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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-11-28

The Tocsin says that the burnt road
just northsof Indianola is an unqualified
success and the prediction Is freely
made that it is the road for the delta
and all sections where there is gumbo
and buckshot and wood is available for
the burning. The United States de-
partment of agriculture is doing
splendid work in exploiting this and
other methods of road building in Mis-
sissippi.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-11-28

The Yazoo Sentinel truthfully says
that Horace Greeley's admonition of
'Go West, young man. is entirely out
Of date now. The slogan is, go South. :"
The best thing, however, is for our own
people to stay right here and quit hunt
ing around for an Eldorado that does
not exist more than in Mississippi.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
A Bm For the Dope Fiend.

A new pharmacy bill has been
prepared for introduction at the
present session OF the State iegisla-
ture which is intended to assist in
the prohibition of the indiscrimin-
ate sale OF cocaine. opium. morphine
and other deadly drugs the use Of
which as an indulgence has grown
to an alarming extent in this state of
late.
The bill provides for the require
ment Of specific labels upon all
packages OF poisons and records OF
the sale of such and the names of
purchasers which are to be kept for
i've years and always open to In
spection by the proper authorities.
Only upon the prescription Of an
authorized physician are pharmacists
permitted to dispense such drugs
under the proposed law, and an or
der from the original prescriber is
necessary for each additional COM
pounding or dispensing. Thus it
win be impossible for the cocaine
"fend' to get renewed supplies Of
the poison on one prescription. No
physician is permitted to prescribe
cocaine OF morphine to an habitual
user of such a drug. Heavy fines
are imposed for violations OF the
law-if It be amended. the penalties
should he made more severe-and
the third conviction carries with it
a sentence of six months in jail and
revocation of license to prescribe or
dispense.
There is no more deplorable. dis
astrous nor harmful thing than the
unrestricted sale of these murder
Gus poisons to men and women. par
ticularly young men. Frequently
there appears in the news dispatches
from West Virginia points and In
the newspapers accounts of young
men. mere boys. being hailed into
court to answer some criminal
charge with the statement that he
is a dope hend and that his habitual
use Of some poisonous drug is re-
sponsible for his presence there. II
this bill will assist to prohibit this
terrible means OF slow self murder
then It ought to be speedily passed
by the State legislature.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

way.
Even The mueh-abused corpora
lions do not seem to be as black as
they have been painted. for while
they have enormously increased the
production Of commodities. improved
their quality and facilities and
cheapened their distribution, besides
having been principally responsible
for the advance OF wages. they have
not on the whole added 10 the cost
OF living. When there Is 50 much
rhetoric and denunciation IN regard
to existing conditions going about, 1t
is well once in a while to cool down
long enough to look at the facts"
So this step OF the PennsylyanIans
need not stir up worry and anxiety
about the alleged increase of the
cost OF living. There i probably a
need for investigation OF the high
prices OF table necessities in the
Smoky City and the step taken to
that end is undoubtedly a commend
able one. Some newspapers may
howl and rave about the great in-
crease in the cost of things, but. in
deed, there is no cause for alarm.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
LOCAL PRODUCE
MARKET PRICES
What Has to Be Paid For Table
Things In the
City.

The following retain prices prevail
IN the local produce market:
Eggs, s5e dozen.
Country butter. soc ID.
Creamery butter. 4Oc 10.
Irish potatoes. see bu.
Sweet potatoes. 40c peck.
Apples, s1.2o bu.
cranberries. 1sc At.
Celery, Toe stalk.
Cabbage, 2hc 10.
Canning pears. zoe peck.
Country onions, zoe peek.
Chicken. 1se N dressed; 1aMe n
undressed.
Turkeys. 1sc 10 dressed; 14c N
undressed.
Oysters. 40 and soc at
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

gave reasons. both public and pri-
vate. why that was so; that was in
favor Of the reelection q Senator
Elkins, and had been so. having
stated so on the stump. I said that
all this stuff was 70 cloud the eyes
and to raise a fog to cover up the
eyil designs and acts OF the lobby
lists who were scheming to control
the organization OF the senate by
eleeting the president OF that body
for the purpose of making money
out of legislation; that IT was not a
faetional fight; that it did not rise
to that dignity even. but was simply
and solely an attempt by the lobby
lists to control the senate for the
purpose / have stated. "-Goyerno
Dawson.
Now the Democratic newspapers
that have been so ardentiy helping
along the movements Of these lobby
lists and corruptionists win please
explain what their motives are,
Any old thing at all. questionable OF
dishonest, Just so It is a smack
against the honorable and righteous
efforts Of Governor Dawson to pro
tect the benehcent policies OF the
Republican party in this State.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
KATHRYN puRxELI
And Company of Actors to Play
Weeks Engagement Here.

Kathryn PurneIl and her company
OF players viii be the Offering at the
Grand for the week Except Thurs
day. starting Monday, January Il,
and win doubtless be accorded a
welcome such as has seldom greeted
a similar organization here. Miss
Purnell is said to be the handsom-
est and most capable actress that
has yet been seen at the head OF a
popular price company and in her
repertoire viii be found some excel
lent plays.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
The Cost OF Living.

The action of a number OF Pitts
burgers in taking steps to call for an
investigation by the general assem-
bly, OF Pennsylvania into the exhor-
bitant high prices OF the products of
the dairy and produce farms in that
city calls forth more expression of
complaint from several quarters on
the high cost of commodities and Of
living generally. Every little while
this same complaint is heard. While
there is foundation for such a com
plant in some sections and some
cities at certain times in respect to
certain commodities. there is no
ground for the belief that the cost Of
living. generally speaking. has In
creased over former years.
1T has for some time been assert
ed and reiterated so frequently and
positively that no one seems to ques-
tion It." says the Cincinnati Enquir-
er tDem.l that the cost OF living
has greatly increased over what 1t
was two or three decades ago. and
It has been made use Of as the basic
fact in accounting for a good many
things, the universal and large in
crease OF wages for one. Some one
in Boston. however, where nothing
Is long taken for granted. and where
children are born interrogating, has
been looking the matter up. and has
produced some figures which appear
TO completely upset the supposition.
He starts out with clothing. and says
he has just had made a good suit
for $500. which from 1875 to
1886 would have cost from SIS to
$40. The same relative difference
runs through pretty much every
thing that is worn. except furs,
which are higher. Footwear is full
~ as cheap. II not cheaper.
when 1t comes to food staples,
sugar is Just about half what it was;
pork SIC a barrel. Instead OF $3.50:
lard 90 per cent less. and all kinds
Of fruit lower. Fuel is no dearer,
and light is much cheaper than 80
years ago, when gas cost as a rule
81 per 1000 cubic feet. now from
soc to s1.25.
In the matter OF travel and
freights the reductions have been
constant and heavy. Since 1898
even, charges on wheat from Chicago
to New York have been reduced "
cents per bushel; freight. per ton.
from SLAP 10 so cents. and passen-
ger fares from 2s5 cents per mile to
about It's cents. Meats and some
fresh vegetables. milk and eggs are
considerably higher. and rents. have
gone up. due largely to the increas-
ed cost Of building. on account Of I
higher wages. Averaging the cost
Of living In accordance with these
figures, It will be found that It has
not increased. The benefits from
changed conditions have accrued
chiefly to wage earners. Wages have
advanced - per cent. since 1895, |
without counting the recent very
general increase OF 10 per cent, ag-
gregating many millions annually. |
The returns on capital invested in
good securities is. on the other hand,
generally lower. and salaries. so far
as appears. have been increased in
but few and exceptional cases.
'If It be true. as It is generally |
said to be, that unrest and discon-
tent pervade the ranks of labor, It
must be because IT has been artificial
" created and stimulated BY dema-
gogues and agitators, for everything
appears to have been going labor's |
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS
Issued to West virginiaps. One To a
Clarksburger.
Oysters, 40 and soc

The following trademarks have
been issued to West virginians:
zarnits Brothers Grocery Co.. Wheel
ing, for -four and marcaroni; wal
ter A. Springer. Wheeling, for to-
bies and stogies. Also the follow
ing patents Issued: Samuel /. But
tiers, clarksburg. mold for blown
glass plates, and Francis K. Holiness
ted, claremont. loading machine.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
The Way It Happened.

Did the Wheeling Telegraph Dis
patch Huntington or merely Mail
Charleston? = Parkersburg state
Journal.
No, here's the way 1T was: A
West virginian at Fairmont wanted
to send a Telegram from clarksburg
with Huntington Dispatch and
huntsville Enterprise to an Adver-
tiser at Huntington. A Sentinel at
Grafton heard the News at Charles
ton and wanted to make a Record OF
IT at Warrington. but it heard a
Mountain Echo and decided to con-
suit the St. Mary's Oracle and see &;
1t would not be better to Register IT
at Wheeling or Chronicle It at Nor
gantown. Some Farmers Advocat-
ed the appointment of a Chenille
Pathfinder to act as a Grafton Lead
er and Telegraph the matter to
Wheeling. hut the Oracle said It
would be best to get the Marlinton
Messenger to deliver It. The West
Virginian however sent It by Char
lesion Mail on the Salem Express to
the Weston Democrat for Romney
Review.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

The general satisfaction displayed
by the stockholders of the various
national banking institutions Of
clarksburg in their annual meet
ings Just held again speaks well for
the financial condition of the city
and county. When the national
banks are doing so well and make
such excellent showings of increase
in deposits and business. prosperity
and business confidence is reflected
that all may feel proud OF and be
encouraged and stimulated In the
commercial and Industrial develop
ment OF this rich community.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

It's an III wind that blows abso-
lutely no good. Even the terrible
bomb throwing in the big Phlla-
delphia bank. deplorabie as It was,
put an end to the existence of the
anarchist who perpetrated the foul
murderous act and he will throw no
more bombs. 1t is a pity that he
could not have blown himself to
pieces without killing others.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
PREVAILING PRICES IN
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
What Corn. Wheat, Oats and Hay
Are Bought and Sold
For Here.

rhe following prices are prevailing
in the local grain market:
Corn. new yellow. wholesale,
47E; retail so.
Corn, new white. wholesale,
Az: retail so.
Wheat No. l spring. Wholesale.
ssh: retail. 80.
Wheat, No. ? Red Winter. whole.
sale. so%; retail. 81.
Oats. No. 2 white. Wholesale.
4ek; retail. IS.
Hay. No. / Timothy. Wholesale,
s1s.75; retail. $500.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

The agitation for a second peni-
Tertiary at Charleston is still going
the rounds Of the State newspapers.
1t would be a shame to build a new
building there and stin
utilize the present capitol. The
law breakers would then have better
quarters than the law makers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
CHILD DIES OF DrPHTHERrA.

Tacie wolford, eight-year-oId
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Otis VOL
ford, OF West Adamston. died Tues
day forenoon at IL O'Clock from
diphtheria. The funeral took place
Wednesday morning at 1880 o'clock.
Services were held at the parents.
home and at the grave in Greenlawn
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

The days when Colonel seeiy's pet
elephant sank to an untimely death
in the mud hole in Third street
alongside the Traders hotel IT re-
called to the minds of those who
have any business on Baltimore
street. Glen Elk.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
wooDMEN 10 INITIATE.

The woodmen of the World will
have an interesting session in the
X. OF P. hall this evening. 1t will
be a regular meeting but besides
some important lodge business which
all members should consider. several
candidates will be given a ride over
the burning sands OF Initiation. The
officers are anxious that all men,
bers possible be present.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
The Best Way.

Out Of the depths OF his heart a
brother editor says: Keep it out
Of the paper is the cry which the
local newspaper publisher daily
hears. To oblige often costs con-
siderable. though the party who
makes the requests thinks the grant
Ing worth saying thank you" for. A
newspaper is a peculiar thing in the
public eye. The news-gatherer is
stormed because he gets hold OF one
Item and Is abused because he does
not get another. Young men, and
often young women. as well as older
persons. perform acts which become
legitimate items for publication and
then rush to the newspaper office and
beg the editor not to notice their es-
capades. The next day they con-
denim the same paper for not hav-
ing published another party doing
the same thing they were guilty OF.
forgetting apparently their late
visit to the printing ONCE"
So It seems that the best way to
do IS to publish all legitimate news
with fearlessness and independence.
with partially to none and equal
privileges to all. That is about the
only way a newspaper can stand in
the arena Of public confidence and
esteem and stay there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

Hilda Hildebrand LeIchner has
added manicuring to her dermatOlO-
gical parlors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09
An Evening Echo.

The bell never clinks OF itself;
unless it Is handled and moved II
remains dumb.-Plautus
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

Can They Explain?
81 said that I was not a candidate
for the United States senate. I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Must Pay Full Fare.

IN some of the middle western states
where the railroads are giving the
Lew passenger rate a test there is
more or less waiting and gnashing of
teeth because the railroad managers
have made the two cent rate apply TO
every class of passenger, Two cents
Is minimum as well as maximum IN
these states now. CIergymen who
have been riding on half fare tickets
must pay full fare. Actors and others
who have had reduced rates are up
against the real thing now-pay 2
cents a mile or walk. AS 10 free
passes, ask Of the winds! Missouri
began the antipass agitation several
years ago and now has a law against
the issuance Of a pass to anybody.
The Interstate commerce commission
took hand in the game some time
ago and caused widespread sorrow
among many privileged classes and
individuals who had been riding on
passes. and also made 1t extremely
difficult for newspapers to exchange
good advertising space for transporta-
zion. Hogs may still be exchanged fo.
hOminy, the dairyman may swap but
ter with the baker for bread. but the
com mission would have 1t that adver-
Using and transportation are not ex.
cbanged bic commodities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Quite a tumble.

What the end will be no man can
foresee. The national congress and
various state legislatures have taken
turns at railroad regulation during the
past two or three years. and the con.
glomerate result marks distinctly q
new epoch in the history of common
carriers. Freight rates. passenger
rates, reciprocal demurrages and what
not have agitated the legislative and
the lay mind until the tumble is such
that our familiar old friend a Phia-
delphia lawyer cannot untangle it.
The passenger rate laws form only
one group in the maze of railroad leg
islation. There are other sorts OF
statutes with regard to railroads
(which are calculated to cause both
railroaders and rank outsiders to
pause and inquire. Whittier are we
driftingf or. in the language of Mr..
Hartman. Where do 1 stand2
Kansas. for instance. has passed a
law providing that freight conductor
or other oficia! may be sent to jail for
thirty days for refusing to carry pas
sengers in freight train caboose. 1t
Is we'll known to the travelling public
that most railroads have rigid rules
against this practice. Freight trains
are intended for hogs, dried apples and
California prunes. Passenger trains
are Intended for passengers. Kansas
still! lacks a law requiring the pas
senger conductor to carry hogs. except
Ing the seat hog, which finds place In
every coach.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
May Be Improbable.

But. though this may be true in the
case of long hauls. which on many
routes for years past have averaged
little or nothing above cents a mile
there are various short haul localities
where a uniform blanket rate Of 2
cents mile may be improbable to
the railroads. Governor Hughes point
ed this out IN his veto message. and
railroad managers insist upon Its truth
The massing of population also has
much to do with the matter. Upon
this phase OF the problem the manag-
ing editor Of the Railroad Gazette
writes:
"Of the states named las having
passed two cent laws Ohio and In
diana have fairly dense passenger traf.
fic. and Pennsylvania and Illinois have
dense traffic In some directions. The
Dakotas. Arkansas and Nebraska have
extremely light passenger traffic, and
the railroads will certainly lose mon
ey on their passenger business under
the new laws"
Railroad managers In several Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12

watched the growth of vast fortunes
built up by railroad magnates, and
they have reached the conclusion that
these railroad kings are growing too
rich at the expense of the people who
travel. Consequently the demand up
on legislators to cut the rate has been
Irresistible Some Of the legislators
have voted for the reduction because
they believe it just and equitable. 9th
ers have voted that way on account
OF pressure from their constituents
Some OF the railroad, people aver that
tie laws have been made in a spirit
of revenge-whatever that is The fact
remains that every mothers son of US
wants to trave! as cheaply as may be
and that perhaps the majority Of US be.
lieve that the railroads could carry us
at cents a mile and make money on
the transaction
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
CONFECTIONERY.
The Sugar Plum Is the Most Ancient
Kind of Sweetmeat.

Kind of Sweetmeat.
The most ancient kind of sweet
meat is the sugar plum. 1t was the
invention of Julius Dragatus. a noted
Roman baker and confectioner, who
belonged to the family of Fabius. Ac-
cording to an authority on ancient
history, it was in III B. c. that he
made the great discovery which for
twenty centuries has done so much
damage to teeth.
These bonbons, called dragati, after
their inventor (dragees in French, re-
manned the exclusive privilege of the
family of Fabius. But at the birth or
marriage of one of that family Il great
distribution of dragati took place as a
sign of rejoicing The custom is still
observed by many of the nobility of
Europe.
Burned almonds are purely of French
origin, owing their inception to the
gluttony of certain French merchant.
One day Marshal Duplessis-P ralin, an
old gourmet, sent for Lassagne, who
had already invented many a tooth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
ANCIENT TRADES UNION.
The Company of Pewterers, Which
Was Composed of Masters Only.

Unlike the trades unions of today,
the Company of Pewterers of oldeu
times was composed of the masters
only, and diSobedience of the rules was
punished with Il viGOr far exceeding
anything of the kind at the present
day. The laws were made for the pro-
lection Of the general public and not
for the workingman alone; consequent
ly the articles turned out by master
pewterer and bearing his touch had
to be up TO n given standard of excel
lence. Before n man could set up as q
master pewterer he was obliged to
serve an apprenticeship of about six
years, after which he had to produce
his essay" pieces under certain test
conditions, and only after these pieces
had been approved by the authorities
of the craft was he allowed bis free
dom and permitted TO register his pri-
vate touch" at the company's hall
and set up as q master pewterer.
The company was not content merely
to pass upon the work of n craftsman,
but came very near regulating the
minor details Of his life The penalty
was very heavy for employing Il helper
who had not served regular appren-
ticeship, and any master so daring as
TO employ foreigner was fined so,
and all articles made by him were con-
fiscated, the object being to keep the
trade secrets from spreading.-Circle
MAGAZINE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
Blow at a Famous Bridue.

In Missouri law has been put on
the statute books which makes II DOS
sible to send ticket agent to the coun-
ty jail for six months II he sells a
ticket charging a higher rate across a
bridge than the rate through the open
country. This no doubt Is a blow at
the famous Eads bridge across the
Mississippi river at st. Louis, which
for many years has wrenched % cents
from the unwilling and protesting
pocket Of every person who has rid
den across 1t In a railroad coach.
though If one prefers to get out and
foot 1t he can walk across for a nickel.
But to the mighty commonwealth OF
Texas Is reserved the browning glory,
the ultimate flower OF railroad legisla.
ton. The statute meant here Is really
not aimed against the railroads. It Is
not one of the flaws with teeth
against which some members of the
corporation press gnash and foam. In
fact. 1t is law even without lips, for
1t prohibits the drinking Of liquor in
any railroad train that runs on Texas
soil. Only by an absolute reversal of
etymology can this new Texas statute
be called railroad batting.
This whole railroad problem Is a
thing to be worked out by careful and
no doubt tedious labor. In time 1t will
be adjusted to the demands of justice
and equity. Whether the ultimate out
come will be government ownership or
uniform federal supervision-or some
thing else labeled lust as good"
which the soc!ologists of tomorrow may
settle upon as the best possible solu-
tlon-is not to be determined just now.
1t is enough to say that the matter is
Of vital present Importance. something
new under the sun. having had its
start as national problem within the
memory OF infants now living.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-12
A Cat Monitor.

l once owned two cats. one n gray,
the other Il black. Daily l placed n
bowl of milk on the floor for their dis
Iposal. One day at the usual hour their
meal was served, but only the gray
cat was present. She drank about half
of the milk and then walked out. only
to reappcar an hour later, the black
cat following. AS soon as they entered
the house Matte (Which was the gray
cats nance seized Biackie Ly the ear
and led her to the bowl of milk. That
was the first and last time that Blacliie
wasn't present at meal hour