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Birthday Surprise.

Mrs. q. G. Scott was given b pleas
ant surprise at her home on Columbia
street last evening in honor Of hel
S3Ssfth birthday. While Mr.. and Mrs
ssscottiiwent for short drive the guests
assembled. Music and games furnish
led amusement for the evening and
Choice refreshments were served
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs
sHearl McElfresh, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Isl Scott, Mr.SJ. Z. Dodd. MIR. and Mrs
E,lgA: Wilson, Mr.. W. K. Brown, Mrs
SiT u Hoult and daughter, Ethel. Mrs
Mckinney, Mrs. Myrtle Rice Leonard
and: daughter. Louise, Miss Eva schaf.
sferman, james Robertson, Nellie VII,
son, Mira Mrs. John schafferman
Pearl and Marie Scott. Grace Dodd
Harry Wilson, Writ and Lutte Brown,
Mrs. Scott was the recipient of many
beautiful presents. (.
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some fairy dld wave her magic wand
for each and All mad returned the
appetite ot chililshS days and us the
great clock I'M the corner gave notice
lust as itSlsed3to do ot! the approach
ofsnoon eargerSanticlpatio n$was mani
tested In every face, and when the
dining room doors were. thrown open
and the first hungry throng tropped
in they quickly perceived that they
were TO be in no wise disappointed.
Every thing the market provided was
heaped high and in plentiful profusion.
The chairs around two long tables
we're three times filed and emptied
before this delightful part Of the days
programme was completed to the en-.
tire satisfaction Of all. Every parti.
Gle OF food was pronounced delicious
and there was no comparisons heard
concerning anything there and that
(which mother used 10 bake" isy
During the afternoon several poems
were read and the beauty and pathos
OF these touched the hearers hearts
with Indescribable tenderness. The
author was John S. Hall. the only
living brother Of Mrs. McGregor and
former editor Of the st. Marys Ora
Gle. Mr.. Hall spent his boyhood days
on the old farm and to him also It was
hallowed ground. Since eighteen he
las been blind, having contracted II
fever during enlistment In the Union
army in the Civil war which resulted
In the complete loss of eye sight. His
work In life has not been clrcum.
scribed by this great sorrow, however,
for his sunny disposition, answering
kindness and noble remuneration Of
self has brought cheer and bright
ness into the lives OF all with whom
he has come In contact. He has writ.
ten many beautiful poems, but none
doubtless will be treasured by those
who love him as will those read on
this occasion. The first was ION
Bonds Creek" the second "The Old
Homestead" while the third, "The
Flutter MILL" was read by MIR. Hall
himself and gained much by his man
ner Of rendering 1t.
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STATE; s, TAI OF OHIO. City Of Toledo.

Tfsa 81 10 . ~ 81 80
~ Lucas county, SIS.
\ Frank j.. Cheney makes oath that
he Is senior partner Of The firm Of F.
~: Cheney & Co., doing business In
the city Of Toledo, county and State
Aforesaid, and that said film will pay
sthe sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
\ LARS for each and every case OF Ca,
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
$of Halls Catarrh Cure
] Il FRANK j. CliENNY.
Sworn to before me aid subscribed
#in2 my presence, this 9Th day Of De.
cember, a. D., 1886.
u tSeal) A.. W. GLEASON,
w Il Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter.
$nally, and acts directly on The blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system
Send for Testimonials free.
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III Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
@ Take Halls Family Pills for couatl
spation.
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Notice 6. A. R.

The Grand Army of the Republic
extends a cordial invitation to every
one TO join in the ceremonies Of dec
Grating the graves Of deceased sol
oilers at Morgantown, West Virginia
May soth, 1907.
Grand Military and Civic Parade III
the; forenoon. Several bands and the
: Drum Corps Of 1861 will be in the pa
( rale. S..y
2 Hon. J. AZ. Matthews, Of Washington
y. G.: and other speakers Of National
reputation will deliver addresses.
Special trains will be run SO as II
4 accommodate the people. Is
May 1871. s.y a " Y,
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HouLT AVENUE ITEMS.

Mrs. W. c. Hughes and child, Of
Jacksonburg, have been visiting rela'
tives at this place.
Mr.. Obe Martin, Of upshur county,
was visiting ut ClDhas Hawkins last
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Rosie Blascr is visiting at Wes'
ton.
Miss Ivy West. Of FairmOnt, was
calling on friends here last week.
Miss Ella Summers Is visiting her
mother ut TrIune. ID.
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.F|:.A|I IN
SOME INTERESTING FACTS CON.
CORNING I AN EVENT IN
WHICH CocALtPEoPLE
TOOK, PART.

A thoroughly enjoyable reunion OF
the William McGregor family was
held at the old homestead on Ponds
creek, Richie county, May 90. The
members of the family present we're
entertained jointly by Mr.. and Mrs.
W.. S. McGregor, who reside at the old
home, and Mr.. and Mrs. james Chest.
nit, also residents on the farm. but
living n short distance further down
the creek. The affair was held in
honor OF Mrs. McGregor, widow OF the
late William McGregor, who Is now IN
her elghty.second year. H1-&
In past years when the descendants
numbered less than In the present
day, there were many happy reunions
held at the farm, famed as 1t was for
Its hospitality and good cheer.
Neighbors as well as kinfolk boast.
ed Of the ever cordial welcome that
i awaited every guest that crossed It's
threshold, and certainly those mem
cries are cherished by many MS among
the pleasanest incidents Of their lives,
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UNTIL NOV. 80.

ATLANTIC CITY,
American Medical Assn, June ~.
ATLANTIC CITY and sEASHoRE,
Special Excursions, June 81, July
Il and rs, August 8 and 20, and
September S.
LosANGELEs, Z
National Eclectic, Medical Asso.
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VII giflial o if eiaI
s GREAT 81 ! q! I. ALI D J, IDS
SAYS sE'At'tYsss@,tP7lEoPLES OF HIS STATE
DON'T Don 3 GET GOOD TREAT
MENTE AS IN w. VA.

CHARLESTON, MAY. IS. - Hardly
any State, in the Union has received
fairer treatment from the railroads
than the State Of West Virginia. Ia.
pecially have the trunk lines operat.
Ing in the southern section OF the
State dealt fairly with the people, but
sometimes the public are slow to real.
lie the actual fayors received from
these corporations. Notwithstanding,
citizens Of other States are already
getting sore over the fact that these
two railroads complied with the act
Of the last legislature and pat. the
Two cent fare law in effect without n
contest.
It is entirely different, for instance
in the State Of Virginia. Although
The Old Dominion is more thgckl, set.
tied than West Virginia. containing
rnre inhabitants TO the square mile,
the Chesapeake & Ohio AMI The Nor.
folk & Western are two of the big
roads OF that State that are now con.
testing the putting In effec, Of the
new two cent rate fixed by the vir.
GINA Corporation Commission. One
public official In the old State is sore
indeed at the treatment melted out
by the railroads TO the people Of West
virginia and he had the followiwng to
say about the situation:
what makes me mad about this
fight the Chesapeake & Ohio and
Norfolk & Western Railroads are
putting up against the two'cent pas.
senger rates decreed by the Virginia
Corporation Commission. is the fact
that they have yielded without a
struggle TO an act OF the West Vir.
GINA Legislature, which requires tho
same thing Of them"
Yes, added the complaining c!t!'
zen, Il understand they yielded with
ont a struggle In West Virginia. Ger.
tainly they had indicated no purpose
TO contest up to yesterday. although
the new law has already gone Into ef'
feet.
"Now, the Irritating mart about It
all Is that the reports Of these two
corporations show that they earn far
mort money In Virginia than they do
in West Virginia. And this isn't all
not half. In the Old Dominion, the
Of the two roads mentioned
is assessed for taxation at $4,000 a
mile, while In West Virginia 1t is as.
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Piles get quick and certain relief
from Dr. Shops y Magic Ointment.
Please note It Is made alone for Piles
and Its action is positive and certain.
itching, painful protrudlng or blind
piles disappear like magic BY Its use.
Large nlckel.capped glass Jars 50 cents,
Sold by E. A. Blllingslea & CO.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

To the creditors OF Rebecca c. Tlbbs
deceased:
In pursuance Of decree Of the In.
termediate Court Of the County OF
Marion, made in a cause therein pend.
Ing, to subject the real estate Of the
said decedent TO the payment Of her
debts, you are required to present
your claims against the estate Of the
said 'lecedent for adjudication to A.
L. Lehman, Commissioner. at bis Of.
fee In the said county, on or before
the 2Gth day Of June next.
Witness, r. B. Parrish, Clerk OF
said Court this 18th day OF May, 1907.
R. B. PARRISH. Clerk.
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Shinnston Notes

MIR. Writ Martin, Of Haywood, was
visiting his brother, Mr.. f. N. Mar.
tin, of the West Side, Sunday.
Miss Clara Haught, of Clarksblrg,
accompanied by several Of her lady
friends, spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Mr.. Charles Smith and William
johnson, two of Shinnston's prominent
young men, have recently Joined the
State Guards and are now In training
at Clarksburg, They go to James.
town, Va, June 90. 5'g=
Mr.. Ella Dean, his mother apd sis.
ter, Meta, were the guests of rela.
tives at Fairmont Saturday and Sun.
day. y
Mr.. George Pedllcord was n bust.
ness visitor at Fairmont Saturday.
Mrs. Dilemma Sharp is quite III at
this writing.
The walk.way across the county
bridge Is completed-quite an I'M
provement.
Prof. s. O. Bond, Of Fairmont, was
calling on friends In the city recently.
Lawn fe,e all day Thursday at the
Christian Church. Cake, Ice cream,
etc. You are invited.
A jolly good time is expected at
shinnston the sOth. Come and be one
of the crowd.
Mr.. Beel, the new foreman at River.
dale, has moved his famlly3to that
place and Will enter upon the dis.
charge of his duties June LIST. 4
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Z City Hospital Notes.

W Mrs. Charles Lewis was a surgical
patient dismissed Monday.
Mr. Blmer Jackson, Of Uniontown
WHO Il has been Ill of typhoid fever, died
Monday }mornlng at two o'clock.
4; Mrs. Harry Morgan, Of Thornton
g,died Yesterday morning at the hospital
at one o'clock.
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Mrs. Z; ". shurtleff, Mrs. Anna
&5lPF,rlckett Mrs. Joyce Prickett, and ].
stA;8 Linn attended the funeral Of Mrs
4 Meredith DPriclett at Pleasant Valley
Yesterday.
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Personals.

BIB Personals.
Miss Clara Reinheimer, Of 4 Eas,
PARK has returned from Grafton where
sshe had been visiting relatives for sew.
Eferal days. III
n h Mr.. slilroys Travis, Of Anita, was
there yesterday.
'3SS Mrs, Jacob SHarr.&Mr and Mrs. W.
I.aFollettSand daughter Mary, and
Nrs. Priscilla compstbn we're visit.
ling Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Harr, Of East
\ Park avenue asY Sunday. s5
Mr.; and Mrs, Brannon, Of Glenvllle,
who had been visiting their daugh.
Ster sirs: Hugh Smith, returned home
yesterday.
Miss Blanche I smlthley, who has
been visiting her sister. Miss Jennie
s;smithley, Of East Park, avenue. has re.
turned turn ttl 10 her home at Eldora.
B 4 Mrs. i; ~ \! F. Harris improving from
J S AZ severe attack Of typhoid fever.
I Mr.. Jacob Scott. Of Wolf Summit,
and son Marion, Of Clarksburg. have
returned TO their homes after short
& stay with Mr.W. X. Brown, Of colun,.
ibia street. IL
Emma; the little daughter OF Mr.. and
4. Mrs: 4 y B. stealey, Of East Ferry
street, is very III. h. al
ny Rev. CIV Bent returned from Graf.
ton yesterday,,swhere he went to attend
special services at ST. Paul Church.
Ss Mr.. and Mrs. Bone and two children,
\ of Diamond street, left this morning
ssg5fforS steubenyille, Ohio, for weeks
visit with relatives.
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E /, Ethel lthsb bright it'll 5dapgh ssr III
A " and Mrs ~ Belt died 3ths
home ef Ehstr parents On Maple avenue hfs
Saturday ,at|1 " yening, aged one year and
one month: The funeral services Were VEN
held at the residence Sunday after,
noon and were followed BY lnterment
at Noodlawn Cemetery, III
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Montana I tens

AZ .!OAAGCkl1cg31 GSA11S NIX
Z sIoNTANAi MINES; May rss
RI R a: BRO wns Of clarksburg, spent sun:
DAY at the home Of her parents here.
II Mr.. Dave! Porter Is able TO be is,
work again afterSa siege Of typhoid
fever. KS B ,f
Rey@H. X. Ash conducted the ser:
vice at the u B. Church yesterday
evening.
Mr.and Mrs, NJ. W. Harris. OF Fair.
mont spent Sunday at Viola, the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hoult.
Mr. C. E. Gaskill has opened an
Ice cream parlor here. He did a pop
corn" business Saturday evening.
Misses Hattie Bowman and Georgia
Kirk, of Fairmont, spent Sunday here
under their paternal roofs.
The assessor passed through our
town last week and listed the prop.
erty OF our residents at Its true and
actual value"
VIM. Murray, Of Watson, was visit.
Ing relatives here yesterday. rsE
Tho boys are stirring up some dust
over on the ball diamond now Of an
evening. 1t has been 80 wet that they
have not played many games yet, but
they are now In shape 10 give the
teams Of the surrounding towns the
same old drllbblng that they have nd.
minlstered to them Of old.
Miss Villa Vangilder. Of Fairmont,
spent Sunday with friends at Viola.
c. C. Clear spent Sunday at Smith.
town. OLD TIMER.
MONTANA, May 27.-NIiss Zell
Fortney, OF Fairmont, Is visiting home
folks here.
Mrs. Duke Dent and Miss Bertha
Gasklll were in Fairmont Saturday
night; also Misses Eva Hall and Net.
tie Matheny. as,- 4.
Born. TO Mr.. and Mrs. JEFF Hall,
yesterday morning, big boy.
Mr.. Ed Smith and family are 20.
Ing to move TO Decker's Creek this
week.
Misses Blanche |andl Norah Rice,
who have been visiting In Enterprise
came home yesterday.
Mr.. Thomas Heskitt was In Fair.
mont Sunday. -
Misses Edna and Bertha Gasklll
we've calling on Miss Pearl Smith
Sunday evening.
Mrs. F. l.. Saunders and little son,
Edwin, OF Enterprise, are here visiting
the formers mother, Mrs. Walter
Rice.
Msr. Bartholomew has returned
home after a few weeks visit with
her mother at Morgantown.
Mr.. James Carpenter and family
have moved to Glen Falls. ,t5>
Mrs. Walter Hanson was In Fair.
mont Saturday.
Miss Hazel Goodwin Is visiting her
grandfather and grandmother ut Win.
field. 0'
Mr.. Levi Jobes Is working at Fair.
mont.
Mr.. Charles Hawkins, Of Fairmont,
was visiting friends here last week.
Mr.. Walter Keencr, of Glen Falls,
is visiting home folks here.
Miss Hazel Jobes is visiting friends
In Fairmont.
Mrs. F. l.. Saunders and Mrs. Wal.
ter Rice were calling on Mrs. jeff
Hall yesterday evening.
TWO CHUMs.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
Made a Vow to Die Poor

TEN twelve years ago, Pedro Alvarado was
poor peon who had to carry pack whenever
his donkey's back sore, which, after the
of donkeys, almost all the time. To-day he is
eating his heart out because he has made to
Our Lady that he will die poor and the political and
other powers that be determined to defeat his
purpose. Into the treasury of the peon the Pamlla
mine pours thirty thousand dollars every day, and
then the output is sweled by the discovery of a
gigantic nugget.
1t is pity, but nevertheless true that the story
of this tremendously rich is story of dumb
luck Pedro Alvarado did not go far afeld in search
of fortune; its foundation not laid by
of courage of sublime self denial Avarado never
denied himself anything he could buy; unlike Pull
man, who told with evident sincerity that he
achieved fortune the day he determined to do with
out his daily cigar In word, unlike many other
millionaires, Pedro fortunate in his father.
Financially speaking, he the most fortunate
man in his father | have read about, and the
honors of this wealth story should all go to Pedro,
senior, who made this mountain of money
possible, though never peso of it lodged in his
pocket
When the great railroad came to Parral, and the
great wealth of the Pamla mine could no longer be
concealed, the scouts of syndicates and the advance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
Leased the Mine to Buy Shovels

LIE turned to neighbor, miner in a very small
way, and said 81 will lease the mine to you,
Miguel, for year, and you give me in return one
third of the profits"
At the end of twelve months Pedro A1varado had
enough money to develop the Palmilla mine and
dozen more besides.
And the silver stream flows into his treasury,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24


King is pleasing character. He comes home
and raises the mortgage on the farm at the
- critical moment. This is prominently his
role in farm life In the cities he appears with
incredible benevoence at the moment when the
villainous partner has just skipped with all the
firm assets and the good partner and his interesting
family are about to be submerged in a sea of mis-
fortune.
Romancers would have us believe, and we should
like to, that somewhere, whether follow the
fluctuations of the stock exchange the still
unstable fortunes of the farm for each and everyone
of us Silver King is working. Recent events show
that in Mexico at least the romancer is eternally
right and the reaists must take back seat Our
own personal and particular Silver King may have
petered out did the argent genius of Artemus
Ward who asked to be met by his friends at the rail-
way station with blanket, he having hat as he
arrogantly asserted; but down in Mexico there lives
man who is ready and willing not only to raise the
mortgage the family farm, but who practically
promises to pay the national debt, and President
Diaz won't let him.
1t is tidy sum, this national debt (about two
hundred million gold dollars in alb which Pedro
Alvarado the peon millionaire of Chihuahua, wants
nually raised in Mexico used to pay the interest.
In other words Pedro offers to reduce the of
everyone of his fellow countrymen by half but Daz
believes that national debt is valuable asset
that it is we'll to have large number of people at
home and abroad who wish you we'll and will work
for your prosperity because they have their savings
bound UP in it. We have all known what great
hold Diaz has over his remarkable people; but to-
day. when he stands between them and two hundred
millions of dollars, and not shot is fired the illus
tration is overwhelming.
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agents of mining trusts focked about young Pedro
They tempted him with thousands, with hundreds
of thousands, and at last with Millions but all to
purpose.
why, your father bought the mine for mere
song, expostulated prospector who had looked the
veins over and found them to be surprisingly good.
"a mere song repeated the young peon, who had
awakened to find himself King of all the Silver
Kings; but it was bitter song for my father. In
money it cost him only one hundred dollars but to
get that hundred dollars he toled early and late.
He gave up twenty years of his life to accumulate
those few pesos, and you may be sure that will not
sell the result of his labors
The Fathers Ambition
THE gossps in Parral love to talk of Pedro Alva-
RADIO, senior, to-day now that all the world is agog
over the result of his wonderful investment. Unlike
Others of his class, he not content to
livelihood, which is the easily satisfied ambition of
most of his When the work of the day
over, he worked on delving with pick and shovel for
hour two longer. He wanted, he said, to leave
his adored son little land Some people suspect
that the shrewd old peon knew of the silver lode in
the gray, gaunt hillside, but they have proof of
this. Indeed there is much evidence to prove that
the old man sweated and toiled he did not dream
that he was laying the foundation of great fortune
Those who knew him best assert that his ambitions
went no further than simple goat ranch or pufque
farm.
1t is pretty hard to rank Pedro junior, with the
other founders of great fortunes the world over with
the Honest Money Changer of Frankfort, with the
Ferryman of Staten Island and the Fur Trader of
Oregon who put his money in New York real
estate. The only time that Pedro did anything that
apparently might not have been done quite SO well
by bump a log when the mining kings
rounded him and tempted him with dazzling offers
Here he might have fumb1ed his bonanza away for
few paltry millions; but he didn't He would
have nothing to do with the dangerous big fish who
swim in the mineral pond He himself had not
enough money buy half dozen shovels, much less
to purchase mining machinery.
Leased the Mine to Buy Shovels
LIE turned to neighbor, miner in very small
/ i way and said, Il will lease the mine to you
Miguel for a year, and you give me in return one
third of the profits"
At the end of twelve months Pedro Alyaradn had