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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-07-31
Bully For Sister Pof
fenbarger.

Southern Ohio newspaper men
poke a good deal of fun at Sister
Livia Simpson PoffenbaTger, the
able and astute editress of the
State Gazette, published at Point
Pleasant. But all the boys like her
lin the right way, we mean She
is a good business woman, an able
writer, and has done as much for
the CAUSE OF her party in that part
of West Virginia as all other COM
bined influences. just now she is
experiencing what comes to every
newspaper man or woman who has
been in the harness for a number
of years. something of that ingrhti
tude whioh bites and burns.
Sister Poffenbsrger has the in
alieuable and sacred right of the
matter. Her experience lie that Of
almost every newsp ,per ever pub
lished. and yet we go right on and
on. Suppose men elected to Office
are ungrateful and selfish and for
getful: What difference does that
make, SittsrP Lst'em go hang;
the law of compensation holds
good; we have rarely knewn it to
fail; your-day is certain to come,
in one way or another. just have
patience, wait and when the time
comes, as come it will-well. bsinP
a woman ind an editor you will
need no advice.-Tom Moore il
Wellston Sentinel.
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OLD TOWN.

John Russell and wife, of An
gel, Kanawba oouuty, have comt
to spend week or two with Mr.,
HusselI's parents, in this vicinity.
He will help his father through
hay harvest.
Unole Anthony VanSiokie, who
has been indisposed for quite 3
while. appears to be some What i'm
proved at this writing.
L E. Yesger, who has employ
ment at Lszearville, W. Va, is Wis
iting his parents in this vicinity.
j s Brsnnon and wife paid q
visit to their son, Will Brannon
and family, of Flat Rock. Sunday
The Board of Education of this,
Robinson) district, has increased
teachers wages So 90 per month on
first and seoe nd grade certificates
They will have all necessary re-
pairs made on the school property
of the district. The Board is evil
IDENTIFY composed of up.to. date
school men.
Homer Scott, of Pomeroy, and
Miss Eliza Yeager, of Point Pleas
ant, spent Sunday with Miss Yea
gers parents. in this vicinity.
M. o. Hawkins, the enterprising
young merchant of this place, re.
GENTLY moved to his dwelling house
near the store.
Rev Wingrove preached an in
teresting sermon at Bethel Sunday
morning
WU Stewart and wife's little
son. Otis, has been quite sick, but
he is improving at this writing.
Hollie o Carder is sfflicted with
the whooping cough.
J s Knopp and wife, who live
near Point Pleasant, attended
ohrr'h service at Bethel Sunday
Farm work has been greatly re
tarded of late, as result of the
wet weather.
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Questions for Examina-
ton PurIoined.

Charleston, W. Va, July 81
Wholesale theft of examination
questions used on the uniform ex-
aminations held in the several
counties of the state and their sale
to applicants who we're on the re.
cent examination has come to light
through the efforts of the state de.
partment of free schools, the Tri-
bune Printing Company and the
Howard o. Smith detective agency
and the evidence secured by the
latter traces the theft and sale of
the questions to one man, a printer.
For several days rumors have
fitted about that the examination
questions had been sold to certain
applicants, and most disgrsceful
state of affairs has come to light,
which not only leaves a stain upon
the reputation and character of the
man who sold the questions, but
also furnishes the character of the
purchasers to such an extent that
it will be years before they free
themselves from the stigma
The fret suspicion that there
had been irregularities in the ex
animation for the first time in FIVE
years the uniform system has been
established in this state, came when
K. E Kessel. a young man Of
jackson county, who was an appli.
cant at the examination being held
in Ripley, handed in his answer to
one list of questions SO quickly
that county superintendent Rhodes
of jackson county suspected there
was something wrong and CLOSELY
questioned the applicant, and the
young man confessed that he and
Orville Hill had purchased the
questions from Charleston prin
ter. He had his answers previ
ously prepared.
A rigid inquiry has followed this
examination by state superintend-
emit of free schools Thomas o. Mil
Ter, and the state superintendent
has it that there has been grave
Irregularities in three or four coun.
ties, and he states that the matter
will be probed to the very bottom,
and the guilty parties will be
brought to trial. Possibly, said
superintendent Miller, there was
an attempt to commit these irreg
ulsrities in Putnam and Roane
counties, but they do not seem to
have been successful.
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REAI EsTATE TRANsPERs


Arbuckls-Sam Couch and wife
to W 81. Sommer 20 acres $500,
Clifton-Wyast G. Plantz to
Ernest Henry Lot $3.50
Clandenin-W. s. Morgan and
others to j. W. Wallace, 99a acres,
1897
John Garter and wife to Fletcher
Garter. 10 acres 500.
Fife Sheline and husband to
Catherine E Mathews, 81 acres, $50
W. s Mcrgan and others to
Nancy Hobbs. ia acres. $572 80.
Mary A. Jeffers and husband
to Elizabeth Kincer and others 8
acres. $500
Felix Jrfferp and wife to CHARLES
Allen and others, 1S9 acres, $1,000.
"copper". q. Mckinney and
wife to John MooulloOb, SO aorep,
1900
G L Blessing and others to
Fannie L Boston, 5 IL of At acres.
1925.
Rannan-Clara Bungaid to W
q. oeoil ] interest in l76 aOrep,
$400 and other valuable oonsidera.
rions.
Wesley White to o E Mccoy,
81 sores. $500
W s.. Morgan and others to
Janice A. Dunn. 156 acres, $3.50.
Cologne-R. L. Barnett to Jas
Jordan 2 acres $50;
Elisha Oossin and wife to Geo.
Walter Cossin 10 acres, 800.
Leon-M R. Freeman to Katie
NJ, Thomas part of lots No 36 and
81, $25
Mason-clara Russell and others
to Birdie Hoyt lot No. 9. corner
Second and Pomeroy, $500;
Robinson-Lizze zusran and
others to o B zuspan, interest in
IA acres, $64O
Union-Roena Jividen and hus.
band to E. NJ. Jividen, l IS 100
500.
Alfred Sayre and wife to L. A.
Combs, l acre, S15
Lanora A, Combs and husband
to E. O. Combs So acres $61025
Mary A. Decker and husband to
Lizzie A. Jeffers, 25 aores, $3.50.
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SWALLOWED
Parasol In An Attempt at Sui
eide.

At Huntington last Friday after.
noon, in frenzy because her email
brother stole two dimes from her
pocketbook, Miss Maize Graham.
9l49 Third Avenue, attempted sui
oide by pushing the point of 3 silk
parasol down her throat. The para
sol was too large to go very far
down the girls wind pipe, so sic
drew it out and wrapped it around
her neck in an apparent endeavor
to choke herself to death Inter
ference of friends stopped her at
tempts at self-destrnotion and she
tainted dead away in the arms of a
transfer company foreman, who
was moving household goods from
the Graham fats. The girl's CON-
dition is not considered serious,
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Nav, Beautiful Land.

Count Tolstoy, the famous Russ
ian author, in a recent interview
with Stephen Bonsal, said among
other things:
"You Americans had a new and
beautiful land out of which your
fathers sought to realize Heaven
upon earth, and how has it endedP
In no part of the world is GLASS SO
arrayed agains GLASS. You have re-
produced European conditions in
their most exaggerated FORMS
thanks principally to what you call
representative government, and the
national sel6shness you call pat
riotism.
In his esrnestness the Count
rose, and forgetting his we'll nigh
four.soors years walked up and
, down his study with the stride OF
a young man.
prosperity. prosperity" he re-
peated. "What shameful plea
that is which your American plat
form maker address to the voters.
They do say, we will give you an
honest, righteous government but
they say, Well make you all fat
and sleek. If you vote for me you
will have double ohinP And NO
one arises to say, What will your
full dinner pals profit you if while
gorging your bellies you lose yonr
immortal soulsP
"Great and strong! Great and
strong! Who besides your silly, fu-
tile politicians says you are great
and strongf 1 grant you were
great and strong in the days of EN-.
erson and Thoresu, but today you
place your trust in armies and in
the treasure that is in your vaults
Great and strongI Oh! 1 think
not. A nation, like an individual.
is only strong by the faith that is
in it, and today 1 fear the faith of
America is in the almighty dollar
Is not this a merited rebukeP
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Boys -Four Seasons.

Spring, summer. autumn and
winter, these are the four seasons
as the man sees them" said a
cchoolteacher few days ago. "The
boy has another way of dividing the
year, however, and when he does
not watch the seasons of his year on
a calendar above his desk he never
forgets them. His division. is mar
bles, ball, shinney and skating. Mar
bles come in place Of spring, base
ball in summer, shinney in the fail
and skating in the winter. You can
tell what season it Is by watching
group of boys at play just as well
as by an almanac -Kahsas CITY
Star
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MOUTH BREATHING.
The Many Physical lille For Which It
10 Responsible.

Nature intended us to breathe
through the nostrils, and if for any
reason this becomes difficult or i'm
possible we suffer for it.
The nose not only warns or just
tempers the air as it is drawn
through it into the air tubes, but it
also filters it in great measure, keep
ing back not only much of the solid
matter in the form of dust, but also
the bacteria carried by the dust par
ticles or floating in the moisture of
the air.
In mouth breathers the air strikes
the back of the throat and rushes
into the windpipe before the chill
has been taken off and while it is
still laden with dust and bacteria.
In this condition it causes local irri-
tation, which results in congestion
of the mucous membrane lining the
air passages. This congestion when
long continued passes into chronic
Inflammation or catarrh.
Theinfammation acknowledgements
if the cause continues and often
passes from the throat into the
ears, where it produces thickening
of the delicate structures there and
finally deafness. The mucous mem
branes throughout the air passages
and all their ramifcations become
thickened, secrete phlegm and lose
in great part their power of resist
ance to the germs of pneumonia,
diphtheria and other diseases.
The causes of mouth breathing
are numerous. Anything that OBJ
structs or narrows the upper air
passages-the nose and vault of the
Pharyn1-forces the sufferer to
breathe through the open mouth.
A deformity of the nose, the pres
ence of "adenoids" or enlarged ton
sils may cause the trouble. Exam
nation for such conditions should
be made whenever a child is seen to
breathe habitually with the mouth
open, and as soon as the cause is
discovered it should be removed.
So many serious consequences may
follow mouth breathing that #
should never be allowed to 90 on a
moment after its cause is asoer- /
tanned.
One cause that is not often sus-
pected is detormity of the nose
resulting from the use of improper
nursing bottles by babies, but the
most common is the presence OF
adenoids.
1t is useless to seold or remon-
strate with 4 mouth breathing child
if the habit is caused by the air
passages being blocked BY growths
that call for removal. he must
breathe to live, and if the legitimate
channels for air are closed by dis
ease nature does her next best
Youths Companion.
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8 FLAT ROCK

DR. w P Love aud wife were the
guests of Mrs F MGill. Sunday.
Anna Lane and Della Pickens
we're visiting Zelda Daugherty
Sunday
MIR and Mrs Orn Pullin and two
children were visiting Mr.. and Mrs
OottrelI, Sunday.
Geo DaugheIty was the guest of
Miss Mary smith Sunday evening.
Mrs Fadely and son Cory were
visiting friends in Flat Rock this
week.
Fred Fisher was visiting Misa
Heel Eokard, Sunday evening
Miss Carrie and Vena Pickens
were visiting Miss Anna Lane one
day last week
Warren Caldwell was visiting
Hugh Daugherty Sunday.
Ona and Gladys Pulln were the
guests of Grover DAugherty Sun
day.
Homer Dausherty, wife ano
children were visiting Mrs Dau-
gherty's parents, Saturday AND
Sunday. Two Lonely Girls.
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IN MEMORY OF WALLACE l
ALLEN.

With flowers clasped in his dimpled fingers
He lies on his snow white bed
18th his eyellds closed in slumber,
And they say that he is dead:
But no look rests on his beautiful face
Ofdeath's strange slumber SO deep,
For the smile on his lips and the flush on his
cheeks
Looks as II he was only asleep.
For of him Jesus spoke,
When He to let children come
To the tender Saviour who loves then,
And who has taken Wallace home;
For he was too fair blossom
To remain with earth's fading flowers;
SO He Irsnsplanted him to bloom forever,
In heavens fadeless bowers.
His parents intended to bring him to be
baptized
And admitted into Uhrisrs earthly fold;
But before that time had arrived
He came and took him to His fold in the
City of Gold;
And through the gates OF that City,
Where sweet music rings on the air,
He tenderly carried him to the crystal sea,
On whose banks the green pastures are.
His parents tried SO hard to keep him
And did not want 10 give him back to God.
And 1t was hard for them to be submissive
Beneath the affilcting sod;
But God knew 1t was best TO take him
Away 10 his home of love,
Far beyond all pain or trouble
In the beautiful land above;
Par removed from all temptations
Or any earthly stain;
Where safely folded in the heavens pastures
He will ever pure remain.
o, friends your baby has been taken,
And you sadly miss him here,
And life to you seems dark and drear.
But Jesus gently whispers
He has only gone before,
And he awaits your coming.
Over on the other shore.
And your hearts are aching with anguish
Because your darling has died;
But you will know why he was taken
When at last you stand by his side,
And safe in tie Shephards keeping
He will forever happy remain;
Till you pass to your home in heaven
And clasp him and kiss him again.
MARY NJ. STUART,
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Railroad War In South
Ended.

Raleigh, N. O., July 81 The
conflict between the state of North
Carolina and the railroads over the
the new rate law which at one
time threatened such serious CON-
sequences was amicably adjusted
to day at a conference between
Governor Glenn and officials of
the roads involved. The Southern
Railway and the Atlantic Coast
Line through general counsel and
the stockholders of the Atlantic
Coast Line who bad enj ,ined the
state from putting into effect the
states recently enacted two and 3
quarter cent rate law. throug'
counsel agreed to put the rate into
effect August 8, the earliest pos
sible date in which the roads conld
hope to prepare their schedules
and make ready for the proposed
change.
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RAYBURN CHAPEL.

Correspondence, 90.
We are very sorry to announce
that Rev Bill was sick and unable
to fill his appointment at this
place Sunday.
Our Sunday School is prosper
ing nicely with Mr.. Blaine as the
5up't.
Mr.. Tom Windon and family
were visiting at Mr.. g b. MoOoy's
Sunday.
Mrs, Ohas. Rawson and little
daughter, Hester, of Quincy, are
visiting Mr. F. M. Rawson, of Flat
Rock
Mr.. Will BogRess was the pleas.
ant guest of Miss Grace Rawson,
Sunday.
Misses Zelma and Osa Gibbs
and May Boggets, were visiting at
O b McCoy's, Sunday.
Fred Fisher was visiting Miss
Hazel Eokard. Sunday.
Miss Blanche Kincaed and Mrs
Lemaster were visiting Mr. Charlie
Rayburn and wife. Sunday.
The farmers are very busy with
hay harvest just now.
There will be preaching at Eok.
ard Chapel, Sunday morning, Au-
gust 4th.
Mr. Ray Roush and Miss Zslma
Gibbs, MIR. CURT Rayburn and Miss
Ethel Windon took very pleasant
drive, Sunday.
Mr.. Fritz Trosohke. of Point
Pleasant, was a very pleasant
caller at Tom Windows, Sunday.
Toe afternoon was spent in taking
picturers; all reportes good time.
The ball gamer between the Flat
Rock and Hickory Chapel teams
are getting very interesting. The
Flat Rocks beat Hickory Chapel
Saturday, 9th.
Miss Lena Rayburn was visiting
Miss Georgia Hill, Sunday.
Miss Mary Gresnlee was visiting
Misses Ella and Fannie Rifle,
Sunday.
Several people were visiting at
Mr.. Tom Rayburn. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Bob Rifle were Wis.
itiug Mr. Will Eads. Sunday.
The Queen City had 2O5 round
trip passengers Sunday night when
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-07-31

A distinguished lawyer Of Indiana
when a struggling young attorney
had q client whose mental sound
ness was questioned. There was q
lunacy inquiry, and the client was
adiudged insane. The squire asked
the lawyer:
do you wish to appeal this case
which has been decided by jury of
your clients peers?"
NO" replied the young lawyer.
Since your honor says that the
jurymen are his peers, / think We
will let 1t go at that. New York
Sun,
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TEACHERS ARE VERY SCARCE

TEACHERS ARE VERY SCARCE
Fairmont, W. Va, July 81
Complaints still come from the
country districts about this scarcity
of school teachers, and the de.
mand promises to benefit those
who follow the profession, as in
nearly every district the salaries
are being raised. No. l grade will
receive monthly salary of $50
per month; No, 2 grades, $40 per
month and No 8 grades $33.
There is still vacancy in the
Mononga school and in many of
the smaller district schools. At
Beuton's Ferry the board of eduoa.
ton is advertising for teaohears.
In Grand district the board has
offered an increase in salaries, and
as further incentive to the young
people who are in school they
have offered free tuition for one
year in the Fairmont state normal
school to all scholars who oom
plete the course in the district
schools. By this plan they hope
to increase interest in school work,
and cons equently hope to have a
better supply of teachers in the
coming years.
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70 plo h q. ~. nl..L y

The earliest use of the expression
@To die in the last ditch" was made
by William of Orange, the stadt,.
holder of the Dutch republic. While
he was carrying on his apparently
hopeless struggle against Louis
XIV, Buckingham, who was urging
him to yield, asked him whether he
did not see the utter ruin of his
country that was impending.
There is one certain means" re-
piled William, "by which l can be
sure never to zee my country's ruin
u viii disia the Iast ditcb r.
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Dlssolution OF Partnership.

Notice is her by given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between c. A. Ellis
and q. d. AGREE, partners doing business Is
the Crystal Bottling & Cider Co. at Cha les
ton, w. We. and The Point Pleasant BottiinR
by mutual consent been dissolved, and here
after the Crystal Bottling & Cider Co will be
operated by the said Z. A. Ellis and The
Point Pleasant Bottling Works will be op-
Grated by the said g. d. AGREE.
q ELLIS.
6. w. AGREE.
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New and up to-date pictures
at the Edisonis Theatre.
NOTICE TO TAKE DEposIrloNs.

John H. Erskines: Take Notice: That
the hours OF 8 O'Clock q. m, and O'Clock
p. m, at the law ONCE of Somerville d SOM
erville. in the town OF Point Pleasant, Coun.
ty of Mason, West Virginia, will take the
deposition OF HATTIE c. Jordan, Katharine
n. Erskines aud SotheTs, 90 be read In
evidence in my behalf III a certain suit In
Chancery now pending In the Circuit Couri
of the County OF Mason, and State Of WeEt
Virginia, in which am plaintiff and you
are defendant. II from any cause the taking
OF said deposition shall not be commenced
on that day, or IL commenced shall not be
completed on the day aforesaid, the same
shall be continued from day to day, or from
time to time, AT the same place and between
the same hours, until the same shall have
beGn completed.
By Counsel.
July aI-lN.
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At a meeting of the Council of Town OF
Mason, Mason county, West Virginia, on
Thursday. the 18th day Of July. 1917, Il was
ordered that the following order be entered
upon the records Of kaid t'ouncil, to-wit:
The Council this day proceeded ms required
by chapter 60, Acts OF the Legislature, for
1907, to make an estimate OF the amount
ecessary to be levied for the current fiscal
year to cover all debts and liabilities pays
able during the year after deducting the
amount In the treasury applicable in the
service OF the year. and such other claims
for collection OF which during the year may
be relied on. which estimate is Us follows:
Interest and Bonds .-......-.........S 3l9 u
Poor Fund Observation-Disclosures. $50 90
Salaries of Officers 30 %
Street 49,. ....----....... 30 m
Generai EGrenso and Contingent v
FUND ----..-..----...-...------ 10 "
,...... R.E. nApER, Rseal 1SlG .
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Louisa Fox aged IL months. died
at West Columbia Sunday. The
funeral was held in the M. e.
Church at West Columbia yestsr-
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock. In.
terment in West Columbia ceme.
terry.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court
has decided that "the wife is the
boss of the house" 10 all other
states the wives have decided that
for themselves. 20 y
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The independent cracker and
cake manufacturers are going to
fight the Cracker Trust. We hope
that they haven't bitten off more
than they can chew.
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Mr.. Rockefeller advises the
newspaper men to save money, but
he is making it difficult for them
to follow the advice. He has al
ready saved large proportion of
the visible supply.
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What has be come Of the old
fashioned woman who hung up a
branch of asparagus in her house
for the fles to light onP
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Isaw you at the Edisonia Thes-
ire the other night. Did you ste
meP
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A Republican organization has
been formed at TunneIton, thil
state, which will be known as the
Business Mems League. 1t is said
to be opposed to the Republicans
now in power In this state.
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The women of this county can
never be brought to look upon ia.
pan as one of the world powers.
since it has leal ed out that the
styles in woman's clothes in the
Mikado's realm have not changed
in $500 years.
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A Wisconsin man has just re-
ceived a letter mailed to him in
Norway in 1875 Show this to your
wife and convince her that it is not
your fault if her letter failed to
reach its destination in proper
time