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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13
Make this store your headquarters for the balance of February co over
a great saving we ire offering you
E. G. STEMPLE s co.
In Favor Of Piajntins.

The case Of Homer j: Price and.
others against Lee B. Clovis; pending
in the court of Greene county: Pa, has
Just been decided in favor of the plain:
tifs. The decision was rendered by.
Judge Taylor, of Washington, Pa.
This was a suit for specific perform.
ance Of a certain option or contract on
800 acres of Pittsburg coal in Gilmore
township. Greene county, Pa. The
coal had been accepted by the plain.
tits and the defendant refused to con.
vey the same in accordance with the
terms OF the contract.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

ANa

a|U 44.M
Miss Eleanor Kildow. Of Los An.
Eeies. California, Is the guest OF her
nieces. the Misses Pickett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. shroyer spent
Tuesday in clarksbnrg. Mr.. shroyer
attended, the State Hardware Associa.
sIon.
Mr.. and Mrs. willard u. Rowland
win leave tomorrow for PIttsburg.
where they will be the guests of rela.
tiscs for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Billlngslea,
who have been the guests of relatives
m the city for several days, will leave
Tomorrow for their home in Fairview.
Mr.. Tusca Morris Is confined to his
homo On Benoni avenue this week
sufienns with a severe case of the
grippe.
Mrs. H. L. Smith and children are
the guests of Mrs. Smiths parents In
Amos.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Helmick and
Miss Bess Mason. who recently went
10 New Mexico, are now located ct
Denver. Colorado. where they expect
to spend some time.
The condition of Mr.. ]. q. Sands,
Who has been quite III for several
days at his home on Main street with
acute I'M digestion, remains unchanged
to-day. Mr.. Sands, condition is the
aus oi much uneasiness, though his
many Friends hope for his speedy re.
epvery-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

Read the Darly west vIrganian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13
Republican
Name Good Men

lcontInued from Page one.l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13
NO TIME FOR DRY MINUTES.
missouri senator. q. rs.m ost

Missouri Senators Cut Them out ID
-. Read up Thaw Trial.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Feb. 13.-
Senator Hayman moved yesterday
that the reading OF the official Journal
be dispensed with because of the de-
sire of many Senators to read the lat
est developments In the Thaw case.
The motion was adopted without dis
sent.
Attend the chicken supper in tina
Heffner building Friday evening. given
by the Ladies' Of the Maccabees. At
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

George suttea and Wizard schae-
fer fight for the worlds championship
1871 baIldine championship March ii.
Thursday is The last day OF the re.
duction sale at the Bon Ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

ALI NAPKINS 20 Per Cent. OFF
These goods cannot be bought
at wholesale for the prices we are
now making, owing to advances
in the linen market. We include
IN this offer all crashes at 20 per
cent. of.
All towels at 90 per cent. of.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13
Small Child Dead.

"A small child of E. E. satterfeld
died early yesterday morning at Barns
town and was taken to Barrackyille
yesterday evening for burial.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

Miss Elba Boyers VINO has been Sc.
riously III of grip at her nome, sti1l
remains very sick.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

TABLE LINENS 90 Per Cent. OF
$50 quality now, per yd, s1.2o.
$l.25 quality now per yd. S1.00.
Sl.O0 quality now per yd, Soc.
75c quality now per I'd, 60c.
Doc quality now per I'd, 40c.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

Group can positively be stopped in
20 minutes. No vomiting-nothing to
sicken or distres your child. A sweet,
pleasant and safe Syrup. called DR..
Shops Group Cure. does the work and
does It quickly. DR.. Shops Group
Cure Is for Group. acne, remember.
It does not claim to cure a dozen all.
ments. IT'S for Group. that's an. Sold
by E. A. Biilingslea g Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

Last day of the Anniversary sale at
the Bon Ton is Thursday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-13

Read the Daily West virginian.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
HAD DYNAMITE CAP IN POCKET
Exploded When Mother Spanked Boy,
and He MAY Die.

EXPLODED When Mother spanked BOY
and He May Die.
Cheboygan. Mich, Sept 2. - Mrs
Fred William, living at Bear Point, on
Crooked Lake. near this city, was Sc
verely injured, and her 7-year-old son
was probably fatally hurt when a dy-
Mantle cap in the boys hip pocket ex-
ploded while the mother was spanking
him for a minor offense. The little
boy had been out in the field where his
father was using dynamite to blow up
stumps, and had slipped one of the
percussion caps. which Mr.. Williams
was using in his pocket. He later re-
turned to the house, where his mother
called him in to be punished for some
childish mlsdemeanor Mrs. Williams
used a shingle as the instrument Of
The first blow from the
single exploded the cap in the boys
pocket. and the explosion tore a large
hole in his hip. from which he Is be-
lieved to be dying. The mother lost
two fingers and received a number Of
minor cuts about her face and body.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06

see drunken men staggering along
out streets that but little attention
was paid to it. You rarely see such
sight now. If you do, the liquor
is not furnished by our consent.
There are no speakeasies in the
town. 1 don't believe there ever
was one. l never heard of it. A
speakeasy would hardly get a start
here, before It would be driven out.
That is how our people feel about it.
Business is excellent. We have
two fourshing banks"
"And handsome ones they are. "
I said. so are your stores, and
your new Opera House is the finest
one 1 ever saw outside of city,"
Exactly" he said, "and all these
improvements have come about I'M
der local option. Go among the
laboring men, and you will find
their condition vastly improved, and
their homes brighter. am in favor
of no license, because it is beneficial
in every way, but principally be-
cause it is a protest against helping
and assisting men along the road of
moral depravity.
"Centreville is perfectly satisfied
with it, and I think more than so
per cent of the people of Queen
Anne's County would say so, any
day, at the polls"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
EUGENE PENNINGTON, CASH
TER OF THE QUEEN ANNE'S
NATIONAL BANK SAID.

Local option, from a business
standpoint, is a success. In a mora
sense, it is a benefaction. As a re
ligious question, it is blessing.
''Its influence is a restraint on the
old, and an incentive to the young
toward a better public life and char
acter, and personal self respect.
''TO our women and small chill
dren it is an untold benefit and hap
piness, and to our homes, a quiet
peace. To the community it gives
a far reaching commercial advantage,
and to the Commonwealth it makes,
cOntributOry, better citizen"
Centreville Another cheerful
witness to the glad conditions that
local option brings. Just mention
the saloon in Centreville, and you
strike chord to which all voices
quickly harmonic, Democrat, Re-
publican, poor man, rich man, saint
and sinner, join in the chorus,
Crush the saloon -
Undecided Delawarean. You who
cannot make up your mind how to
vote on this great and vital question.
You have only to look across the
Maryland line to see the good the
closed saloon has wrought.
Indifferent voter. You who de-
clare that the question does not af-
feet you either way, pause a mo-
ment. If it does not interest you
from a business or from a moral
standpoint, then look at it from a
protective standpoint, Heaven
knows, there are enough temptations
and pitfalls in life, without these
snares that men legalize and set on
every hand.
What is a saloon, that you should
protect and legalize it? A
crime maker, a home wrecker, a
heart breaker, a manhood destroyer.
What is it? Ask the broken-hearted
wife, as she kneels in the shadow of
the cradle, and prays for him who
cruelty neglects her. What is it ;?
Ask the haggard, ill-fed children,
who listen, with drawn-faces, for
him whose footsteps brighten them.
What is it? Ask the criminal in
your Jail, the inmate in your aims
house. What is the saloon +? Ask
he man who stands beside the grave
If once-cherished hopes who bends
,ver the ashes of fond ambitions
Who looks back upon golden oppOr-
unities lost.
This is not only a question which
hould interest you, voters of Della
ware, it is one that earnestly appeals
0 you.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
OWN ALL BIG SHOWS
RInelngs Have Taken over Barnum
& Bailey interests.

Rlnelings Have Taken Over Barnur
& Bailey interests.
Chicago, Sept. with the ending
of the present season, six weeks away
Ringing Brothers, the five young men
who started out with one railroad show
in 1890. will control pretty nearly the
whole circus business in the United
States. and as the circus is distinctive
ly an American Institution. that means
all of the great tent shows in the
world.
It became known definitely that ne
gotlations for the purchase Of the Bar
mum & Bailey interests, which had
been quietly under way for some time,
had been closed. With the shows I'M
der the name OF the original circus
man. p T. Barnum, goes the owner
ship of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
The Ringlings already have Adam
Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows.
The Barnum & Bailey interests and
the Buffalo Bill show were purchased
by the Ringlings from Mrs. James A.
Bailey, controlling owner.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
Drowned While Canoeing.

Philadelphia, Sept. 4.-JOhn Francis
Prenet-Schell, aged 26 years. Of this
city, was drowned along the shore Of
the Rancocas creek. near Burlington,
N. j.. while canoeing. He had gone
canoeing from the headquarters Of the
Rancocas Country club, OF which he
was a member. When he failed to re-
turn to the club house after many
hours a search was instituted and the
body was found along the shore Of the
creek. ScheIl was we'll known in Cath
Ollie social circles.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
vN VIEI OILLD DVnI
Young Men Rescued From Death
on Barnegat Bay.
WERE SAVED BY FISHERMAN

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 4. - Be-
numbed by cold and rendered almost
helpless by exhaustion, fve young men
were found clinging to their over
turned boat in Bsrnegat bay and res
cued by passing fisherman.
The young men we're William Had
don and Eugene Sullivan, Of Camden;
Leroy Webb, OF Philadelphia; Howard
Derby and Lodge Parker, Of Island
Heights, where Haddon's parents have
a summer home close to the scene or
the accident The others were guests
Of young Haddon. and they had gone in
a 30-foot open sailing yacht to view
the races of the Island Heights Yacht
club.
After the races a run was made
across the bay. which is about i've
miles wide at this point, to the mouth
of Forked river. It was nearly sun
down when the start home was begun.
In bringing the boat about one Of the
sheet lines became entangled in the
rudder, and before it could be Fightsd a
strong breeze completely capsiEed the
boat. The young men are all good
swimmers, and had no difficulty in
climbing aboard their overturned craft.
At this late hour the bay was nearly
deserted, and the hopse Of the cast
Always that they might attract the at
tentiOn of some belated party was in
vain. Darkness came on with the Ave
young men Still clinging to their places
on the boat. During the long night
sleep would overtake different mem
bers Of the little party, and a sudden
slide into the river would end in q res
cue by his companions.
At O'clock in the morning the
watchers were cheered by the sound Of
a passing motor boat, and in response
to their calls a fisherman, who was
making an early run to the fishing
grounds. doomed out of the darkness
and took the nearly exhausted men on
board. The capsized boat was taken IN |
tow and the entire party safely con-
Veyed to Island Heights. None OF the
young men report serious results Of !
their distressing experience.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06

"Morals Why, we seldom see
a drunken man here. Sometimes a
man will stagger in from another
place ; or a fellow may run across a
jug somewhere, and get filed up.
But we are not responsible for that.
We do not legalize and protect the
vile places that sell it.
Eyes, sir, Centreville is positively
an anti-saloon town. You don't
have to pick men out here to inter-
view. Stop almost any man you
meet, and he will tell you the same
story l am telling"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
CENTREvILLE, MARYLAND.

CL4N III ' 4A4A4IA, MAN 1 LAM
A fourishing town, with its time
honored Court House, its modern
places of business, its beautiful
homes, and hospitable people, is
Centreville, the seat of Queen Anne
County, Maryland.
More than twenty years ago, this
progressive people declared against
the public sale of rum, drove out
the saloons, and have never, for a
moment, ceased to rejoice in the act
which brought to them greater pros
perity, higher morality, and better
homes.
My inquiry in Centreville was
very general, and largely among peo-
pie whom I had never seen before.
1 found them all to be, after more
than twenty years experience,
staunch advocates of no license.
The best citizens, so far as l was
able to observe, were all of one way
of thinking. In fact, one gentleman
said to me, approach any respect
able citizen along the street, enter
any reputable business house, ring
any door bell in town, and the an
sWer to your inquiry will be, Local
Option is a blessing. "
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
UENIRGIInuE, mU.
Another Strong Argument Against
the Saloon.

Published by authority OF the Executive Com
mittee Of the Anti.License State Campaign
Committee
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
TALK WITH CHARLES A. BUS
TEED, VICE-PRESIDENTO OF
THE QUEEN ANNE'S
NATIONAL BANK.

Whoever knows Charles A Bus
teed knows him to be a wide-awake
and progressive citizen, and man
who has the welfare and prosperity
of his community at heart. In re-
ply to my inquiry he said:
Experience has taught me that
local option, as it is termed, the pro-
hibition of the sale of liquor, is a
great thing for the people. I only
need to look about me here to tell
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
Ats 200 CLANS In 1o5-Mlnute Race

Brookvals, N. J., Sept. Am a con-
test to determine who could open,
cook and eat the most clans in a
given time at the clambake of the
Montelair and Bloomfield camps Of the
Sons Of Veterans, Frank Higgins won
out over Donald Ferguson. Higgins
opened 200 clans, at so raw, made a
pot-pio OF 50, stewed 80 and fried 30.
He ate them with great relish in one
hour and three-quarters. Ferguson ate
only 1885,.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
THOUGHT HE WAS MAYOR
Deluded colored Man Carried OF Bal
tlmore Executives Letters.

Deluded Colored Man Carried on Bat
tlmore Executives Letters.
Baltimore, Sept. 3.-Possessed with
the hallucination that he is mayor Of
the city. Isaiah LampsOn, a negro,
broke open the door Of Mayor MahooI5
office at the city hall and carried away
some 30 OF go letters addressed to the
mayor, which were lying on the desk.
Lampson took the letters to his own
home and was seated at a table OPEN
ing them when the police came upon
him. One OF the letters contained a
draft for 5000. This was the second
time the negro got into the city hall.
On the other occasion he declared that
he was mayor and put up a hard fight
before he was overcome.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06

SWer TO your inquiry Will be, Local
Option is blessing.
WHAT P. T. FORMAN SAYS
ABOUT IT.
eco and interview P. T. Forman,
the hardware man, and you will get
a frank, unbiased opinion" said a
gentleman with whom l was convers-
ing.
1 found Mr.. Forman at his desk
in the counting room of his store,
and made my business known to
him.
"Well, !" he said, "if anything I
might say would be of any assistance
I do not hesitate to say it. I am
not, strictly speaking, a temperance
man, or prohibitionist, and anything
I may say will be from the stand
point of public good"
"That is the point, said 1.
~ believe a town is far better off
without the saloon" he continued
"And my reason for believing so is
because the adjustment of the sa-
loon decreases the bulk of drunk
enness, lessons the bulk Of crime,
and does away with disorderly con-
duct.
II believe in Local Option as
protection to the man who can not
resist the temptation of the saloon,
and to the home that is made desc
late because he can not.
''I believe in it because it estab-
fishes a surer footing between en- !
ployer and employee. Many mans
business suffers because his help
continues Saturday nights debauch |
into the next week.
"Another thing, it makes county
expenses lighter. Itcosts this county /
practically nothing to look after
criminals. There may be a prisoner
or two in the jail. l don't know.
But there is very little criminal bust
ness in our courts"
At this point, Mr.. Baker, travel
ing man, who was sitting in the
store, turned to me and said, "Let |,
me remind Mr.. Forman of an Incl
dent that might, perhaps, interest
you:
zone morning, about year ago,
I was standing at the window, which
looks out on the Court House Green, 4
when I noticed that there was an !
unusual number of people in town,
and that a great many teams were {
hitched around the Court House. ,
Speaking to Mr.. Forman, 1 said ]
People seem to be coming into town ,
pretty lively, what's going on to- t
day ?"
awe have a couple of days of c
court here this week." replied Mr.. '
Forman.
"Couple of days p said.
you have a week of court ?"'
"No, court generally lasts about
two days, " he said. t
"That struck me as being very b
funny, said Mr.. Baker, ''butit speaks ?
well for the peace and good order of Il
the county"
Zone of Che best arguments in a
favor of local option" continued e
Mr.. Forman, lis, that after having t.
tried it, the people do not want the "
saloons back. You will find that S,
the case in all the dry Maryland n
counties. a
eyes, when you come to consult "
the general welfare of a community, p
you want to leave the saloon out of
5he question. q
TALK WITH CHARLES A. BUS v,
TEED, VICE-PRESIDENT OF A
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
WHAT CHARLES H. KENYON
SAYS.

Charles H. Kenton is the leading
grocer in Centreville. He is an in
telligent, energetic man, who has
built up a large business, which is
prospecting finely in this good old
local option town.
"The advantages and benefits
arising from no license can not be
expressed in words" said Mr.. Ken
ton, in reply to my inquiry. "You
would have to live under the license
system a while, and then under the
no-license system, in order to fully
appreciate the happy conditions
which the closed saloon brings to a
people.
"Centreville is free from the
deadly blight of the saloon, and will
stay free. More than a score of
years ago, the people of Queen
Anne's County, realizing that the
traffic in rum was an injury to their
business, morals and general welfare,
put stop to #. Time has proved
it to be the best thing they ever did.
"Speakeasies? There is not one
in the town. We dare one to spring
up here. 1 do not understand why
they should exist in other towns, if
they do, except that they do not try
tolbreak them up. We never had
one here.
docs local option injure bust
ness1 Well, let me tell you. In
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-06
A CASUAL REMARK FROM A
CITIZEN.

/ was sitting in front of the hotel,
where a number of guests were scat
tered about, when a gentleman re-
marked to me:
"This hotel is doing business. "
cit seems to be-" l replied.
~ believe they are going to make
some improvement in it soon-mod-
ernie it and bring it up-to-date, 4"
he said.
"That is not surprising " 1 said.
"The spirit of improvement is egi-
IDENTIFY here
81 remember this old hotel years
ago when liquor was sold here. 1t
was an every day spectacle to behold
the bar room crowded with DRINKS
sitting around the tables, playing
cards, ill-clad, ill-fed, rum-soaked
loafers. who squandered every cent
they could get hold of. over the bar,
and whose families suffered in con-
sequence of it. Every now and then,
drunken row would be started,
and they would tumble pell-mell
out on the street, fight it out, and
then return again to the bottle. l
have seen just such sights many and
many a time here.
Observe how quiet and orderly it
is now. With the going of the bar,
went the noisy loafer, with his pro-
family, his obsenity, and his dis
gushing appearance. Local Option
certainly reformed this town."
TALK WITH AN EX-STATE'S
ATTORNEY.
l called at the office of one Of Cen
treville's most prominent lawyers,
who once had been States Attorney.
Said he, "Centreville has every
reason for being glad that the saloon
is eliminated. Drunkenness is no
longer a feature here, immoral con-
luct is largely done away with, and
breaches of the peace are very rare,
indeed.
'Our courts are no longer Uttered
With disgraceful and expensive cases
out Of indulgence in strong
rink. Our financial institutions
ire sound, our merchants prosper
'us, our farmers thrifty, and the
people generally are in good con-
lition.
1--WE are annoyed, more or less,
" purchasing agents-that is, men
Who take orders for whiskey, go to
and return here with the !
riders filled. In that way the pri-
ate bottle is sometimes supplied.
Iut not to any great extent. How /,
yer, we are going to put a stop to !
hat. We will have law passed !
efOre long which will meet that /
ase." S
yTTAT CITaDT II TrEArTnAr z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
SCHOOL AT FURMAN
INTERESTING CLOSING EXERCISES
OF ACADEMY.
ME-. Woods breaches Eloquent Sermon
To the Students-People Pleas
ed With Resu1ts For
the Year.

Furman, May 8.-(Special.) THE
closing exercises of the Furman school
were held in the auditorium of the
Furman Academy and were highly en-
joyed by all present
The students did themselves credit
both the high school and primary
departments
The following pupils were engaged
In recital contest for gold medals
Misses Minnie Watson, Mary LaHurst,
Fannie Lee McCondiche and Zelma
Cox and the judges, Mr.. Spiers. Mr.. Lee
and Mrs. Cox decided in favor Of Miss
Minnie Watson.
DIR. Spier presented the medal In
short and pointed speech. "
Sunday Rev. Mr.. Woods preached
most b teresting sermon TO the school.
In a scholarly and thoughtful manner.
he pictured the responsibility of max
ing the proper preparation for life and
the results that would be brought
about where one failed to grasp the
opportunities that were presented.
The Furman school has enjoyed
most prosperous year and good WORK
has been accomplished. Prlncipai
John Good met the trustees-a pusi
ness meeting-Monday morning a,
which time the preliminary matters Oh
the school wear were discussed and ar
ranged.
The people of Furman hope TO ado
ynucb iunroyements to the school our
ing vacation.
Miss Mayice walthall and Mrs. Davis
of Pine Ample were the guests OF Mrs'
o. ]. .Spier Sunday. ,..n.
Miss Susie Lundy, the ASSISTANT
teacher returned to her home at Pleas
ant Hill Monday afternoon.