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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25
DAM No. %.

Gallipolis newspapers are con-
Quoting departments devoted to
suggestions as TO where the dam
should be built. Some favor To-
cation that will best serve the in
terests of navigation. while Others
are in favor of location to benefit
Gallipolis. 1t is hoped that the
government will not be Influenced
by local or selfish interests, as it
was in the building of the Toe piers
throughout the Pomeroy Bend.
The money was worse than thrown
away and thousands of dollars will
now have to be spent to tear them
away.-Pomeroy Democrat.
We with majority of the Kama
VIVA and Pittsburg pilots alg ayi
commended that the look and dam
should be located above Point
Pleasant and the other down about
G enwood. Why don't they ask
some other steamboat men ought.
side of GallipolisH
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25
BRYAN

The two year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. j. 81. Cremeans dice
Sept. 18th, and was laid to rest a
Fairfield on Thursday. Funera
services were very impressive con
Quoted by Rev. Heller, the pastor
in charge.
We are sorry to say that Mr.
Philip Diefenbsoh is on the sioE
list again.
Mrs. Lucy Grisim is visiting
friends at Guyandotte, this week
Walter Smith living near Biz
Rock, has moved his family t.
Gallipolis.
Mrs. Mable Conrad and sor
Oorbly, were visiting her mothe,
Mrs. W g Holley this week.
Edmond Holly living in thu
suburbs of Guyandotte, has moved
his family to Huntington. HI
was a good citizen and we regret tt
see him leave.
Miss Dollar HolIey and siste,
Miss Fife, were visiting theiI
aunt Mrs HuIda Holley Friday
night.
Catch Me if You Dan.
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Divorces in the State


The United States Census Bu
reau has been securing data that
will show the number of marriages.,
divorces. etc., in Taylor county for
the past twenty years, and while i
is not officially reported, it is I'M
derstood that approximately ] 500
marriages have been celebrated
within the limits of the county dur.
iug that period and within the same
time 100 divorces have been grant
ed.
An average of FIVE divorces sr
every term is record of the Circuit
Court for Randolph county during
the year 1906. % divorces in all
having been granted in that time,
The nearest approach to that num-
Der was in 1905 when thirteen al
lowed the court sthe court to dis.
olive the bonds of matrimony Di
vorcss did not become fashionable
in randolph county until 1887
when the first one was granted
Since that time 145 couples have
been permanently separated.
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REDMOND.

Miss Ethel Mes6ick, of Wyema
was visiting relatives at this place
Saturday and Sunday.
Mister. Clarence Stockhoff. Bling
woodward, Chas Mayes and Fred
Perry passed through this vicinity
Sunday enroute to Cash Austin's
Homer Shifet, of your CITY
spent Sunday at this place.
Byron Lyons, of aenderst n, wal
calling on his best girl Sunday.
Master Earl Steward, of Kama
ga, Ohio, was calling on his ole
acquaintance here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Rome Perry anc
daughter Elma, who has been visi
ting relatives at Bladen, O, return
ed to their home Sunday
N P Hope will give moonlight
picnio at his residence Thursday
night in honor of his Sunday
School GLASS at Plain View; a small
program being prepared by tn,
scholars.
Mrs Helen Winning and Mr.
Nellie Morris and children, O
Pomeroy, are visiting their sister
Mrs N P Hope, of this vicinity,
Squire Butler and niece Mis-
Alice Butler and three CRANE
children will leave Dot. End TO
Clay county, where they will spent
perhaps two weeks with relatives
before returning home,
Harry Spencer ond Miss Aim,
Litohfield will be married Wednes
day. Sept. rs, at the home of tb'
brides parents on Grab Greek.
Mr. and Mrs Clardy Spencer, o
Charleston, spent Sunday will
relatives.
The Gibson Cement G. BIool
%, will erect new schoo house a
Lock IL in the near future. 1
certainly will be appreciated BY
the pupils of that place
j l Woodyard's huokster Wagon
is doing a prosperous business il
this community.
Jas Pritohard is treating hi
house to new coat of paint. MI
Harry Fierbaugh, of Henderson
being the contractor.
Rev Hager will preach at Hen
derson M E Church Sunday night
Strand Long, of Central City
came up Sunday morning to cal
IN friends near Point Pleasant.
Three City Girls.
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OLD TOWN.

Rev L Nj Csrder and wife we're
the guests of Frank Morrison and
family, of Hickory Chapel, Sun
day.
LG Clendenin end wife were
visiting relatives at Clifton Sun
day and Monday
Eddie o Stewart has gone to
Groveport, Ohio, in search of en-
ploymeut. he left home Monday.
Mrs Virginia Lemaster and Mrs
j G Kincade. of Hickory Chapel,
were visiting Taylor Clendenin
and family Sunday.
Miss Ella Yeager. after spend
ing few days at the home of her
parents, returned to Point Pleas
ant Sunday evening
The demand for school teachers
in this (Robinson) district. is
greater then the supply. One is
needed at Clay Bank and another
at Van Mattress.
Arthur Kincade, of Point Pleas
ant, spent Thursday of last week
With j B Yeager and family.
Taylor Clendenin and wife and
son, Del, will go to Colorado
Springs this week. The otjoot is
a change of climate for Oel't
health They will probably stat
at that place till next spring
School will begin at Lone Oak
school house next Monday.
There WAS an error in au item as
it appeared in the last issue of the
Register 1t was Mrs j B Y -ager
who paid visit to friends, not MI
Yeager.
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ELWELL.

Mrs. Belle Ranoebottom, Of
Columbus, spent Sunday with bel
brother j W Beohtle.
Wesley johnson and family were
visiting Mrs R j Bechtle and
family Sunday
Mrs. Mary Wright and little
daughter returned to Pittsbure
Friday.
Misses Mary and Vause Beale
spent Sundry with Josheph Moore
and family.
Miss CLARA Moore spent Sunday
with Miss Frances Van Matre.
Miss Vause Beale spent Thurs
day at Ben Lomond.
Quite a number of boys from
this vicinity have gone to London
Ohio, to out corn.
Utley Blaine has returned home
from Dayton, Ohio.
Eldridge Blaine who has beer
sick for some time, we are sorry tc
say is no better. Blackeyed Girl
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West Virginia
Cattle Shipped

The Charleston Mail ssyt: "Theee
was spipmeht made last night
from Kanawha county to old Eng
land that marks the beginning of
new era in the agricultural SEQ
ton of the county. a contemplation
of which opens the eyes of the peo-
Pile of old Kanawha to Icing neg.
looted opportunities, and possibly,
to new ones hitherto undreamed of
To-day, over the Q. & D. rail
road left ten carloads of big cattle,
bred in old Kanawha, for Liver,
pool. England, the great cattle
market of the Old World. There
were one hundred and twenty. six
cattle in the buncb; none of them
weighed less than 1000 poundF
and some of them over 1900. One
popularity of the Liverpool mark
ct is that it takes only the best
cattle.
These cattle were raised on Poce
by Oopenhaver and Fleishman, and
were shipped through A. w Ken.
nedy. The same enterprising Ka.
nswhans, who have sent this frst
carload of fine cattle out of Kama.
VIVA TO Liverpool, England, today
shipped over the K. & Nj one hun.
dred and twenty cattle to London
OHIO, to be grszsd. They appear
to have gone into the business t.
make it pay, and their experiment
Will be watched with more thar
the usual interest by every ont
who lives in the county.
Heretofore, Grsenbrier count t.
aud some other eastern lbluegrasl
c1unties of West Virginia, along
with Bath and Augusta counties
Virginia, held the record. and wert
known to fame as shippers of thu
finest beef cattle in the world II
the Liverpool marhet.
The indications are that thu
long time supremacy of these
counties in this line will be disput
ed in the future by a new county
Kanawhs, and with it. new posi-
bilities and new sources of revenue
aud agricultural renoWn,"
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The Reform School.

For long while the departures
Of officials from the Reform School
were referred to as designations,
and the reason why eighteen per.
sons from chs institution should
resign was mystery. Now, how.
ever. information is given out that
the SO called rep'g ,tions were not
designations, but that there
were wholesale removals from Office
to maze room for pulitioal favor
ties and to strengthen the admins.
trstion machine. In reference to
this situation the Parkersburg
Sentinel says:
A prominent Republican of this
city cited several instances that
bear out these reports One in
stance in particular he is familiar
with, Miss Hattie Parsons, of
Point Pleasant. had spent FIVE yesrs
at the institution as stenographer
She was an expert. faithful worker
and knew every inmate of the in.
stitution. She drew salary OF
$40 per month and her board
Miss Parsons had to go, however,
with the others, and, it is said. that
q nephew of Governor Dawson,
aged I6 years, who is not capable
and is inexperienced, has been ap-
pointed in Miss Parsons place, al
a salary of $50 per month.
Other cases of compstent people
being fred to make room for in
oompetents as q reward for politi-
tioal work, has turned everything
topsy-turvey at the institution.
An investigating committee Of
the legislature is about to visit the
state institutions and look into
conditions at each of them. Their
report on conditions at the reform
school will be awaited with interest
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Farm rs institute.

The Farmers Institute for this
county will be held al the Pleasant
Flats Presbyterian church at Mag
gle. on Wednesday and Thursday,
Dot 2 and 3, 1907. The presence
and cooperation of all interested
in agriculture is earnestly request
ed Profs. Waitman T. Barbe and
B W Working, of MOrgantown,
will be with ne; also o o. Brown,
of Buffalo. who is one of the ablest
institute instructors in the coun-
try DR.. Ely. of Morgantown, an
able preacher and musician. will
also be present. An old.fashioned
picnic dinner will be a feature of
the occasion. and you are invited
to bring your basket we'll filled.
Come one and all.
j. b. Windon, President,
Gertrude Fowler, Secretary.
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LETARr AND VICINITY.


Our school here began last
Monday with Mr. Don Aten aud
Mrs. W S Ovens as teachers
CS Mari employed in your city.
spent last Sunday here with his
family
Prof, Q D. Ball was the GU, St
Oak Grove friends last Suud Y.
Miss Maude Gill who has been
on an extended visit 10 Charleston
friends, returned homo Sunday.
Van q Grimm. operator for the
Pennsylvania R R near Pittsbure,
is here at his home spending his
vacation.
L D. Roush is putting his road
in good shape now on Route 2
J P. Piokens ia about ready tc
commence making sorghum leases
Mr. D 81 Fisher, of IIlinois, il
visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs
] w Fisher
Prof e E Fisher who has been
teaching in Mingo county. return.
sd home recently.
Mrs e Mckinney who has beer
quite ill is now improving
Mrs w Fl Thomas is reooverir g
from her recent illness.
Grant Fry Postal Clerk, is here
spending his vao4tion with hi.
many friends an relatives who are
always glad to see him.
Grin Pullin, of Flat Rock, is b,
far the busiest horse sheer on route
2, He is up-to date in his line.
Q 7 Blessing and many other
G A Rs attended the Soldiers Re
union at Middlepert, last week.
Perl Roush is on the sick list.
We hope to see him out soon
VIM Rollins who has been in
California for some time, returned
homs recently.
Every bodHis going 10 the Ma
son County Fair Busy.
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Mozart Concert Company Opera
Rouse, Oct. 18th.

An announcement of an enter
tainment by The Mozart Concert
Company is sure to attract a large
audience, A more popular com.
bination would be hard to find,
The hearty reception accorded this
organization are due not only to
the fact that it is very unusual
combination of artists, but that the
programs are always so skillfully
arranged and SO cleverly presented
Each member of the company pos.
sesses talent of superior order.
Don't fail to enjoy this oompa-
ny. Under the auspices of the
Ladies' Guild of Christ Church.
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Stamped With the Seal of Success

Stamped With the Seal of Success.
A vital, moving drama of force
and power, and play of rare merit
and distinotion-suoh is The Ho-
ly City" the religious drama by
Clarence Bennett which is to be
the Offering at the Opera House on
Saturday night, Sept. 18th. 1t
treatssof religious subject with
reverence and sympathy and won
the appreciation CT thousands of
clergymen of all denominations.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25
MILESTONE

E l. Withers was visiting Thos
Persinger on day last week on Mud
Run
John Honaker has gone to Col.
umbus 10 seek employment.
School is progressing nicely IN.
der the management of Miss Bess.
ie Hereford.
Mr. and Mrs J II Caldwell were
visiting @ E hilbert and family
Sunday.
Mamie Hhzlet has returned
home from trip to Glen wood.
Mrs Ida Honaker and little
daughter Hulda, is spending a few
days with her parents, @ E hilbert
and family.
Mrs Grace Ksnode, Lof Gsllipo-
lis, was visiting Mrs Jennie NibeIt
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs A j Price were visi-
ting John Lanisr Sunday.
Miss Grace MoGraw was visiting
Nora and Dot Jacobs, Sunday
Charles Nibert returned home
from visit to his daughter, Mrs
Ohss Burris, of Ben Lomond.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs, Edward
Burris, Sept %, son.
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The Preacher Got Him.


We knew a certain man who had
formed the habit of attending
church and timing the minister
allowing him just thirty minutes
for his sermon and when the time
expired he got up and walked out.
His friend died recently and Of
course he had to attend the funer.
al. The preacher had him right
up in front. he couldn't get away,
and he soaked it to him for an hour
and quarter. There comes time
when every man can play even.
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Old Story Freshly Told

The editor of the Hardmsn Free
Press says: We fell asleep in 8
chair at Grand junction Wednes-
day night on our way home from
Memphis in our usual soaked con.
dition and let our train leave US
The hotel clerk told us to go up
stairs and take the room on the
right side of the hall with the
lamp burning low.
He sed he was crowded and We
would have to double up with q
man. We went up pulled off our
things and went to bed without
waking our bed fellow. who was
sleeping sound with sheet over
his head to keep off the musketters.
Before We fell into the arms of
morphine We seen a young lady
and gent come in and sit down
by the winder
at first they talked so low that
We could not hear what they sed.
Finally We heard the little miss
say: willie amt you ashamed
to try to kiss me while we are
right here sitting up with dead
person?" We felt ouriouP. WE
slowly reached over and touched
the nose of the man we wuz iu bed
with and seen at glance that be
was dead alright. We riz up in.
stantly, aud it was race to a finish
twixt Us three fer the bottom OF
the steps. 1t is useless to say we
was furst past the post by two
lengths We didn't skeer the
couple any wurse than that couple
skeerad US.
We walked through the country
to Boliver and wired for cur CLOTHES
by express.
Mr.. Samuel CniIdsl aged IA
years, who some time sgo removed
from Three.mile, this county, to
MiddlepOrt, Ohio, is very sick at
that place, with but little hcpes of
his recovery.
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There will be Farmers Insti.
tute held at Hannah Grange Hall,
Ashton, w. Va. Monday and
Tuesday, October 7th and 9Th.
All farmers are invited to be pres
ent with their families and hear
the many subjects of interest dir
cussed. Prof. D. w Working.
who has charge of the Agricultural
extention work at the West Viz
ginia University, and Hon. O. @.
Brown, of Buffalo, W. Va. will be
among the noted speakers.
K. V. HOLLOWAY, SEQ.
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Casaandra Kline, of Weloh, Nc
Dowell county, was convicted in
the Federal Court at Huntington
last week of having raised" lwo-
dollar bills to twenties. He had
been doing big business in the
mining region He was sentenced
to seven years in the penitentiary
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25

Master Joe Mcdaniel, son of MI
and Mrs George Mcdaniel, was
or 8 ing Main street this after.
noon, and was struck by bicycle
which Stanly Brinker. who is at.
tending school here was riding, as
result the little fellow has an ug.
" cash on his right cheek which
required seven stitches to CLOSE
There were two buggies on the
street at the place where he at.
tempted to oross, and in fear of the
horses, was run down by the boy
ON the wheel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25

Don't forget the 10Th of October
and the Mozart Concert %. at the
Opera House under the direction
of the Lyoeum Bureau. A treat
for you and all her friends. This
musical company has been secured
for this date by the Ladies' Guild
of Christ Church. See posters
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25
PunIshment fnr Mlddv

In the recent British naval ma.
neuVers a midshipsman who had
rammed the admiral's ship with a
steam launch had to make a trip
around the fleet in launch, while she
was hung all around with tenders and
labeled Not Under Control"
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Amaznn Rluer Enn.dltInn.

DR.. W. C, Farabee, of the anthropo,
logical department at Harvard uniycr-
sity, with three students, will net
year conduct a research expedition
about the headwaters of the Amazon.
For time base will be established
at Arequipa, Peru. The party will be
gone three years.
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world,s Supply of Horss..

A cavalry authority in Belgium es.
Inmates that there are more than so,
100000 horses in the world. There
are 100000 in Russia, while Ger
many and Austria-Hungary each has
more than the British isles. where 1t
Is reckoned there are about 100000.
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Peculiar Complaint Of Woman.

A New York society woman com
plains that she cannot visit any of the
public parks because they are Uttered
up with children" Pity the world was
ever Uttered with her sort.-Montgom-
cry Advertiser.
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Miss Virginia Reeoe writes her
parents. DR.. and Mrs. Reece, at
Beale, that she is delighted with
her present position. Miss Vir.
ginia is teaching at Gabriels school
on the Hudson near New York.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25

1t is said that more druggists
own automobiles in Kansas than
in any other state in the Union.
Nothing strange about that. Kan
sas is prohibition state.
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Not as Advertised.

The man who sought divorce from
the wife he obtained through an al
vertisement gave as his reason that
she was not as advertised.
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Record Breaking Raft.

The other day steamship towed In
to San Francisco harbor from the Co
lumbia river raft containing 9.000,O 900
cubic feet of piles
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Bry ans Platform

If Bryan's platform is accepted
by the Democratic party, that par.
ty will enter the next Presidential
campaign with the best platform
1t has ever had. For Bryan would
have the platform declare that the
tariff, the trusts and railroad mo.
noply are all one question in ess
ense-the question of whether the
government shall be administered
in the interest of few favorites OF
in behalf --of the whole people
This is sound doctrine. The trusts
are in truth results of protection
protection for favored interests
and protection depends in turn up
on interference with normal pro
duotion of trade, among Ihe gres'
agencies for which are railroad ant
tariff determinations. No longer
is the tariff question unrelented il
the public mind to the railroad
question, the trust question hal
disclosed them as different forms
of privilege rnd all three are now
seen in their proper relations as
enc problem. To make the deolar
alton that Mr. Bryan advises would
strike thrilling keynote for the
campaign The Public.
an atlanta policeman report,
that he saw a red snake with blue
tail and his whiskers tied in bow
knot under his chin. A few more
tails like this and the country will
understand why Georgia made
such a rush for the water wagon.
A South Carolina prisoner faint.
ed when the Judge sentenced him
to thirty years in prison, and the
kind hearted Judge Immediately
knocked off 10 years.
Lest the world should forget
that West Virginia has a negro
State Librarian, the Charleston
Daily Mail prints the picture of S
W Starks (oolored) on it's first
psge and announces that he is g
oolored K. of P. aud holds the of.
ioial position of State Librarian
What is the difference between the
editor of the Mail and Stsrks
The Mail and the Republican par
ty are to be Congratulated Mon.
roe Watohman
Wife-I don't know VIII era that
child got his vile temper from-noI
from me, I'm sure.
Husband (sadly)-No, my dear
you certainly haven't lost any OIL
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Best Day of All.

The day that succeeds the downfall
of tyrant is always the best.-Cur.
thus Montanus.
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Old Sweet Spr ngs.

In the mountains of West Viz
ginia which are not as we'll known
to the country at large as they de-
serve to be, are many lovely spots,
that are summer resorts as we'll as
beautiful resting places in spring
and fall. Old Sweet Springs is
such place. 1t Is far above the
sea level, and there has been ho-
tel there ever since 1892 George
and Martha Washington spent the
summer of 1877 there, and there
jerome Bonsparte met Elizabeth
Patterson. There, too, is still stand
ing the Lewis Cottsge," said to
have been the first house erected
west of the Alleghanies. There is
q golf course at Cid Sweet Springs
which ia SAID to be very fine; any
way. there is a mint patch b. the
brook The springs themselves
are believed to cure nearly every
thing, including dsndruff With.
out vouohing for this latter fact,
doubtedIess if you play golf every
day without hat, they will help.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25

Chinese Students In Toxic.
The number of Chinese students In
Tokio-S .0oO-exceeds the number of
Japanese students there.
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Secure a Home

by taking a few shares of stock in
the Modern Building & Loan As
ISOLATION. This opportunity is
offered when the new series opens
on Saturday, Got. IL. A little each
week soon puts you where you can
live independent of landlords.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25

A poet says that Ills "love is
dressed in suubeams with rain
bow round her brow" Under the
circumstances she undoubtedly
stands an excellent chance Of
catching hsr death of cold.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25

Attend the Mason County Fair.
See their I'D. in this paper.
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To the poor apples will be for
hidden fruit this year as in the
old garden Of Eden days.