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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15

claim In him the Moses that Vas 90
Head tn. party out OF the wilderness
in which ii had es-n plunged b. tbs
r.orgsnia.rs. Then those In eonsEol
OF III. party machinery la TEAMS pro
ic.-.sied 10 get busy
RI. first business transacted vas
to Chamber as gracefully As posi-
Bile into the Bryan band ~axop.
and there they have remained ssaee
d al DISTINGUISHED tAs ais-sssss ~
paying repeated compliments To the
great democratic leader. But II ~As
neither loy. or admiration that i'm
PEELED these men To take hat
course. In their hearts they are just
as an,asonistic toward Bryan %
they were when they Tough, him so
hard AZ sns So Louis convention II
is a very simple and natural a"sirs
to trim their sails To fiji the passing
br..zs and to train With the crowd
until the tint comes for decisive as
ton There is 8 hope Ia their hearts
that something will turn up 10 turn
the masses away from their IDOL.
but ii II does no, turn up. they viii
remain where they are nov sn.con-
ced with as much grace as possible.
The expressions from Bryan soon
after his return from abroad an.nt
the government ownership of the
railways were received in Texas with
u toSn IN, F.S h.s
mocTacy of this state is disposed 10
look upon that suggestion rs i'm
and OF populistic origin
II CAV. the reorgani,ers their first
TO raise n cry against
Bryan, and Il would have been work
ed 10 the limi, but for the modifica-
ton of these views and the realiza-
ton that they were but the private
views of William J. Bryan. The fact
Mas brought forth that Bryan was
but expressing the opinion of an in
.iv.dual democrat. and when the
line came 70 pu, him forward as the
of his party. that party
would also furnish the platform |
lpon which he would make his APP |
zeal to the country Texas does not !
avor the government ownership Of
he railways. but is firmly and I'M
committed to the idea
government regulation and con-
-ol. and content to await develop
rents in that experiment that is nov
, progress.
While the masses of Texas people ,
z for Bryan. the men who deliver
the state over 10 Parker still oc-
ipy high places and are biding $
cir time with no love for Bryan g,
their hearts There is a machine | ,
Texas that may have 10 b. smash ,
/, but at present it is not working ! i
lively in the matter OF national +,
litics Fort Worth Telegram. =
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15

The report OF Major General
Ains1orth, military secretary Of
the United States army, provides
some interesting information. The
New York World says: This report
shows that there are more than 49,
600, 900 men in the United States
available for military service. About
! ll2.4oo are organized in state milk
| tia. The regular army, as organized
under the act OF 1901. consists OF
.663s5 officers and men. exclusive
of the hospital corps and a provision
al corps of some 5000 Philippine
scouts. After the revolution congress
reduced the continental army to
eighty men, with no officer above
the rank OF captain BY l7S8 II had
been Increased to 595 men. com
manded By Lieutenant Colonel and
Brevet General Harmon. Around
that nucleus the regular army has
grown. Nine years ago, at the out
break OF the war with Spain, the
United States army consisted Of
about % 900 men and officers. In
e 'uf IGI ; V'I' N'hb''S' HiNhNi "a
ed q permanent increase of the army
10 100 900 men. including - 900
native troops for service in Porto
Rico and the Philippines. In Jun.
OF tha, year all the Spanish war
volunteers were mustered out. The
| house this session has provided for
an Increase OF 3 700 In the coast
artillery. The ll2. 900 odd militia
can not b. called into service out
| side Of the state 20 which hey be
llong except 20 resist invasion or u
pu- down rebellion II has Away
been the policy of the government
20 asa strength Tn. advantage 81
This policy - that volunteers can b
rrturnec more easily 10 Tho pursuits
90 peace eheu the need foc th"i
services ls ended The result is that
la- General AiuHuorth's r"por
shows there are millions oi met
available for defense. bur only
limited uumb-r who are citner ~ e.
~hn could p" used for turrlsu ser
sic" Hut tho testimony uf fog"tsi
military anfhprtti.a Is 'ha, la ~dap
liability rssourc@fula.ss. military in
t-|lirenoa and Individual initiatiS
.ths unitas SJs'ee -"idte- . stHIua'
led
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Residence Phone, Bell No. 800
BRYAN AND TEXAS DEMOCKA

The Texas state legislature has
passed a concurrent resolution in
viting william J. Bryan 70 come 70
Austin and deliver an address be-
fore that body, md the Invitation is
significant from Lhs fact that II pro-
claims 70 the world that Texas Is
still safely within the Bryan column
and can De counted upon 10 roll up
solid Bryan delegation at the next
national democratic convention.
And the fact that Texas is IN the
Bryan column also means The people
Of this state are determined 10 ad-
minister Z very proper reoIAc 70
those so-calied -eo7gau.s.rs uho
took part q the complete temo-ali-
cation of the party during ne Alton
3. Parke- iiasco st!ll fresh in the
memory Of all members OF the dem
ocratic party
william j. Bryan E4s alp ays had
a strong hold Oh the affections Of
the peopie ~ Texas. Years ago ~hsn
ne delivered mat celebrated "Cguwn
II thorns" speech. which gave him
the democrat presidential nornlua-
don. tn. democracy 81 n" great
state OF Texas proceeded 20 eis'-
xatc itself upon ifs hind legs and
nosl. aud b. has been hoehar for
Bryan ever since In Tho !4s' proel-
Dental campaign the parry nachin-
.ry Ia Texas feil into hands nat did
not rrgafd th, s.snes u he fns~.-.s
a. Z
20 allNn lts.if with he eastern
sin. Of ths parts 'spiu"d b, B"i
nom. 1851 and etavr~ of -h- "aFks'
strip of drmosrael rhr domination
q PARKER ana bis amps}ru declafa
ions produced absolutely no unihu
s4asu IN Texae and ~n.n tHw vutnf
x.fe cuantea is sHs folnd thai NOR
fa&a see -.a rsxs~ ivnos rats srus
r~wlasers-i tnetr protest Gains
PaFkerlsm bv -vmalnnr 4~sg 'roE
ne polls and refratning from @v"r
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CnrAtuua. Tex. Feb. 70 TsasA
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The Enterprise Publishing Com
pany is In nowise responsible for
debts that may be contracted By en-
Dloyes. nor will We assume payment
of such debts under any circum
stances. Every employe OF this Of
flee is paid promptly for work done.
This Is to protect ourselves and the
selling public.-ENTERPR PUB
LI3H1NG COMPANY, Per @. W
Mcknight, Manager
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! have apan-d grs'ssins aud
cssaGsnx saop on College, street All
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IL p~o1noD~ 80 tA< GA-bsss t~-sr
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On. who suffers from chronic con
atipAtiop ls IA danger of many seT
ious ailments. orino Laxative Fruit
IS rwp eurss chronic constipation as
aids dis,stlo aud stimulates the
liver aud ha~els. rws,or,nE thu nat.
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iasnvs taking " today and YOU will
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Fruit 7yrnp sio.-- not aaas"s,. oT
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III. citiavEa OF WAaAaasnie AID
sscinsty are ,nsitsd tn at,sad . so<,.,
rsAas na-unr a. the coar. house on
saturday afternoon AZ asc.orA
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cards OF th2nks-all matter not
NEW-will be charged for at the
rate of 5 cents per line. Poetry at
double price.
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SUB GRIP ION RATE
One month 80
S1x monthe {tn sdvance) 49,. 2.75
One year I'm ADVANCED $500. 500
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Ube Daily 1t0bt
Published Daily Except Sunday
BY
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING
COMPANY
Paid-op Capital 40. coo. 90.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
G. W. Mcknight, President Treas
urer; W. ]. Buie, lN Vice Presi-
dsnt; Ed Cunningham. I'd Vice
President; c. W. Kent. Secretary
Directors-T. A. Ferris. G. ". Nc
Knight, Ed Cunningham, c. ".
Kent, Or. c. ". Simpson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-01
ClarksburgS Street Car Service best in the State.

of many accidents to the cars through
collision.
The power house, sub-stations and
overhead work were supplied by the
New England Engineering Company.
Of Waterbury, Conn. The electrical
apparatus at the power house and
stations and the motors were sup
Piled by the General Electric Com
pany, of New York. The material
for the bridges was furnished by the
Riverside Bridge Company. of Mar
tins Ferry, o.
ii Another very Important feature
which is of absolutely modern
adoption is the carrying of the U. S.
mails. While IT IS of too recent in
ception to criticise, still we all know
that elsewhere throughout the coun-
try the trolley is very rapidly
monopolizing the mail and lighter
express in addition to the passenger
service.
Opening of Territory.
All the important points IN the
Fairmont coal region are either
touched by the new line or are hand
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lily contiguous, and thus the richest
Industrial field in this part of the
country is traversed from one end
10 the other.
Up 10 this time the agricultural
development OF the territory has been
held back by natural conditions. the
mineral products having overshadow-
ed all other likely resources. but
now that the line has been built and
both Clarksburg and Fairmont are
easy of access from any point be-
tween. there is a greater possibility
of creating more farm and stock
raising industries. Good markets
are had at either end of the line. as
well as At many points between, and
there is little doubt that there will
he m almost immediate awakenina
to the realization that trucking, gen
eral gardening, stock raising, dairy
producing may play an important
part in maintaining the prosperou
condition OF the two counties on the
road.
The company is Incorporated with
capital stock or $l,SO0,000 an
bonds have been issued to the
nount of s2.5Oo.oOo. These bond,
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IN commission and any amount Of
traffic within reason handled without
the least difficulty or delay.
The traction company looked
ahead of future possibilities and the
natural growth of business during
the next two decades can be handled
without difficulty. Though the
growth of business should continue
at the same pace experienced in this
region during the past eight years.
the new line can handle all the bust
ness ten years from now as well as
ii can at this period, and that, too,
without overreaching the capacities
Row afforded.
The line is equipped throughout
ri;h telephone service and block
.lenals. The former runs into the
suD-sta;ions and 10 various other
points, making it possible to locate
Inc position of a car at any time
without delay.
I The b!ocl, signal operates auto,
,atically. As the first car passes
they indicate to cars following
whether one is ahead and whether
It is, 9ming or going. The system
] IN use will prec1uce the Likelihood
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ule comparatively very little. An
immense stone crusher at Viropa.
near shinnston, furnishes ballast
which with the entire roadbed has
been made solid This plant was
constructed as soon as the road was
extended tna5 rar and has been kept
busy ever since. The product is dis
tributed along the entire interurban
line and over part of the city lines.
The road and other property of the
company is in fine shape.
At present the company has forty
five miles of track, fifteen of which
are in ;Clarksburg and vicinity,
.twenty-six in the interurban, and the
rest at Fairmont
The company is enjoying an i'm
mense growth Of business on the
new line. A sufficient number of
sidings have been constructed to per
init the running OF a car every half
hour if necessary. Cars leave both
cities every hour, and pass at such
intervals -as the schedule requires
But at the shortese possible notice
the additional cars could be placed
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found a ready sale as the line is one
of the best propositions in the State.
From the beginning it was looked
upon as a safe investment and the
promoters have had no occasion to
take back any promises made in con-
nection with it. While the cost of
construction and equipment has
reached an enormous figure the bust
ness already assures that the under
taking will be a financial success.
The cost of the new line to Fairmont
is about 100000, while the cost
of the rolling stock, power plants,
etc, reaches high figures.
Brains as we'll as money were be-
hind the stupendous project and
brains as well as money will run the
business The best and most ex-
perienced men that can be found
are employed by the company.
Some of the highest bridges in
the State are to be found along the
interurban line. These bridges span
chasms varying from 20 to 500 feet.
The power plant at cayenne with the
three sub-stations 10 one of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-01

most perfect plants in the country
and is capable of supplying much
more current than is needed at pres
ent in operating the company's lines.
besides furnishing electricity for
lighting and power purposes in Fair
mont. Several of the plants of the
Fairmout Coal Company along the
road are furnished electric power
from the wires of the traction COM
pany. The plant is equipped with
the latest and most improved
machinery to be had, and the three
sub-stations at Chiefton, Gypsy and
this city are fitted up with the most
modern electrical equipment. This
insures sufficient current to oper-
ate the road at all times and the
plant is not only built for the pres
emit but the future as we'll The
large new car barns that are just
,aing completed in Fairmont are
immense affairs. The building is OF
steel framework. fireproog. and Gov
ers n space 12Sx1SO feet, with eight
tracks, and VIII be amply large
enough to contain twice the amount
of cars operated by the company.
The barns will he used for repair
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ing, cleaning, storing, for ONCE,
stock room, and boiler room. The
barns when completed will be, the
most modern and up-to-date in the
State, and in fact, the equipment of
this road is not exceIled by that of
any road of equal length in the Unit
ed States. Every care has been TAX
en- to purchase the best materials
without reference to cost, the result
being that, 80 far as perfection>m may
be reached, the CONSTRUCTION and
equipment is perfect
The men employed in all depart
ments of the work are well trained,
which with their gentlemanly man
ner, assists in keeping up the good
service. Those who planned the
work were looking to the future as
we'll as to the present and the neces-
sary sidings have been provided
should the company want cars be-
tween here and Fairmont every half
hour instead of every hour, as at
present. Provision was also made
for the hauling of freight and bag
gage and a great deal of this is be-
ing doac already. The interurban
line opens one OF the richest coal
sections-in FACT in many places the
roadbed is cut through large seams
of coal-while the line in Harrison
county is in the shadow. of one of
the country's greatest oil fields.
Rich agricultural lands extend the
entire distance.
The traction company's line to
Fairmont is eight miles shorter than
the line of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company and the run Is
made in an hour and three-quarters.
AS the tracks become more settled
and are better ballasted the time OF
the run will be shortened. The
fare for the trip is 55 cents.
One of the stations on the line is
called viropa-vir-o-Pa The name
was given with consideration to three
States in mind-virginia Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The abbrevtattoh for
one of three States is shown IN each
syllable. The place is short dis
lance south of Enterprise
cayenne, where the bower station
and a siding are located. was named
in honor of a former United States
Senator FROM this state-Hon. John
son S<~Camden, one of the most
powerful factors in the industrial
world who resides in West Virginia.
He is a resident of Parkersburg.
he Mcdonald system of collecting
fares and giving receipts has been
Installed. The building of the road
has been a great boon to clarksbure
for each car brings into the city PEG.
pie to trade, who otherwise would
never have come.
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In nothing. not even in her rep
resentative manufacturing industries,
which are conceded to be among the
largest and greatest in West Vir-
ginia, has Clarksburg made greater
strides in recent years than in her
electric railways. foremost of which
is the road running to Fairmont.
Clarksburg has now every modern
facility that could be desired in the
way of street car service, yet the
company is improving the conditions
from time to time and contemplates
making larger and more extensive
improvements in the near future.
The much talked of road from here
to BIZ |, ,eport is not far distant and
other important towns in the sur
rounding country will soon be con
nected by electric roads to our city.
The building of street car lines IN
Clarksburg has accomplished an
amount of good that cannot be esti-
mated The lines havev opened
up desirable residence locations ad-
AGENT the city. that have given the
people a chance to get out Of the
: business section "far from the mad
dening crowd" into the sunshine
and pure fresh air. Fine homes
have been built, and the business
man, whose time is mostly taken
up in the offices and stores finds
pleasure in going and coming from
his work, and blesscs the electric
service for it all. The wonderful
and rapid growth Of the electric car
service in the United States is TAX
ing IA step in advance of all other
known industrial achievements. and
the day is not far distant that travel
by electricity will take the place OF
all modes of transportation
much higher rate of speed can be at
tanned than by steam, and the trav-
eler will find much more enjoyment
in "a. from New York to C2ltfor-
MIA by electric service than on the
smoky steam train. Few cities Car
boast of the progress that Clarks-
burg has enjoyed in the past ter
years. But the march of progress
has reached her and is carrying her
onward with irresistible force. and
the development of the coal. oil and
gas fields which lie all around her
has made her the most promising
city in the State.
The Fairmont and Clarksburg
Traction Company was organized in
June, 1900, by number OF pro
gressive men of the two cities. and
some Wheeling capitalists. In
March, 1901. that part of the road
which was built in Fairmont ana
vicinity was completed and in opera
ton. and on April 10. 1902. the
cars We're set in motion in Clarks-
burg. That day will long be remem-
bered by the citizens who are in
terested in the advancement and
progress of the city.
The close of the year 1906 saw the
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Following this schedule, the time
being that OF the first car from either
terminal. cars depart at intervals of
one hour each from both Fairmont
and Clarksburg until 10 P. NJ, the
time in leaving Fairmont being on
the hour, while from Clarksburg it
is fifteen minutes past the honr-
Eight cars are operated in the city,
service on the Loop line every 10
minutes, Wilsonburg every 40 min
utes, cars leave for Adamston, Gras-
| selli and Broad Oaks every 90 min
utes, and the Depot every 12 min
utes.
The first car leaves the barn In
the morning at 5:42 and the last car
is taken off at 1880 at night, CIV
ing both an early and late service.
The car barn power house and
sub-station are located at Adamston-
Mr.. D. D. Leonard the superintend-
ent has been with the company since
the road was first put in operation.
! Officers and Directors.
The board of directors of this
company consists of the following
well-known and influential men: s.
L. Watson. Fairmont; S. C. Denham.
Clarksburg c. w. Watson, ]. E.
Watson. A B. Fleming and L. L.
Malone, Fairmont; A. NJ. Young.
Wilbur Fisk and w. NJ. Barnum.
New York.
The officers are: S. L. Watson.
president; c. w. Watson. vice-presi-
dent; Walton Miller. assistant to the
president; A. J. Purinton. general
manager; Walton Miller. secretary
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Though the interurban road is "a
aew one it was well built and even
the vet weather of the past spring
and ummer have held up the sched-
Sharp County record., 1907-09-27
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
One Man Mistakes Another For A Deer
And Shoots Him Down.

Benton, Sept. 2l.-One of the
most shocking tragedies that ever
happened in this county took
place near Blocher yesterday
afternoon. In company with a
number of local sportsmen Fred
White, aged 20, was hunting
deer, A man by the name Of
Beatty was also hunting, and not
being aware Of the presence Of
others, and getting a glimpse Of
youag White clad in brown duck =,
mistook him for a deer and fired.
A number Of buckshot entered
the body Of young White, one
breaking his neck, another
piercing his heart, causing in
stanC death. Beatty is almost a
maniac over the deed.