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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-04

oner and Harvey n. Foster.
Fifth ward-Mcssrs. N. c.. Barnes
ami j. |. Fountainc.
II. Memorial Committee.
Al the suggestion of Councilman
w. q. Morris Il committee was named
by Mayor Furness to draft suitable
resolutions expressing the sincere re-
greet OF tho council upon the death
OF tn" late recorder, Mr.. John c..
Teemer.
Comcilmen Morris. Porter and
Bynes and Town Attorney w. X.
Power were named as the committee.
AT the request OF the council MIR.
w, II. Power, the town attorney. was
acting recorder for the meeting last
night
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-04
Wei! Known Newspaper Mar.

, MI william H. Hcmenway, prom.
IT newspaper man of Milford. A..
49, ~ - guest OF Mr.. George Everett
enway and Mr. Foster were for mamr
i hvs, hSsociated in the newspaper
since 1887. The visit Is n somrca s'e ~
enjoyment to both. W W
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y
Stiff in Locust street.
The Misses Dunnic Thomasson anu
Roscoe Thomasson. who have been
visiting Rev. and Mrs. ]. w. Stiff.
In Locust street, left yesterday for
their home in Lynchburg.
Mrs, a. J. Bray. of Red Bank, n. j.,
Is the guest of her daughter Mrs.
j. l.. S. Cooke. In Columbia avenue.
After visit to NJ. Morris Sayre.
In East hampton. Mr.. Robert IIar-
rison has returned to his home in
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Elliott have
returned to Wilmington. Del. after
spending two weeks here with Mr..
and Mrs. j. IL. Crimson.
Miss Grace Cosby has returned
from visit to Martinsvire and
Phospha Lithia Springs.
MIR George Shectz has left for n
visit to Baltimore and other points.
Mr.. Carl II. Blanchard. of Chicago.
has taken position rs salesman with
Mcssrs. c. l.. Crockett & Company.
Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Massey of
Queen Anne county. Maryland. are
the guests of Mr.. Massey's brother.
Mr.. j. w. Massey. in Newport News
avenue.
Mr. Emmart La Crosse. who for
several years has been working in
Pittsburg. Pa. is visiting his parents
mt the Hampton Normal school.
Mr.. Edward II. Schraudt has left for
visit of few days in Richmond.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-04

y Mn and Mrs. s. h. Parker. of New
T., nern; N. G., are expected to arrive
NJ hampton on n visit to Mr.. an.
n ctLs, oharies ID. Parker, at Willow
n MISS Winnie Payne, daughter of
s nev. H. .: Payne. of the Eastern
'hore' ana Mrs. Gay, of Goldsboro.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-04

n. C.. are tne guests of Miss Mary
stiff in Locust street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-04
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Matters Personal
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Miss Iielen Blacklston will leave
this morning for Farmville, to re-
sumo her duties rs teacher in the
Normal School
Miss Mayme Morris Rowe left yes.
terday for the State Normal school
In Farmvllle, which She will attend
the coming season.
Mrs. George w. schermcrhorn and
daughter, Mrs. Mary Holly. have re.
turned from charlottesville, where
lhey spent tho summer at the JET.
fcrson Park hotel.
Mr.. j. C. Sykes. of Springfield.
Mays. has returned home. afner n
visit to Mr.. Jesse w. Foster the ar
list. In Locust street.
Miss Susie Shelton has left for
Farnville To enter the State Female
Normal school.
Mr. Vernon CANNED. of Evansville.
Ind. is visiting his brother in IIamp.
ton. Mr.. CANNED was severely burned
several months ago, but has about
recovered.
Mr. William II. Jones of Chnrlottos.
vile. is the guest of his brother. Mr..
Ashton G. Jones, In South King street.
Miss Bessie Stokes has returned to
nor home In Farmvilc. after visit
10 Miss Bessie Dlackmore in South
King street
Master NJ. II. Morgan, Jr.. has mr..
rived from Roanoke and will spend
the winter here with his father. Mr..
Nj. H.. Morgan, Sr.
| Messrs. Macdonald Willingham and
Eugene Willingham( of Atlanta Ga,
are the guests of their cousin. Mrs,
Charles w. Hickman, In East Hamp.
ton
Mrs. Charles Lnckey ana daughter
MISS lrma Lackey. who have been
visiting Mrs. p. w. Phillips. IN Hone
street left yesterday for their home
In Rocky Hill, Ohio.
tev. Carter Helms Jones. ID. d..
ana his daughter. are, the guests oi
NV ana Mrs. 70. Pendlcton Jones. at
ituckroe Beach. Miss Jones is re.
turning from n visit to Europe and
was met in New York by her father
,'r. Jones and his daughter will start
,omorrow 70 their home in Louis.
willie. Ky. " o"'
MIR, Elliott Hickman. in East Hamp
ION, has as his guest. Mr.. Vincent
plekerson, OF Danvnle.
Mr.. Elliott Estes, who mas been
Visiting his sister. Mrs. w. Hickman
IN IN East Hampton, has left for his
nome In Snartansburg. S. C. hiss
ESTES accompanied her father.
Mr. sclater Blackston, who has
G oeen spending the summer in camp
Greenhrier' w. Va. is visiting mis-
mother for n few days before coinr
20 20 n' en- , TO resume his duties
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Mrs, a. j. Bray. of Red Bank, n. j.,
IS the guest of her daughter. Mrs.
j. Il. 5. Cooke, In Columbia avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-04

Mr.. Sclater Blackston, who has
00een spending the summer in camp
Greenhrier' w. Va. is visiting mis-
mother for few days before coinr
10 hicnmond TO resume his duties
as teacher. ''e'
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To Enter the v. M. l..

Mr.. }. Brice Bentley. the son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Charles bentley, in Co,
iese Place, LEFT yesterday for Licking.
ION va. where he will become stu.
aen' In the Virginia Military insti.
.ute; Mr.. BENTLEY. who Is well known
In local athletic circles graduated
from the Hampton high schools last
June ana was appointed n state stu.
aeht to the military academy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-04
MIR. slmons Arrives.

Mr.. W. j. Simons. the new secre.
tnry OF the Army and Navy yonne
Meh $ christian Association, reached
Jiu Iohit Monday and has assumed
snarse OF the Association work. air.
oiniohs was the secretary OF the AS.
souh,ioh ut Fort Wadsworth, n. Y,
ana ne comes to Fort Monroe with
a thorough knowledge of the work.
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Holmes Is Fined sin

Samuel Holmes. colored. was fined
$40 aud costs by Mayor Thornton Fl
Jones Yesterday for being disorderly
In q trolley car,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06
A Thrilling Story of Love And
Politics In The Far West


thesophist, has ordered his attorneys.
Rogers. GREGG & shafroth. to petition
he court to set aside the decree OF di.
yorce granted to Aimee Hargroye on
the ground, he is said to aiiege. that
1t was obtained by conspiracy on the
part OF both the woman and the judge,
and asking that the custody of the
Children be awarded to him without
delay
All the people in Denver whose eyes
have been attracted by the fash and
style of Aimee Hargrove knew of her
devotion to the attorney, and Ernest
Harerove was the last to hear or take
notice.
The observation-disclosures families
went wet and established themselves
in splendid home in fashionable
Denver thoroughfare about two years
ago AMI at once became the cynoslre
of all eyes because OF the beauty of
Mrs. lIargrove, her stunning gowns,
her splendid furs, faces and Jewels, her
fcarlessness as an autoist and the
large amount Of money the family
seemed TO have at their. disposal.
Beginning of the Scheme. q
Despite the many qualifications that
should have made the family accepta-
bic to Denver society their progress
was slow. Mr. Neresheimer. the faith
er, had gone west to establish tire.
mendons irrigation project that was
to mack large section of arid land
blossom like the rose Such an undes,
taking involves the transfer of an i'm
mense acreage of small holdings and
necessarily calls for wide legal expert
once. Smith had mat Neresheimer in
New York and was shortly after the
meeting engaged as general attorney
for the American Investment and De.
velopment Company.
I'VE will do little entertaining for
MY clients and their wives" Mr.. Smith
said to Mrs. Smith. "a few dinner
parties. IN evening or two at the the.
alter will rehabilitate ME In the eyes
of your friends, my dear. and make a
good impression on our new friends. :
Mrs. Smith, a woman of rare charm
of manner, beauty OF face and dig
nifty that commands respect, protest.
ed gently against any lavish display
until the friends who had ever stood
Loyalty Nv her should become willing
OF themselves to again receive her
husband. who had wandered SO far
away from the conventional paths.
He was obdurate, however, and the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06
Tax Commissioners
BILL INTRODUCED MAKES OF;
FIcE ELECTIVE WITH TERM
OF FOUR YEARS.

CHARLESTON, Feb. 6.-Delegate
billiard, Of Mcdowell county, intro.
duced a bill in the House of Delegates
Monday morning which would change
the mode OF making a tax commits
sioner, making the commissioner elcc.
tive by the people instead of appoint
ed by the governor as heretofore.
The State tax commission is one
of the most important of the State
Offices and there are many who ad.
vocate that the incumbent should
be elected by the people instead OF
being appointed by the governor.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Dillard
makes the term of office OF the tax
commissioner the same as that of
the governor, for four years. The
bill Is No. 2S3 and reads as follows:
A bill TO amend Section OF Chap.
ter 30 of the Code OF West Virginia
OF 1906, relating to the appointment
of the State tax commissioner.
Be 1t enacted by the legislature OF
West Virginia:
Provided that at the general cleo.
ton to be held on Tuesday after tho
first Mondey in November. 1908. anu
every fourth year thereafter, the Of.
fee of State tax commissioner shall
be filed by the people by the election
OF some citizen OF this State to sail
Office in the same manner as the
governor and other State officers Of
this State are elected and whose
term of Office shall begin on the
fourth day of March. 1908, and who
shall continue in office four years
and unfit his successor is elected
and qualified, but who shall OF be
eligible for reelection to said Office
for an immediate term. The term OF
Office of the state tax commissioner
now in office shall expire on the
fourth day of March, 1909. at high
noon.
All acts or parts of the 1eglsla.
ture heretofore enacted inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.
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Fourth w ard


Quite a surprisa Nas slyan Miss r 4
Griffith al her home ON Virginia ave-
nus iast Friday evening in honor OF
her birthday. Several Of her young
friends were present and al report a
very pleasant s~airin+. s
Mr. walter l!aJs@t has ,aiyed his
fnws'y frota fs-ia -i:r,., TO Eleventh
street and Virginia avenue.
Several of the employees of the Mo
nonsahela Glass Co. went on the Ice
the other day and caught several large
fish. "A
A son Of Mrs. Geo. Hierdt, of Elev-
enth street, is very III at the home OF
his mother.
Mr.. Hammers. of Eleventh street,
will move to-day to Barrackville to his
new home.
Goldie, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Purdy, of Tenth street, is
I'll of the measles.
Miss Lena Anderson. who has been
slightly indisposed the past week, is
some better.
Mrs. C. e. Watts is Ill at her home.
Mr.. Fitzhugh Fast moved Monday
from Bell Run station to Virginia ave.
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Jacobs, of
Fairmont avenue, have gone to Flor.
ida for the benefit OF the formers
health.
Mr.. Kelley, night Waterman OF the
South Side Land Co., moved his fam.
iiy from Virginia avenue to Twelfth
street last week.
Arthur, little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. A. Bartholow. of Virginia avenue,
is III of the measles.
Several new families have moved to
Pike street from South Side the past
week.
The children of Mr.. ]. L. Lewis, of
Ninth street, have been Ill of the
measles.
NJ. A. Jollitf has completed two new
houses on Eleventh street.
AT the Baptist Mission on the Cur
neer of Tenth street and Virginia ave
nue., the protracted meeting which
has been in progress for some tune,
closed last week with much interest,
The music and pictures shown were
very interesting.
The new residences being erected
for the occupancy of the employees of
the Monongahela Glass Co. are al,
about finished and most all are being
occupied.
! The new factory is sbout ready 10
begin work in few days and new
families are arriving already.
Donley, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. wade
Boice, of Fourth street, Is very Ill
OF typhoid fever.
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AN ATTORNEY STEALS his CLIENTS
WIFE AND. In TURN DIseARDS HIS own

Hargroves became the honor guests at
a series of functions given by the Nil.
ton Smiths. Wherever one. couple
was seon the other would put in an
appearance. When the Smiths were
not dining the Hargroyes the Har--
groves we're entertaining the Smiths.
Many tines Mrs. Hargrove would pick
up Mr.. Smith IN her electric broughnm
and drive him home in the late after
noon from his Office, stopping for a
CHEEKY word with Mrs. Smith, wns.
with an intuition made keen by past
suffering and humiliation. readily per
ceived the direction In which the
straws were blowing.
Mr. Rargrove. his studious mind alb.
Hsorbed in great problems. saw nothing
IN the conduct OF his young wife and
his best friend and attorney to cause
alarm.
Never did man have more implicit
faith In the woman to whom he had
given his name than Ernest Hargrove
hEd in his wife.
When he had first met her she was
30 years old. 1t was al luncheon that
Mrs. Eargrove, with her cold. aqliline
English type OF beauty. shocked even
the Denverites by telling of her meet
ing with her schorlarly husband.
Her story of the Meeting.
at was really quite romantic" Mrs.
Hargrov,s is said to have remarked. az
was in swimming at the seashore with
lot of girls. We had gons to Sc
cluied spot and had decided to swim
IN the altogether. Ernest came along
Unexpectedly, looked at me as cow
cred IN the water. and from that day
to this he has adored me- utterly. !
ran away from the convent In Canada
10 marry him, and now-well. he is the
dearest of men, but he knows SO much
and know so little, and every time !
say anything impulsiyely he giowers
at me and makes me afraid"
When every man. woman and child
WIZ uNtu ia Tic f1dI6IpNt uGlbhpoI-
hood were discussing the friendliness
of Mrs. Hargrove and the chairman OF
the Democratic State Central Commit,
tee Ernest Hargrove's ears were clos
ed.
1t was In June that Mrs. Smith de.
cided that she could no longer endure
the attentions of her husband to the
wife of his client. One afternoon at
the Country Club. where the Smiths
and Hargroves had gone to watch the
Derby race from the piazza of the club.
holse. Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Hargrove
walked away together and did not re.
turn for two hours. Feeling Ill, Mrs.
Smith sent an attendant to inform Mr..
Smith that she must return to town
at once. either in his auto or with
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06

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Benjamin Guthrie.

Benjamin Guthrie. of Monongalia
county, died on Monday afternoon of
cancer At the home Of his son-in.law,
Reese Litton, Of White Day Creek.
The funeral took place this Afternoon
at / O'clock, followed with interment
at the Prickett's Creek cemetery.
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serviees continuina.

The revival services now being con.
Quoted at the NJ. p. and NJ. q. Churches
are drawing large and attentive audi
ences TO the services. Several con-
versions have taken place and large
number have asked for the prayers
of the church. The pastors are very
much encouraged and the services still
continue,
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Funerals Of To-day.
Mr. John Slater

The funeral service of Mr.. John
Slater, one Of the most highly esteem
ed citizens Of Winfield, took place at
the home Of his daughter. Mrs. Ellen
Pagan. OF Virginia avenue, at ten
O'Clock this morning, followed with
interment in charge OF Murgrave and
Sons, at Maple Grove Cemetery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06
Infant Child Of MIR. o'NeaI,

The funeral service of Olive. the
two weeks, old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles =. o,Neal, was held ut the
home OF her parents on East Park
avenue, at $3.50 this afternoon follow
ed with the interment at Maple Grove
cemetery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06
strieken With Paralysis.

Mrs. Vahdegrip, Of Hammond. moth.
er Of Mrs, Clyde Levelte, of Diamond
street, this city. was stricken with
Paralysis Monday evening and is, very
III. Mrs Leyells left yesterday to be
with her mother during her sickness
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06
epie Nahelnnd kerkel.n

Mrs: y. W. Reeves viii be hostess
ON Thursday evening to the Die Ma
bend Kcrkel at her home on Morgan.
town avenue. and full attendance is
desired. "a
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06

Mr.. ]. Davis. Of Hammond, was in
the city Yesterday to;caii on his daugf-
ter, Minta, who Is attending the Nor.
NAL school here.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06
The Little Daughter Of MIR. Stevens,

The little three year old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stevens, of
Raymond street, who died yesterday
morning, was buried this afternoon at
2 o'clock in Maple Grove cemetery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06


IT'S q pleasure to tell our readers
about . Cough Cure like Dr.. Shops.
For years DR.. shoop has toagnt agains,
the use Of Opium. cbloroform. or 9th.
er unsafe ingredients commonly found
in Cough remedies. DR.. shoop, II
seems. has welcomed the Pure Food
and Drug Law recently enacted. for
he has worked along similar lines
many years. For nearly 20 years DR..
Shops Cough Cure containers have
had a warning printed on them against
Opium and other narcotic potsons.
He has thus made it possible for
mothers to protect their children by
simply insisting on having DR.. Shops
Cough care. Sold BY 3. a. Billings.
lea & Co.
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ingram wall paper. zoe; varnished
tile. csc. All vail paper cut in pro
portion. II. q. BuRDETTE.
sample room watson Hotel. e
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Aid Society.

Mrs Rose Nichols will entertain the
Ladies' AID Society of the NJ. E
church ON Thursday afternoon at her
home.