years off and on l suffered with dull aching pain across the small of my back and Ii l walked or over exerted my self the pain became very acute. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and used them with the result that the back ache left me. 1 am highly pleased with the results obtained from this reliab ble remedy"
 For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Go. {, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name e--Doan's -- aud take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
Silver For Indians.

Valentine. Neb., Dec. 1.-Thirty- eight thousand silver dollars, weigh ing 2,300 pounds, left Valentine Fri day in charge of squad of IA mounted police. for the Indians at the Rosebud agency. The money Is the first installment of the s110,O00 which will recompense the Indians for the lands surrendered by them in the Bonesteel tract. Every adult and child on the reservation will receive SEQ. The remainder of the money must be sent to the agency before January 1.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05

The Kansas City Star and Times has of late most insistently placed be- fore the people of Jackson county. Mo. particularly those outsideKansas City. the immoral influences of the saloon, working hard for the cause of local option. But as these same people, mostly farmers, voted more than 2 to l for saloons, the indica- tions are that something like $300,- 900 license money of which they have a large slice to use for road pur- poses, acted as a great solace to their pricking conscience.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
Fatal Chicago Elevator Accldent.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-Two men were killed and six persons seriously in- 1ured when passenger elevator fell 10 floors Saturday in the store of Edenheimer, Stein & Co.,, clothiers, 2O4 Jackson boulevard. As the car left the tenth floor on the downward trip the cable parted and the cage plunged downward, striking the bot tom of the shaft with terrific force Most Of the occupants were employees Of the firm in the building and were leaving for the luncheon hour.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05

James K. Hill, the railroad mag nate, says that this country needs a "rest cure" to bring about normal conditions. Wonder if that is the reason that some thousands of rail road men have been thrown out of employment recently? But maybe the wives and children of these men who are resting" will not agree so well with Mr. Hills ideas.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
How Diptheria is Contracted.

one often hears the expession, "My child caught severe cold which developed Into aiphtheria, when the truth was that the cola had simply left the little one particularly sus. ceptible to the wandering diphtheria germ. when chamberlains Cough Remedy is given u quickly cures the cold and lessens the dan. ger or diptheria or any other germ disease he ins contracted. For sale by Jackson Drug Co., and all druggists.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-05
MIIIers May Not B. Tried

Topeka, Dec. 1.-The suits against the so-called millers' trust in Kansas are said to be in fair way never to come to trial There is a rumor that the millers are willing to give up, pro- vided the punishment infuicted is not too severe. The state has decided not to file It's amended petition in the case, Attorney General Jackson de. ciaring that, in his belief. a sufficient. " strong case has already been made.