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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

Savannah News.
The confession Of the negro, VIII
Johnson, who was executed in Atlanta,
was. another argument against lynch
Law. He was the chief cause Of the
riot in Atlanta last September. He
was The negro that committed prac.
ucally all Of the assaults on women
tha, aroused that community to the
lynching point. He confessed to as.
saults on ave women, to one or two
murders and to other crimes. For
on Of the assaults q negro Is now serr.
ing a penltenuary sentence Of. 40
years. No doubt be will be pardoued,
but who is &c compensate him for his
suaerings and disgrace? Another ne.
gro came near being lynched for an.
other Of the assaults. On his trial he
was positively identified by the vic.
tim Of the assault, and yet he was
not guilty. The Jury was about to
render verdict aaginst him when the
real criminal was brought into the
court room.
The negro who is serving the 40
years sentence was also positively
identified by the vlcnm Of the assault,
but 1t now appears that the woman
was mistaken. Such identIacatons
are not always to be relied on. That
they are not Is shown by the two fore,
going instances. Jynchers are like.
ly 10 murder an innocent man when
they act upon what they believe to be
positive evidence. The wiser plan Is
to let the law take It's course. Even
the courts, where there is dliberatIon
and the most careful search for truth,
make mistakes, and lnflict punishment
upon innocent persons. How much
greater is the chance that the mob
will make mistakes!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

washington Post.
In the reports Of every fatal auto,
mobile accident recently recorded
and they have been numcrous-it will
be found inyarlbly that the accidents
were preyentable by the exercise Of
ordinary caution and good sense. In
every case the driver Of the car was
either reckless or Incompetent.
Chances were taken which were plain
Ely desperate, In preference to slowing
down. In some cases the driver has
lost his own life, as well as killing
others. In other cases he has escaped
with bis life. Should he be immune
from prosecution for manslaughter?
II automobile drivers would so ar
range their CHASTITY catastrophes as 10
kill only themselves and the masters
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
AEVADlGOMMHGIAL LEAGUE
F0RsIRRIGLI!0H G0N!G:REss
SPLENDID ENIAU sIAsM FOR MA,
JloNAL iRRloA TloN MOVE;
hENT EXPRESSED BY
MEETING iHELDlAT
RENO.

The Nevada Commercial League,
which represents the principal busi.
ness and financial interests Of Ne.
rada, at meeting held at keno, June
10th. enthusiastically pledged itself to
send a large delegation to the Nation.
al Irrigation Congress. which conveues
in Sacramento, Cal. in September. and
a splendid State exhibit to the accom-.
panyIng Interstate exposition. The
meeting was attended by many bust.
ness men OF Reno and some from out.
side points. Among those preesn.
was Sam P. Davis, chairman OF the
Nevada Publicity Committee, created
by act Of the last legislature.
The principal feature was an ad.
dress by United States Senator Fran.
els C. Newlands. the author Of the
Newlands Act, now known as the Ma.
tlonal Reclamation Act, under which
approximately forty million dollars
are being expended by the govern.
ment in building irrigation systems in
the West. Senator Newlands is a
member OF the Inland Waterways Com.
mission, lately appointed by President
Roosevelt, and In his speech at the
Nevada Commercial League he out
lined the work undertaken BY this I'm.
portant commission. He and several
other members OF the commission
will attend the irrigation congress.
and the great plans which they are
formulating for the development OF
the river systems OF the country will
form one OF the principal topics Of
discussion In the congress.
The sentiment o, the meeting was
expressed by resolutions as follows:
Resolved, By the Nevada Com.
mercIal League, that We appreciate
the great value and Importance Of the
National Irrigation Congress 10 Ne.
vada and to the Nation and very
heartily comemnd the efforts being
made by our nelghbors OF California
to promote the largest success Of the
fifteenth session, to be held in Sac.
ramentO. September 2.T next, and
that We pledge on behalf Of this State
a large and enthusiastic delegation in
the congress and a splendid exhibit
OF Navada's products in the accom-.
panying exposition"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
i lJlBI / O or & ON


Who :spur them on Inc legal Questions
involved swould settle themselves.
utithers are other victims who have
claims for damages. as well as the
public which has a right 10 use the
highway without running undue Iiss
Of assassination. The number Of 81.
rantIc high mower machines is in.
cressing more rapidly than the mum.
her Of fully competent chaureurs. The
engineer Of a railroad locomotive
must move his competency and his
steady good Judgment oy several years
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
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COMMENT OF. LEADING NEWsPA
FEBss ON A;yARlETY OF. TOP.
! HosTlLE LEels-
LATloN.

Ransas City Star
There has been no hostile: lesisla.
ton against railroads, either BY the
state legislatures or the national con.
gtess. The people are not "hostile"
TO the railroads or to any Of the public
service corporations. There is no en-.
nifty on the! part Of the people toward
capital sor Combinations OF capital.
The important relation between the
prosperity Of the people is recognls.
led, and has been taken into account
IN all Legislation enacted or contemp-
lated. li5publlc opinion was not con.
yinced that the railroads could bear a
reduction in freight and passenger
rates. no legislative body would dart
attempt the enactment Of laws to com.
pei such reduction.
u any reductions in railroad charg.
q; SHOULD be made that proved a bur.
den to The roads, public sentiment
would as readily and unanimously de.
mand an adjustment which would be
equitable TO the companies as 1t is
unanimous now FOR an adjustment
which seemsto,b eno more than eqult.
able TO the people. But public sentI-
Sment will not be. bulldozei Into SUI
render Of The great principle Of gov.
ernment and State regulation OF cor.
fporations. Legal restraint, which ex.
acts no more than an obedience to
Law and prohibits public plumber, can.
mot be construed as shostIle" legisla.
3tlon. lfgoyernmentregulation is "hos.
tile 70 the railway industry, then
Some other method Of protecting the
people from corporate greed will even,
stgally be adopted. The railroads had
I tlst swell make their, choice now as
between government control and that
other condition.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
LenIsIatIon BY Experiment.

Providence Journal
II appears that Daniel has come
to judgment In the instance Of one
Of the two cent fare measures which
have been agitating legislatures and
railroads in a number Of states during
the lawmakins season. Few sovereign
commonwealth are SO fortunate as
those Of New England, where tho cor
poratlons have voluntarily cut the pas.
senger rate by 80 ii per cent. or more.
In New YORK, consideration Of such
action has created vast excitement
and given opportunity TO Governor
Hughes to fire veto that has been
heard around the world. In Wlscou.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
+unemployed Gentlemen
Plttsburg Gazette Times.

Plttsburg Gazette Times.
Bat you have no leisure class in
your country" the English nobleman
remarked 10 the American girl, "oh.
yes. We have" she replied, "but we
call them tramps." At the present
time England's leisure class, OF which
her people used TO be SO proud, is IN.
comfortably numerous, and the prob
lem OF how to provide employment for
those Of its members who are without
independent means has become a 1--we
topic OF discussion. a recent alyeT.
tisement in Il London newspaper for a
secretary who must speak and write
French. German and Italian, and offer.
Ing $1,000 year salary, evoked 3S1
replies. Among the applicants for the
position OF companion TO a gentleman
OF weak intellect, paying $1,000 a year.
was middle.aged baronet. In the
London Morning Post "a well educated
gentleman Of good appearance and adj.
dress. with experience" offers $50
bonus to anybody who will secure him
a position worth $500 a year. Thous.
ands Of graduates Of the leading Eng.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

cockney Tommy-say. Jimmy. 'ov
dyer spell fawt?
Jlmmy-F-o.u.g.h.t.
Cockney Tommy-Not TINT one-the
other.
Jimmy-F-o-r.t
Cockncy Tommy-T don't mean the
fawt yer live In; | mean the fawt yer
fink wiy.-Tatler.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
THE BRIDE OF JUNE.
From the New York Sun.


rom the New York Sun.
Brushing and fair
Treadins seaa'eiy
The wedding marca rare
Cheeks IKE the iilies'
Lipe ike the 'ose'
Blessings up ner
Whereer sue goes.
Here's to the June bride,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

cured but Bisht's disease, which slvsJs
follows NEGLECT Of them cannot. CO csI
tets bottle Of Cooper,s NrW Diseoysrya1i
Coopef's Quick Relief md use then iii.
tully. Your bsekiehe win disapSssfbc-
cause your kidney tfoubls & eorrsstrd--
not for day but,ior food. Whea w
kidneys arc Ia ",hip.,hipe, there uill b
nothint more to eauie Il.
Here's letter from man who ,us.r,d
Tor yesr, IN this way and took ny sayis..
~ have been In such bad hssltk e
some years that ] finally bad to i've q
work. ! suffered from kidneY trulb:.
Ny back was 20 sore and lane fh.t /
could scarcely Get up and doVn. NJ
stomach was also out ,oi order I'D %
nervous system broker down. iykspe
been usi.s The Cooper nedieine. ior %.
week and setually feel Ike insv n.u.
My food diteitsi perfectly. Ths sose1es.
and pain has entirely fone iron nj. bsck
and my kidneys arc in fne shape. III
medicine has strengthened ne woaderfaliyl
and | eheehuiiy dive you iii, tessinoaisi
for publication. . Me-. ?. Leonard, q
School ST., Alelhsny, Pa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

The proposed iron bridge to be erect
ed at Yau Ian Man, near Canton, Chi
ma, is 10 be l,2?O feet in length and 10
feet In breadth. The capital Of tbs
company is to be 100000 In 100000
shares OF $40 each.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

. I'll stop your pain free. To show
you flrst-berore you spend a penny
what my Pink Pain Tablets can do,
will mail you free, a Trial Package
OF then-DE. Shops Headache Tab.
lets. Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache,
Period pains, etc, are due alone to
blood congestion. Dr.. Shops Head
ache Tablets simply kill pain by coax.
Ing away the unnatural blood pressure.
That Is all. Address DR.. ShOop, Ra.
cine, Wis. Sold by E. a. BIlIlngslea
& Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

fmtoNnfn mi
pain IN The ias1of
The back tells 10
plainly Of s.rsa
'tfouhle b kfaG Il
us not Gkos wst
lbo,tle Of plss,sr
you nesd Th1t
Noa'tesrs diesel
Edneyi. L my
relieve you for Z
time rs tue but
why mask tia ri
ess,s and snov&
trouble % ffsrf
DOa't doh W.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
Hls3PIle.s


Cleveland Leader.
A revival meeting was IN progress
and Sister Jones was called upon for
Testimony. Being meek and humble
she said: Il do not feel as though
I should stand here and give testt5
mony. Ihaye been a transgressor fOr
a good many ears and have only 70.
Gently seen the light I believe that
my place is In a dark corner behind
the door"
Brother Smith was next called upon
for his testimony and, following tie
example set BY Sister Jones, SAID: u.
TOO. have been a sinner for noret thar.
forty years; and { DO not thiak 4
would be fitting for me to stand before
this assembly as model. IshIas
my place place Is behind The door. n
a dark corner With Sister Jones,
And he wondered Why he meeting
was cOuyulsed with the laughter II
those who came up TO pray.
- 80.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

We have heard . number d isyurablsi
comments 90 tho Cooper preparations
!'om people who bare purchased ts-z
rom Us.
SOLD BY E.A. slLIlNesLEAaco
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
SHORT TALKS BIZ
i. I. COOPER
RAckAcHR.

llcan iiynpithize with naefer finn
t li sStal pnPtoa q veal l'dass..
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

Try . West vlrginIan want ad.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25

ID. we., vITglnIan vaas :.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
Why?

II is because We nave aided our en-
ute weekly SUBSCRIPTION Ist 10 taese
Two issues. Inc weekly Yves. VIZ
sinion Is Inc Oldest paper pnpnshea
In Marion county; was estaoiisnea 10
1865, and has Dis hst Of as loyal sup
porters as any paper puoLi'hed In
West Virginia. The merchant VINO
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-25
We Believe This

We believe without a question Of
doubt that the Issues Of the Fairmont
West virginian on MONDAYS AND
THURSDAYS affords tie Advertisers
Of Fairmont O better medium than any
other paper published In Marion
county, and as good as can be found
anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-25
WASHINGTON TALKS TO NEGROES
Says Races Must Live Side BY Side In
South Despite Theories.

Columbia, 8. c., January 24.-Booker T.
Washington, president of Tuskegee Nor
NAL institute, today addressed the first
negro conference ever held in South Caro-
lima.
After praising the work Of Rev. Richard
Carroll, the moving spirit of the confer
ence he said:
I'VE or both races, are to live here in
the south side by side for all time, no
matter what theories may be advanced
and emphasized This is the fact which
we must face. It is the extreme Of folly.
and almost of crime, for any individual
or group of individuals to pursue a course
which will encourage racial strife when
two peoples are to remain together for all
time.
1T is tremendously important that the
negro be happy; that peace exists between
the races, because there can be no salts
factory labor when the white man and
the black man are at daggers points.
The more the laborers is satisfied the
better the service he will render.
1T referred to the subject of making
negro labor reliable. One way to do 1t is
to teach the negro laborer the dignity of
labor.
be a large central training school for
the training of domestic servants. Such
a school should be in every large city in
the south. We could furnish the teachers
for these institutions. 81
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-25
JUDGE KYLE ON BENCH
IN ABSENCE OF SPEAKE
Latter Judge Is Called Home From
Athens Court on Account of
Illness of Wife.

Athens, January 4.-(Speoial.)-Judg
Speake, who has been holding court here,
was called to his home at Decatur by the
serious illness of his wife, and Judge o.
Kyle was selected to finish out the term.
and is on the bench rendering fine service
to the state.
Andrew Redus, charged with murder,
was found guilty of manslaughter and
given two years. Ernest McEwen, who
killed Bert Mccormack, is on trial, and
his case will likely go to the jury today.
He presents a pathetic sight surrounded
by his wife and four little children, one
OF whom Is Il handsome child of three
years, who sits in his fathers lap most
of the time.
The grand jury returned its report to
the judge this morning, and it is the most
singing report ever made in this coun-
ty. The jury returned thirty-nine indict-
ments, and then it prefers most serious
charges against the sheriff for the cond-
ton of the county jail, and charges the
county commissioners with neglect of
duty in allowing the county bastile to be
kept in such condition. when the cause is
the fault of the court. The report was
ordered printed In the county papers by
Judge Kyle. The grand jury recommends
the building of a new court house, and
reports the county entirely out of debt
with a surplus in the treasury, something
that has not been in many yeaEs,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-25
22S SCARLET FEVER
CASES IN CHICAGO
EPlDEMlcS INCREASE AND RIGID
INSPECTIONS OF SWEAT SHOPS
WHERE PATIENTS LIE ON THE
CLOTHING WILL BE MADE.

Chicago, January 4.-The number of
new cases of contagious disease in Chi
eago was greater yesterday than on any
previous day during the present epidemic
of scarlet fever. 223 cases being re-
ported.
There were also ffty-fve new cases of
dipthera and 247 miscellaneous cases. Six
cases were listed in Chicago and one in
Evanston
Chief Factory Inspector Davis will begin
today the most rigid inspection of sweat
shops ever made in the city. This is to
be done in the belief that the finishing
shops" of the congested districts may be
centers from which scarlet fever is being
spread. The discovery of young girl
lying i'll with this disease on pile of
clothing that had been made ready for de-
livery to the wholesaler, by whom it
would have been sold soon or later to the
retailer and thus finally reach the con-
sumner, lead Inspector Davies to act.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-25
RAILROAD LINES
FIGHT EACH OTHER
L. G. N. r. r. Co. Seeks to Prevent
Entrance of M. & o. r. r.
Into Bessemer.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company filed bill in the chancery court
yesterday against the Southern Railway
company and others, seeking to enjoin the
Southern Railway company from entering
into an agreement with the Alabama
Great Southern Railroad company and
the Mobile and Ohio Railway company
whereby these two lines could use the
tracks of the Brierton, Blocton and Bir-
mingham Railroad company to enter Bir-
mingham.
The bill of complaint alleges that the
complainant the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company, and the respondent,
the Southern Railway company. acquired
the line of railroad extending from Bloc
ton to Birmingham, and each company
was to have equal rights of way over the
line. That already the line is taxed to its
full capacity and that any additional
traffic would hamper and interfere with
the traffic of the Louisville and Nash
Vile Complainant alleges that 1t has
learned that there is an agreement pend
ing between the Southern Railway COM
pany and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
company and the Alabama Great South
ern Railroad company to grant the use
OF the line 10 ,neSef cOlIl'duleSi anu lie
complainant asks that the respondents
be enjoined from entering into any such
contract or agreement
The bill of complaint is voluminous
document and gives the history of the
building of the Brierton Blocton and Bir-
mingham railroad and the Birmingham
Mineral railroad, and the acquisition of
the property jointly by the Southern Rail
way company and the Louisville and
oil
Tillman, Grubb Bradley & Morrow are
the attorneys for the complainant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-25
HISTORIC PRISON OF
PARIS COMES DOWN
ST. LAzARo, BUILT IN ELEVENTH
CENTURY AND RICH IN TRAGIC
MEMORIES, TO GIVE WAY TO
MODERN DWELLINGS.

Paris, January 24.-The famous prison or
ST. Lazaro, one of the great historic land
marks of Paris, is about to be pulled
down, and what for some years has been
a moral and physical plague spot VIII
give way to fine, open squares and COM
modious dwellings. Romantic and tragic
memories cling about the old structure
st. Lazaro. as its name indicates, was at
first a lepers' hospital, built at the END
of the eleventh century on the site OF
basalic dedicated to st. Laurent. 1t
sprang rapidly into fame, for kings used
to frequently visit it in token of humility
and faith. n 1852 ST. Vincent DePaul es-
tahlished there a number of priests OF
his mission known as the congregation OF
St Lazaro St Vincent himself died at
st. Lazaro. and his cell is still shown
to vistorF st. Vincents SUCCESSORS
neglected the work commenced by nm.
and the house was turned INTO sort OF
reformatory for insubordinate priests and
unruly sprigs of nobility. The mobs OF
Paris sacked the establishment on July
IS. 1889. the eve of the storming of the
bastille, and released forty prisoners. 1t
was from St I.azaro that Sir Andrew
Chenier was led to the guillotine. Many
celebrated female offenders have been
lodged at st. IaZaro while awaiting trial,
among them the famous Madame Hum
bort.
From the hospital which adjons the
prison long subterranean passage leads
to the plain of St. Denis, and in 1871
number of federals escaped from Paris
through this tunnel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-25
NEGRO PORTER TAPS
SAFE IN BESSEMER
Drawing Handsome Salary
From Harrison-Bancroft
THE MONEY is RECOVERED
Jesse Gerst and His Woman Living
High on Money, Wines and Per-
fumery Stolen From a
Drug Store.
THE MONEY is RECOVERED

Bessemer, January 4.-(Speeial.)--A ne
gro porter, Jesse Gerst drawing a ricn
mans salary at the rate of several hum
dred dollars a month, and drawing 1t ac-
eording to his own free will, was the
Individual whom Mr.. Harrison of the
Harrison Bancroft Drug company had
locked up in the city jail this afternoon
Since that time evidence eonvicting be-
yond a doubt has been unearthed, and
while Mr.. Bancroft only reported the loss
of $55 1t has been found that the negro,
during the past few weeks has stolen
more than 500 dollars from his employees
Through the fine detective work of Chlet
Christlieb and Detective Patton $40 OF
this money has been recovered.
Other than enjoying such fine salary
Gerst has also been living high on the
finest wines, as we'll as using the best
cologne upon his person. The supply
however, was larger than he could USE
as sixteen pint bottles of whisky and
large quantity of perfumery were also
recovered The ability of the thief was
something remarkable.
1t appears that the large safe of the
drug company, unknown to the propfle-
tors has been failing to lock, and that
the door can be opened with little
ingenuity. A week ago $50 was missed
and the porter was suspected, but II was
decided to await developments. This att
ernoon a $50 bill which had been left on
top of box of money in the safe failed
to show up. Evidently while Mr.. Ban
croft was at dinner and Mr.. Harrison
was in the front of the store. the negro
had slipped in, opened the safe and gent
" lifted his weeks pay. lie then mad
a confederate in waiting who took care
of it for him until needed.
When the money was found missing,
Chief Chrlstlieb was called In, but an ex-
animation of the negro failed to unearth
ANYTHING. However. he showed his quit
so plainly that the chief locked him up
on suspicion and went into an investiga-
ton Tonight, with Detective Patton, he
went to the porter's house, and finding
n woman there, bluffed her into a confess
sion. She turned over the money and
whisky before mentioned, and stated that
Gerst had been bringing money nome,
$40 at a time, and that they had already
spent a good deal.
Young. was arrested on the charge of re-
ceivng and concealing stolen property
and carried to jail. A careful search was
made and she was just about to pc
turned into the corridor when $40 was
found in a little bag, concealed under
her hair So rich it seems, she had be-
come, that the ordinary rat would not
serve She must puff up her pompadour
with pure silver
II is thought that when Mr.. Bancroft
has checked up his books he will find
several hundred dollars missing. The
croesus will get his just reward in the
court tomorrow.