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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07

matters of water. light. transportation,
markets and public education In the
third class. Mr.. Bryce put matters which
might or might not be given to a public
local authority. such as lodging houses,
baths, etc. and it was his opinion that
where there is a monopoly it is strongly
urged in England that the profits and in
creased value which the growth Of city
gives TO such monopoly ought to be-
long to the public"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07
women Want Mems Wages.

The woman teachers of the Minneapo-
lis high schools demand salaries as high
as those paid the men in petition signed
by every woman teacher in the high
schools
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07
AMAzEs The woRLp.
Engineering Activity In New Yor
Ia The frrr4exf Exa~

En- fheEfIHS -hctfFfs! IN Vow OK
Ia the Greatest Ever
Probably never before in the history of
the world has there been in progress at
one time such a stupendous amount of
building and public improvement as that
by which New York is now being trans
formed. There are now under way in
New York engineering projects whose
value is S344 100000, and contracts have
been authorized but not yet let for $780,
100000 more work. This does not in
clude the expenditure annually of 3d.
100000 TO improve the water supply. for
which an aggregate expenditure of $780,
100000 has been planned. The follow
ing table gives the details.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07
KIN. Man and Herself

A few hours before the time set for his
wedding Thaddeus S. Ross of Oil City,
Pa. was shot and killed instantly BY
Miss Belle Stroup, a former sweetheart
of the man. The woman then shot her
self through the heart.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07
,t,nne.ota village Partly DESTROYED

A large portion of the village OF Yer
gas, Minn-, was destroyed BY fire. Six
business acuses and the residence of C.
w. Chatfse we're burned The Chaffie
family were forced TO Zee in their night
clothing. The loss IS about $4,000
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No whiskerS ON rhis Road,

Orders have been issued to sDnduetors
ON the Burlington railroad to have clean
shaver ehinS. 10 shave every other day,
eschew celluloid collars. and wear white
ties and white linen waistcoats after
Nav I
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Explorer Peary Needs Money.

Commander Peary suggests that $60,-
600 needed to nit out his projected polar
expedition be raised by public sub
scription
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07

Woodson s. Morris. - years old. has
been sentenced at Newkirk o. T.. to
ninety-nine years in prison for murder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07

The medical building of McGill univer-
sity at Montreal was burned, with loss
Of 100000. There was no one in the
building when the Ere started.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

shell, as it sped through the air, leav- ing in it's wake one continuous stream | of hot lead. You should have been there and seen those Pig Tails" dig out. This was piece of history he had not been able to get. I then intro duced him to our newspaper compan- ion, MT. Chas. A. Dana IT,, who gra- ciously furnished him with all the data necessary to obtain the desired history, containing four volumes writ ten by himself. On the fly leaf he would recognize life size likeness
 of himself and the famous artillery fighter. He called to all his ten chil-
 dren, and had them sit on the rail fence, and take good look at the finest fighter the world ever saw. We
 were about ready to resume our jour ney, when our guest approached and said, Gents, l am trying to raise 'em right (pointing to the children) and want your name writ down in this there book" He produced an old store ledger, and our newspaper man was
 the first to register. Chas. A. Dana
 Jr., Asst Press. & Mgr N Y. Sun. Then came the pilot, A. La. Eouvie,
 Paris, France; then the banker, J.
 Pierpont Morgan, steel magnate and
 banker. Next was your friend, in bold hand, Abdul Hammed. The book
 was closed and off we went to find our next stop at the Saline river. We man. aged to get our car on the ferry boat
 and across to the opposite bank. We landed to find the banks straight up
 We decided to make a run for the bank and be prepared to jump into the river if necessary. Each man removed
 his clothes. Our pilot then backed his
 machine as far as he could and pulled her wide open. Away she darted across the boat, which we forgot to make fast.
 The hind wheels kicked back the
 boat as it passed off, and the iron.
 wheels could not climb the bank, so back she went into the river red hot and boiling. Jump in," Hold her," rang out from every man as he tugged
 at the wheels. It was no use. The fire was out, and our machine dead
 and half covered with water No din
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04
UNCLE JACK' BREAKS OUT AGAIN
Writes to His Friend Jasper and Tells Him About the Trials and Trbulatons and Sights and Scenes of Automobing Arkansas Country Roads,

yelled and waived his hands to us to stop, but the mules business lay roll ing, and the last we heard of him was hold on. Some one suggested that this man was the preacher and the congregation would have to get another, as he would not be back be-
 fore dark. A few miles further, we met a man with his wife and daugh- ter. We soon saw the devilment in the mule action, as she backed in the harness. We yelled to the man TO drive out of the road. The ladies thought we said jump out of the wag- on. Just such a scuffling for mo- ment went on The old lady seemed d bit clumsy, but the young one. a tall, athletic girl of nineteen summers, threw her country foot on the top of the wagon bed, and with all he" might, she flew into the air, and hit the ground running. Jasper then and there, I made up my mind about how deceptive girls are in their move ments. You know they take short steps and can't bend over like boy.
 You feel like sympathiizng with them in this respect, but let me tell you, just get country girl and mouse colored mare mule scared at an auto
 and they will show you how they are huilt hehind
 On we went to meet a young farm CT, all dressed up, and evidently was riding his best saddle mule. l guessed him on his way to his girls house. We suddenly met in lane. His mule could not turn around. To beat the
 d-n thing was evidently the decis-
 ion of the mule. and away sine went
 through the brush, jumping one long
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

ner, no water to drink, the thermom-
 eter must have registered 200 in the
 shade. A team to pull us out was
 necessary, so your friend and the
 banker, who were the only ones of the
 party able to navigate, put off to hunt some good Samaritan with pair of | mules. The banker was somewhat disgusted at our luck, and without thinking, proceeded on the hunt bare footed and without clothes, save duster and a straw hat. After tramp | ing more than a mile, we chanced to meet a man and his wife unexpected ly. Your friend took in the situation and commanded the banker to halt He was then standing in weeds up t) his knees. l told the man and wife our troubles in dOleful tones as pos sible. l further referred to my charge, pointing to the banker, telling them l was carrying him to his peo- pie, intimating as much as possible
 that his mind was affected, and I dar.
 ed not leave him alone The banker
 stood in the sun, still as a statue
 Hot? Oh my! 1 told them he would
 drop dead before he would move with
 out my commanding him. The man
 kindly said he would go with us at
 this juncture. 1 with beckon and a
 word of command called him to me-
 In a few minutes we had the team all
 hitched up and on our way to the
 river. 1 noticed our teamster kept
 noticing the banker, and as we got to
 the river he leaned over and said, "I
 believe he is coming to- All hands
 undressed, we hooked the mules to 3 chain tied to the axle of our machine
 By this time quite a dozen young men
 had come up to take a swim. They, too, joined in, and every man to the wheels and sides began to yell and shove. For a second it looked as we
 could not move her, but in the next second we had her moving. Each one
 whooped and yelled, the likes of which
 will not likely occur again on the
 Saline river. Out we went, and on top
 of the bank. The next question that we feared was, "Is she dead?" All hands sat around on the ground, wait ing for the water to run out, and then
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

the critical test was made by the pilot to find that she clucked like new machine. All hands yelled again, and in a few moments we were on our way to Warren. After a few minutes ride, we hove into Warren, not much
 worse for the wear The people re- ceived us with open arms and said Pine Bluff boys cant be beat. After supper we proceeded on our journey to Monticello distance of twenty miles. We hurried to the river, that we might cross it before dark. This we did without trouble, however. The remaining distance of sixteen miles was travelled after dark, and as there was no moon, you can imagine how dark the roads were. It looked to me as though eVerybOdy's COW and hog in the neighborhood had selected the middle of the road for a bed. We fash ed our light, blew our whistle, but the lazy COW would take her good time in moving. I tried to have our pilot charge them, but he was too wise, and said, Don't never try to run over a cow. You can't hit a hog" This he had to take back Just a half mile on an object of some kind was on the roadside. We blew the whistle, flashed the light, gave slow speed and were straining our eyes to see dark object plunge into the road few feet in advance. We were making about ten miles an hour, and could not check the speed. Me and the pilot gripped
 (Continued on Page Three.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

Dear Jasper: Just a week ago was a red letter day in the history of my life and as to the people living along the dirt road from here to Warren ane Monticello, they must have seen ali colors of the rainbow at one glimpse, For wears to come, the event will serve as a date of reckoning. Ali births. deaths, marriages as well as social events, yes the fifth principle of meridian will be substituted by the bruises and marks on the trees made bv runaway teams, all having for their base the hot Sunday them fellows from Pine Bluff went through these parts on an automobile.
 lust who these fellows were is a secret, but the "dog" they put on, and the number of horses and mules they made run away, was crime, and II punishable by law, they would get five years in the pen. Your friend was along. but could not be blamed for what he saw. The first team we met ~was pair of dollar-footed mules hitched to a canvass top wagon, haul ing three men to church. If you knoN much about mule, it is useless to say they will not stand strange noise or much racket long at time When this pair, Balems, saw us, they nricked up their ears, hoisted their hoods ;nto the air, and was soon tray cling on their hind feet If any body should ask you if they were taking time to select their route, tell them no The third man was sitting behind ir a rocking chair. and from the conver' sation. we guessed him to be preach CT, as he was doing all the talking as he smoked long stem pipe. H'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-04

jump after another; then a ditch; off went his hat, and another jump and the rider was rubbed off by limb | tried to pacify the young fellow, and felt sorry for him, as I knew his girl would be disappointed if he could not talk to her any better than he talked to me. asked him to have courage, and referred to the fact that our Sa- vior rode Balems ass through Jerusa- lem with perfect safety. He looked ill the direction the mule went, and then said to me, Well, Balem's ass was of different stock to mine, else it would have throwed Christ if it met an auto" Next we met an old negro woman, black as ebony, but had on her best Sunday duds. She quickly decided to jump behind tree, and as we hove along side of her, she was so excited that she began to throw her skirts into the air, and yelled, Go on. my children" A few miles further, and it was the other fellows laugh. A tire on one wheel sprung a leak
 This meant a removal, a patch a de
 lay, as one of the boys said in Greek long time ago. It so happened that we stopped at a mans gate. Save d small shack, rail fence, a grey horse and dug we'll, this was all he had. Did say that was all? No, he was evidently a Roosevelt admirer and was opposed to racial suicide. I counted ten, all redheaded and speck- led in the face, and the old man, he was a gabber from gabberville. It was all that could do to control the temper of our banker with this fellow. He kenw something of everything that had been discovered, and if there was anything bigger, then he knew some of that. I had to do something or have a fight on Sunday with full bred William" so 1 introduced him to our pilot, MT. Aouvie, direct de- scendant of the famous French war rior, Bonaparte. This gentleman, I said, had command of the entire ar tillery forces of Gen. Chaffee, and led the famous charge at the battle of Pekin, three hundred field rifles, all mounted on auto wheels. Each gun had an attendant that fed it with
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SCHO0l. REPORT

Rorortof iho G7autsvillo public
school for the first mouth ending ,Oc;.
=, 1907.
Primary room, Hattie Williams
,oecbcr.
Number pupils enrolled. boys Is,
girl, y ltotsl 80 Average daily
attendance 30. Average daily at-
sceuca, = Per cen; Of daily attend
auoo 80. Per cen. Of daily absence 8
NapOer Of pupils enrolled FIRST time 6
Nuober cases Of ,ardiness 81. Nun
Der cases Of corporal punishment ..
Average age 8.
Pupils neithor absent nor tardy:
Holljc Bell. Willie Bell, Alfred Hem
der.bc:, Paul Elliott, Richard uauil
ton, Lamon Godfrey, Lura Hendcrshot
Hope hamilton, Odessa Cheuowctb,
OrhaI boggs, Mildred Marshall
Ruby Hendershot, Doris Chenowelh.
Upper room. L. r. Cooper, teacher
Pupils onrollod. boys %, girls 8,
total 81 Average daily attendance
-. Average daily abseence .. Per
cent OF daily attendance 90 Per
cent of daily absence g. Number Of
pupils lG years or more 10 Number
cases of Hardness ia. Number
cases Of truaucy 10 "Nqmber cases
corporal punishment 0 Average age
II
Pupils neither absent nor tardy:
Cecil Marshall
Parents are requested to 90 operate
with the teacher in securing good
attendance and 10 fostering the morals
aud intellectual growth of the boys
and girls
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r. EOtice Of Trustees Sale.

By virtue Of n certain deed Of
trust, made 10y $. j. Hickenbottom
and Y I. Hickenbottom, her hus-
band, to the undersigned Trustees,
for G. NJ. Wlgner, bearing date on
the 26th day OF June. 1906, and re
corded in the clerks Office Of the
County court Of Calhoun county,
Yves; Virginia. in Trust ana Mort
gage Book No 3 at page ITO, we
viii on the
23rd DAY OF OCTOBER, 1907,
between the hours Of 3 o'clock, III,
and o'clock p m, ut the front door
OF tue court house Of said county,
offer ion sale the following real os-
tate, to-Nvit
An undivided one-sixth (l-6) in
torest in aud TO a certain tract or
parcel If 100 acres Of land, more or
less, lying and being situate on
Dcadmng Run IN Confer District
Calhoun county, West Virginia,
bounded and described a. follows:
beginning at stone pilo on tho
original line Of 1909 acres, Of which
said 100 acres is q part. and running
thonce S 81 i lJGG poles to dog
wood thence with tho ridge 5 IS "a
W 33.7 poles TO a pine, S 81 l. -
poles 10 n a BiacA oak on ridge. s
3L4 poles to a white oak, S 10 IA
w 81 poles to two Chestnut oaks.
$ 10 y 2 poles to p stake and point
ors, y 81 w 1871 2 poles to
Maple, being !he ono-sixth N-G)
interest therein conveyed TO tho
said 5 j. HicHeubotiom by FAIRY Il.
ProPst and husband ty deed ro-
corded ia said Clerks office
Terms Of Sale. Cash in hand
A G Mathews and s. = Bel,
Trustees.
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ed "A" with the bill in said
cause, after abating therefrom
l49 1-2 acres conveyed by said
Jeffreys and his wife to A. S.
and J. & Jeifreys by deed dated
on the 10Th day of September,
1895 which is also of record in
said county, and q copy thereof
is exhibited with said bill mark
ed q"
TERMS OF SALE:--One-third
the purchase money cash in hand
on day of sale and the residue on
2 creditof six and twelve month.
in equal nstaliments, taking
from the purchaser notes or
bonds with good security for the
deferred installmcnts, bearing
interest from day of sale.
J. NJ. HAMILTON, Com.
/, c. c. Starcher, Clerk of the
Circuit court of calhoun county
90 certify that j. NJ. Hamilton,
the Commissioner above named
mas executed and filed in my Of
flee a bond in the penalty of
$500, as required by the said de.
cree.
c. G. STARCHrR Clork
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IN he next few weeks, aud we
earnestly hope that every Sum
day School in the county may be
represented at this convention
aud rally
All officers, teachers 2nd mem
bers-o( Sunday Schools, togather
with all pastors IN the county,
are delegates TO the county con
veunon though lit is suggested
that each Sunday School appoi n;
one or two special delegates who
Wi! be sure to attend
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Sunday school
Convention

Delegates from several of The
SUNDAY Schools Of Center DIS
trtct- assembled at the Baptist
Church in Grantsville, on Octo-
Der s, 1907, for the purpose Of
organizing District Sunday
School Convention. The organ
zatlon was completed by The
election of. NJ Hamilton, Pres
ident; } w. Pell Vice-Presi
dent; ). ~ Bel, Secretary; T.. 9.
Hathaway Treasurer; Hattie
Williams Sapt of ,he primary
department; A, G.. Mathews Supt
OF the training department and
Alza huffman Supt. Of the tenn
Perance department.
I,is the desire Of tn. officers
of this convention that each and
every Sunday School IN Center
District, be reported to them on
Blanks furnished for that pur
pose, at ,he very earliest date
possible In order that our dis
frlctmay become a Banner Dis
trict 10 IS necessary that we
baye.rcporis from every Sunday
School I'm The district, and 10 Us 60
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JUDICIAL Sals

by virtue Of q decree of the
Circuit Court of Calhoun County,
West Virginia rendered at the
July term 1907 in q certain suit
in equity therein pending in
which the Calhoun County Bank,
a corporation, is plaintiff and
Arthur NJ. Riddle, Lucy Riddle
and A. S. Riddle are defendants
the undersigned, who by said
decree was appointed a Commits
sioner for the purpose, will on
Tuesday the 18th day of October
1907 at the front door of the
Court House of Calhoun County
offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder the real es-
tate by said decree directed to be
sold to wit:
A parcel Of 35 acres of land
situate ON Katy's run, Sheridan
district, Calhoun county West
Virginia attached in said cause as
the property of the defendant
Lucy Riddle, and known as Lot
No. 2 of the Katy's Run tract
formerly owned by Andrew G..
Maze deceased, and which by a
certain partition deed made be-
tween Rebecca Maze the widow.
and Annie Amos and others,
heirs at law of the said Andrew
c. Maze, bearing date on the Goth
day of July 1904, and of recorG
in the Clerks Office of the Coun-
ty Court Of Calhoun. County, in
Deed Book No. "a at page 123
was slotted in severalty to the
said Lucy Riddle, copy of
which deed is filed as an exhibit
IN the said suit.
TERMS Or SALE:---One-third
the purchase money cash in hand
ON day of sale and the residue
upon q credit Of six and twelve
months, in equal installments,
taking from the purchaser notes
or bonds with good security for
the deferred installments bear
ing interest from the day OF
sale.
J ". HAMILTON, Com.
1, G Q. SLarcher. Clerk of the
Circuit Court Of Calhoun county,
Do hereby certify that J. n.
Hamilton, t h Commissioner
above named has executed and
filed in my office a bond in the
penalty Of $500, as required by
decree in said cause. And l do
further certify that there has
been fled with me on behalf Of
the plaintiff the bond for $500.
which by the said decree was re-
CURED as q condition precedent
TO such sale.
n II cs,r.r,~,,,r-r rti
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E.reasg !; at. a. PsGni5s7iie. ~ u
5Sost Gtiice ,,s srsoRd clqSs mail matter
} EHh6lsIN QHroNinLN BUILDING
JURORS


drawn for 'he October term OF court.
"a ~' Grand Jurors.
Lctcher Ball. French rolling Hugh
JshHsoa, ] w Haddox, Thos. b.
Nnh6u, y $. Smith, 2. b GoG, Syl
vester b, Naze. JEFF Basnett, Daniel
psuglss, NJ N. Bibbee, n, G.. lscu
hurt, Andy Newell, Graut uusk, rat
Mckee, jas Duekey
isc,.., Petit Jurors.
i>i&be Oarretsou, jeff Kelley r w
Boyl, Wnl WhiPkey, J NJ S,avohcr,
Peter Wayne, TaPley Sapp. " Z
Fowler, Geo Reach Jr.. Wayne Bur
rows. Thomas Porroll, Peter Great
house, j s, Jarvis, l. D. Fortnoy,
JudSon Dye, Will johnson, r u.
Mollohou, Oliver Wease, r b lMor-
RE, Lafayette Harris. NJ v B9wus,
CoumodoI Nu;tcr, G Il. Brunuon
Howard Brummage, David Barnes.
]. l.: d Brake, Harry OfFut. N'ohola
Polpg, Sam Gamer, Scott Terrell.
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Horses for Sale.

Anyone contemplating the
purchase of team of horses
will do well to call on me. |
have a team that can do any
thing you want done: In the
oil field or on the road; on the
farm they cant be beat. They
are also more than ordinary
hackers. One is a good saddle
horse. Call on or address,
G. w. Cunningham,
Big Springs, w. Va.
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Fresh Beef for Sale.

| viii be in Grantsville every
Tuesday with a wagon load nj
good, fresh beef. ! guarantee
satisfaction 10 my customers.
Give INC @ share of your patron
age. Yours truly.
NJ. NJ. TRIPPETT.
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$5 a DAY SURE.

Agents now at work are making S2i to
$40 "a week selling the New just ;,atencdl
aluminium Mul,ibic Rejecting Shade for
all gas lights the electric bulb and kerosene
lamp. Grandest seller ut reasonable price
ever invented. fhrows light down in
greatly increased 5rilliancy Large de
uand for use IN stores, office, work ahnp
and the noma. ~. w. kELL Y, I2l5
Green Street, Phil, Pa. Write tor Term.
and illustrations.
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Nrter Of Ratification.

State OF West Virginia:
At Rules held in the Clerks cfice of the
Circust court of Calhoun county. West Nir-
ginia, on Monday, the 2nd day OF Sep,cm-
Der, 1907, the following ortlc- was entered:
I. X. Simmons, plaintiff
vs.
Jacob Baker, III. c. I,ocknov, In chancery
Emma l. Locknev, AMI Geo.
W Truman, Jr., defendants
The object Of the above styled suit is to
enforce Il judgment lien against the real es-
tate owned by Jacob Bakcr on the l2th Say
OF January. 1907, aud being the same real
estate bought by the aid jacob Baker from
Emma l. Lockney and Ii { i.ockncy. aud
by the said Jacob Baker sold io the defend
ant w Truman, Jr., and being de.6fibe.'
as tract o. 63 acres situp Ia calhoun
county, West Virginia. The sui Judgment
was rendered by O J Stump, q J Z Of Cal
houn comfy, on the 18th day nf January,
| 1907, in favor OF the s,ii I K Simmons and
Ig;,inst the said Jacob Baker for the snm
OF S36.25 aud costs,
And il appearing by affidavit Gled that
the said Jacob Baker, one of the defendants
above named Is not are sdCn, Of the State
of West Virginia, 1t is therefore ordered
that the said Jacob Baker DO appear here
within one mouth alter the first publication
hereof, and do ~ha; is necessary to protec.
his interests.
And, il IS further ordered that this or
der lie published cuce u week ioi four sue
cesSiye weeks in the Calhoun Chronicle, q
newspaper published in our said county Of
| Calhoun.
A copy testc: G. G. Starcher, Clerk.
The first publication of this mler wa.
made on Tuesday, the'5rd day of Sep,em
Der. 1907. K. l.. iIays, Publisher