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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
and day of March, 1907, at 10
o'clock A. NJ.

sell at public auction, TO the highest bidder,
At the front door of the Court House of said
N son County. the following described tract
OF real estate. situate, lying and being in the
state OF West Virginia. County of Mason.
and District OF Clendenin, and known and
Home Farm" as part of lot No. II. which
plat is recorded in the Clerks ONCE OF the
county Court, OF Mason Comfy, West Vir-
gtnia, In Deed Book No. 81. pages 233 and 234,
aud to which reference In hereby made;
said part of lot No. Il, is bounded and de-
BEGINNING at q stone corner TO N. C. west
iall and wife's land, and In outline of lot No.
u, N. l29 e. So1z p. to q stone in J. w Steen-
Dergen,s line, thence with his line s. So
10 L. l65 p. To q stone, corner to lot No. l6,
thence with line of same s IS D. and 8 10 4
land, then with their line to the place OF
beginning, estiu ated to contain seventy
three l73l acres, be the sa . Q more or less: To-
Eether with the right of way reserved TO W
z Stats in his deed to George Boster,
through the lands of N C. Westfan and
wiIe's lands.
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash as to one-half OF
the purchase money, and the residue upon
credit OF one and two years, in equal in
stallments, with Interest from dale as to the
deierred payments, the purchaser giving his
notes with good security, and the title not
70 pass to the purchaser until the whole OF
The purchase money Is paid, and the Special
Commissioner retaining the legal title until
the whole of the purchase money e. paid
L @. SOMERVIkLE.
hereby certify that the above named
Special Commissioner has given bond With
good security before me in the penalty OF
1850 90, as required by the decree of sale.
jan so4t Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

Kingston. Jan. 29-The beavi-
est earthquake shook since the
one which devastated Kingston on
January IA. occurred here at 4:3O
O'Clock this morning. No par.
ticular damage is reported as q re-
suit of the latest shook.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

COUNTY OF MASON, SS
I, c. G. BOWER, Cashier NJ the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that thu
above statement is true to the best of my
9. O. BOWER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi
Both day of Jan. 1907.
w. w. RILEY,JR
Notary Public.
j. McCULLoCH,
]. b. SPENCER.
Il. STRIBLING,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
A bill providing for the abolition

A bill providing for the abolition
of the fee system for all officers.
both State and county. and the
substitution therefor of salaries.
has been introduced in the legisla-
ture There ia a considerable Irs-
ponderence of public sentiment in
the State in favor of the passage of
the law, and in all probability it
will be placed on the statute books.
We may then look for good fat
salaries to be given to the officers
in the Republican counties wheth-
er earned or not, and mean beggar-
ly ones to be imposed in the
counties which elect Democratic
officials. no matter the volume of
the business transacted Wayne
News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

New York now claims to have
more than 1000 millionaire. We
might add, says the Chicago REQ
ord Herald that few of them grew
up in New York.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

About 5000 pieces of glassware
and crodkery are broken on each
voyage of a fiTst.clsss ocean steam-
er. The most industrious and
strenuous of servant girls can hard
ly hope to beat that record.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Special Commissioners Sale

FINDER and by virtue OF a decree of the
~ Circuit Court of the County of Mason,
and state of West Virginia, made and en-
tered on the 10th day of December, 1908, in q
certain suit in chancery therein pepdinR. in
whicn w. e. Mullins Is plaintiff, and e. B.
Weethee. In his own right. and as admis-
strator OF the estate of George Boster, de-
ceased, and others. are defendants, the UNI
dersigned special commissioner will, ON the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

They are to dig a canal from
Massachusetts, bay to the Atlantic
OCEAN. Boston should protest. II
will give the Spanish feet route
for a flank movement,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

It's sometimes a difficulty to be
right as it II to prove the other
fellow wrong.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

More than one hundred million
stogies were made in Wheeling
Iast year
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

Col Lyman B. Dellioker. Clerk
of the United States Circuit Court
for the Northern District of West
Virginia, and one of the prominent
aed pioneer residents of Psrkers-
burg. died last Monday morning
at l O'Clock at his residence on
Murdoch avenue after an illness of
several months.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Free Seeds.

It will probably be a long time
before congress will fail to dis
pense with free seeds As gener-
al rule, these free seeds are very
poor seeds indeed, being bought in
bulk out of old and worn out stock
many of the brands that have al
most entirely disappeared from the
seedsmen's catalogues of today,
and are practically worthless.
Perhaps this accounts for some Of
the poor vegetables found in the
market. 1t is just the same as if
the government were sending out
free breeding stock, and went back
many years ago to select all the
scrub stock long since discarded
for this purpose. Yet that is the
brand OF the seeds that ia gener.
ally sent out. People who delude
themselves they that are getting
something extra in the way of
seeds because they have the govern
ment brand on them are the most
deluded of all. This is one case
where your Unole Sam falls down
good and hard.-Charleston Mail
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Coats. Furs and Suits at a big
reduction. E b. Sisler & Co.

Benwood, this State, has 55 ca
loons-one for every 10 inhabi.
tants.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Would Permit West Virginia WON.
en- to Vote.


DIR. A. j. Mitchell, member of
the House of Delegates from Writ
county, has introduced a resolution
providing for woman suffrage in
the state of West Virginia. DR..
Mitchell has long been champion
OF the women of the state who
claim the right to vote. Two years
ago he introduced like measure,
but it was smothered by the Ju-
dietary Committee. The resolution
provides for submitting to the
voters of the state at the next gen
eral election the question of amend
ing the constitution go as to omit
the word "maIe" from the section
thst prescribes the qualifications of
voters.
The truth about the deficit in
the revenues of the state can no
longer be hidden. and there is q
shortage of near q million dollars
to be provided for unless many new
sources OF taxation can be found
The present legislature is trying
to increase all kinds of salaries,
state officers and jud yes particular.
ly, although the last inoreaee went
into effect only two years ago.
Governor Dawson has urged the
legislature to amend the tax laws
so az to give the state taxing bcard
more power, and he has also urged
that new and additional subjects
be required to pay license taxes.
No stone will be left unturned to
increase the income of the state
without further oppression on the
real estate owpers Back of it all
is the purpose of building up a
great and powerful political ma
chine through the creation of SCORES
of new Offices at large salaries pay
able out of the state treasury.
There are now pending in the
Legislature bills to create dozen
different boards, all new, with sal
aries from 81 500 year down to
three or four thousand. And all
to be appointed by the Governor.
-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
BANK REPORT.
No. 1904.

REPoRT OF THE CONDITION of The
~ Merchants National Bank of Point
Pleasant, at Point Pleasant. in the State OF
West Virginia, at the close OF business,
January 9th, 1907.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Some Interesting Figurea


We note in an exchange some of
the prices of the Fourteenth cen
tury in England which viii seem
strange to us. Chickens were one
cent agiece Eggs were one cent
dozsn. 1t is recorded that fine
sheep sold for "a cents a piece, fat
hogs for so cents. the best COWS
for 81 so and good draught horees
for 70 cents each From these fig
ures it would seem that a good Iiv-
ing was cheap in those days, but
there is another side to the story,
Three cents day was considered
good wsges for ordinary laborers.
The best harvest hands in those
days only got 1 cents a day. Some
Standard readers may wonder what
oausod these estonishingly low
prices Of things 800 years ago
The explanation is chiefly as fol-
lows: At the time of Christ and
for some time before taere Yves
much gold in the world The old
mines were all exhausted or lost.
during the dark sges of more than
1 600 years almost no gold was
mined The worlds stock of gold
gradually lost out till the metal
was extremely rare. Fromsthe time
of the discovery of American gold
was mined in greater or less
amounts, In the last ten or twen-
ty years the increase in the worlds
output of gold has been above all
precious records. According to ex
perts who have made Gloss study
of the subject, the future promises
even greater output of the preoi
GUS metal than is now produced
Since gold has become the one
standard of the worlds commerce.
this increase in the output of gold
is extremely fortunate.
The report of the railroad CON-
missioners of New York show that
1900 people were killed by the
railways of that state last year
They are now asking the question
whether rapid transit and other
modern inventions for hurriying
people through life at suoh rapid
gait is worth 30 much
Hon. s. T. Stapletop, aged 81,
died at his home in Petersburg
on the 28th He represented his
county in the House of Delegates
many times and was afterwards
judge of the criminal court of Wood
county.
+ A West Virginia couple have
just been married for the fifth time.
having been divorced four times,
in the last twenty years. The di-
vorce lawyers must look upon them
as regular customers
Petersburg has been suffering
from water famine. A large pump
at the water works station broke
down. The water in the reserve
tanks on Prospect Hill has been
exhausted and the email pumps at
the pumping station are useless.
being ologged by mud from the
recent flood.
Thomas Jefferson tells e'ory on
one in his company. "The heavy
man had Just been AIRED" he
relates, land his wife was travelling
with him He had been telling
her for several days of certain
hotel at which they were soon to
stay, and at which was invariably
served the most delicious honey he
had ever tasted Consequently,
when they arrived and found none
on the dinner table both were an.
noyed.
"'see here said the actor,
where's my honey
THE waiter seemed at loss 70,
an answer. He stammered. hssi.
tated land finally leaned forward
land said in stage whisper: she
don't work here no more sir
About 1900 pieces of glassware
and crockery are broken on each
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
The trial of Harry Z. Thaw fol

The trial of Harry Z. Thaw for
the murder of Stafford White, at
Madison Square Garden. in New
York City. last September, was
put on trial Wednesday of last
week. 1t bids fair to be the great
est murder trial that has ever ia.
ken place in the United States
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

During the months of October,
November and December there
was a total of about 100000
bushels of GOAL shipped by river
from Pittsburg to the South.
Reports from the South is that
practically all of the cities and
towns which rely upon the coal
shipped from Piitsburg for their
fuel are we'll supplied. A report
from the MonongsheIa River Con-
solidated Coal and Coke Company
shows that during the past year
more coal was shipped by water to
Southern points than ever in the
past. Statistics also show that
December, 1906. was the banner
shipping month for years past.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Judge Resigns.

Frank COX. present Judge of the
Supreme Court of App. ais of this
state, has rendered his resignation,
effective at noon January % He
will be succeeded by A. N. Miller.
of Petersburg, who will be sworn
in on January 20 The salary is
81 500. Cox was elected in 1906
and still had 10 years to serve
Inadequate salary is given as the
reason for his resignation. Miller
will serve until the next gener4l
election in 1908.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

The report of the railroad CON-
missioners of New York show that
1900 people were killed by the
railways of that state last year.
They are now asking the question
whether rapid transit and other
modern inventions for hurriyine
people through life at suoh rapid
gait is worth 30 much
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

Underwear and Hosiery for all.
E. B. Sisler & %.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

President Alex. j. Cassstt. of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, died
su idenly of heart disease at his
home in Philadelphia, on the 18th
ult, aged 81 years. He has serv-
ed the Pennsylvania in almost
every department and reached the
presidency of the company in 1899.
Mr. Cassatt married a neioe of
President James Buchanan.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

Hon. s. T. StapIeton, aged 81,
died at his home in Petersburg
on the 18th He represented his
county in the House of Delegates
many times and was afterwards
judge of the criminal court of Wood
county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30

A burglar was in Denver, Col
orsdo, womsns's house, and she
pinohed the baby beside her and
made it yell. and then to quiet it
said in a loud voice that she would
get up and warm some milk for it,
aud the burglar took sneak, leav-
ing lot of jewelry piled on a dres-
ser he was going to take. She was
the wife of the cashier of the Hun.
garian -four mills
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
HARVARD sTops AT HARrFoRD.
Will Go to Yale Field This Afternoon
 for an Hours Practice.

The Harvard baseball nine arrived at Hartford last evening at 5:O9 o'clock and went directly to the Heublein hotel. After dinner they were taken to Luna park, where they indulged in ringing. canes. shooting the chutes, and other such means of enjoyment. This morn ing the men will take the 11:O6 train to this city, where they will go direct to the New Haven house. At o'clock they will go to the field for their first practice since yesterday morning. They will practice until o'clock
 With the Harvard team are Head Coach Peiper, Trainer Pooch Donovan, j. D. Pond, l., W. Pritchett, l.. Howe and several other substitutes.
 Either Hartford and Brennan will pitch for Harvard. Brennan was in good form yesterday. All the men were in good condition last evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
BEHR WINS, WRIGHT BEATEN.
First Record of English Lawn Tennis
 Championship.

London, June 24.-Cloudy, cold wealth. CT in the morning and rain in the aft- ernoon interfered with tthe matches of the opening day of the all England ten- his championship meeting at Wimble- don, but the attendance was good, shell ters having been provided for the spec tators. Karl Behr. the first American to appear on the courts. beat T. M Mavrogordato by three sets to two, S-6 6-2, 6-S. GA. 6-4.
 The match was keenly contested The American started weakly and tired per ceptibly At one time it looked as though he was beaten. In thethird set deuce was called no less than ten times Behr on three occasions being within one stroke of winning the game and the set.
 A. F. Wilding of New Zealand beat Beal Wright of Boston, Mass, by 80. The score was 6-2, S-6, 7-5. The match was played in rainstorm.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
HEAVY F0G AT SHEEPSHEAD ONE RACE DIsCFRNIBLE Frank Gill Wins Equality Stakes Easily at
 IS to l.

New York, June 24.-With the excep- tion of the first race at Sheepshead Bay to-day the races could not be seen owing to a heavy fog which hung over the track. Time was only taken in the first and third races. Two favorltes won. After Notasulga had won the Rosebud stake Mountain on Half Sov- ereign, who finished third, claimed a foul against Radtke on Notasulga, but after long deliberation the stewards let the race stand, with Notasulga first, Jane Swift second and Half Sovereign third.
 Frank Gill at 15 to easily won the Equality stakes with Charles Edward second and Roseben third
 First, 1-2 furlongs, main course: Cairngorm, 11S, Miller, Il to 10, won; Ginnette, 118, Radtke. r to 10, second; Sister Frances. 118, Mountain, to ?. third. Time. 1:10 2-5.
 Second, selling, one mile: Rifeman, 91, shrove, F to l. won; Rerodotus, Ill, Miller, 1 to 1, second; Troublemaker, 1OS, W, Mcintyre, 15 to 1, third. No time taken.
 Third, the Rosebun stakes s -furlongs, futurity course; Notasulga, 12O, Rodtke 3 to 5, won; Jane Swift 1O5, Preston, 8 to 1, second; Half Sovereign, 115, Mountain, 8 to 1, third. Time, 100 2-5.
 Fourth, the equality stakes, one mile: Frank GiM, 115, Knapp, 15 to 1, won; Charles Edward. 1O7, Radtke, to |, second; Roseben, 115 Martin to |, third. No time taken.
 Fifth, one mile and three-sixteenths, on turf: Confederate, 115, Martin, to i, won; Lancastrian, 11S, James Hen messy, z to 1, second; Banker, 11S, Rus sell, to 1, third, No time taken.
 Sixth, 1-2 furlongs, Futurity course: Live Wire, 115, Radtke, 8 to 1, won; Retstigouck, l12, Miller, 12 to i, second; Sir Cloggs, 115. E. Dugan, to 1, third. No time taken.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
COMPARISON OF YALE
 AND HARVARD OARSHEN Weights of the Crews and Complete Table of Statis-
 tics Up to Date.
YALE AVERAGE 171 LBS.
Per Man in the Varsity Eight While Harvard
 Averages 174 lbs.

Yale is a prime favorite for all their races although there is due respect shown to the acknowledgedly superior strength of Harvard's varsity eight. Harvard is assuredly more confident of the result than Yale, even though there is a great deal of trimming down to be done with the crimson crews be- fore they can consider themselves dln- ished oarsmen. Harvard goes to pieces still when the stroke is raised and does much better work on low stroke.
 A comparison of the weights of the crews-the complete table of statistics up to date being appended hereto shows that approximately Yaie's var sity eight average I'll pounds per man. while Haryard's premier crews aver ages 174 pounds.
 There is some difference between the two freshmen eights, as discardinN fractions, Yale freshmen average 164 ponds against Harvard's s 16S pounds.
 In actual weight Harvard varsity four approximate an average of l65 pounds, while their opponents average I63 pounds
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
UMPIRE FORFEITS CAME
 ID NEW HAVEN NINE Instructed to Do So Because Captain Nichols Failed to
 Pay Fine. THE GAME IS RESUMED And New Haven Loses 3 to 1-Holyoke, Springfield
 and Hartford Win.
THE GAME IS RESUMED

Waterbury, June 24.-Acting under instructions from President Tracy, Um- pire Kelly announced to-days game forfeited to New Haven owing to the failure of Captain Nichols to pay a fine. Nichols refusal was based on the fact that he had not been notified of the fine by President Tracy. Kelly left the grounds and Curley a local umpire, was pressed into service for the game, which Waterbury won, to 1. Coreoran allowed only one hit out side of the eighth inning, when La chances single, three-baggers by Ryan and Farley and an outfeld fly gave the locals three runs and the game. The score:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
: OPEN TENNIS TOURNEY.
At Brooklnwn Country Club VIII Begin
 July Q.


 The open tennis tournament at the Brooklawn Country club, Bridgeport, will begin this season on Monday, July g, and if the weather does not in- terfere, will close on the 18th, The classes will be for mems singles and doubles and the club will offer silver prizes for the winners in each class Entries are expected from all of the city's best players, as we'll as experts from other parts of Connecticut and elsewhere.
 The tournament is under the aus pices of the United States National Lawn Tennis association, but there will not be any title at stake. The prizes will probably be silver cups and the winners and runners-up in each class will receive awards Entries are received by Henry B. stoddard, 164 State street, and will close on Monday, July 8, when the drawings will be made.
 The committee in charge of the tournament is composed of Henry B. Stoddard, chairman; Samuel M. flaw ley, Charles H. Baldwin, Herbert M. Lyon, Kenneth w. McNeil, John E. Foster, jr, Gregory s. Bryan, Ken meth E. Weeks, F.. Nell Benham and James q. Ludlum.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
FRENCH CHALLENGER WINS IN EQUALLY WEATHER. Dukes of Rohan and Decazes With French Visitors See
 Races at Kiel.

Kiel June 24.-The French yachts men will carry the French cup home with them. The French challenger AT Men won again to-day in nasty, squal- ly weather, which, however, did not de- ter the Duke of Rohan, the Duke De- cages and all the other French visitors from going down to the bay to see the race. The prince of Monaco also took a party on his yacht Princess Alice. The times were:
 Ar Men, 3h, 4om. 15s.
 Felca, Sh, Som, OOs.
 The winners in the special class race were:
 Wittelsbach IT., 2h, S8m. 2Ss.
 lilly x. 2h. 4Om. 45s.
 Wannsee, 2h, 42m, 21s.
 The crown prince's Angela ". got fourth place in 2h Am 19s.
 The king of Spains Morescot did not start.
 The imperial yacht club this evening gave its annual dinner to Emperor William. Among those present were the prince of Monaco, Ambassador Tower, the Japanese minister, Vice Ad- miral Ijuin, the Argentine minister, the Duke of Rohan, the Duke Decazes, Lieutenant Commander Howard, U. s. naval attache at Berlin; Lieutenant Commander Gibbons, U. s. naval at- tache at London, and Allison V. Ar mour The emperor in toasting the club alluded to the fact of this being the twenty-ffth anniversary of it's founda- ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
New London.

DOVIo Uy IIIIIIIIbos
 Hartford 10 3 o o os 0 1 VT New London o 2 0 0 0 O-4
 Two base hits, Lelivelt, Karch, OConnor, Finn 2 Three base hits, Moves, Fallon 2. Sacrifice hits Jus tice, Rankin, McCabe, Stolen bases, Fallon, Karch, OConnor, O'Rourke, Page. Bases on balls, off O'Connor, 4; off Ward, ?. Struck out, by O'Connor. z; by Ward, 8. Wild pitch, Ward. Left on bases, Hartford, 4; New London, 9. Bases on errors, Hartford :; New Lon don, ?. Umpire, Flaherty, Time 1.45.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
GIANTS LOSE ID BOSTON IN AN EVENTFUL CAME. Brain, Brown and Strang Put Out of Contest by Um-
 pire Klem.
A WINNER
Cubs Lose to Cardinals and Yankees Take Double
 Header from Boston.

New York. June 24-The New York and Boston game to-day was full of events, but none Of them was inter esting. Three players, Brain, Brown and strang, were put out of the com test by Umpire Klem. The visitors used two pitchers. and the locals cali ed upon the services of three. The score by innings:
 R.H.E. Boston .......,2 112OOS O-1O F New York ...2 220O2O O-S S12 4 Batteries-Dorner, Young and Need- ham and Brown; Ferguson, Annes, Me Ginnity and Bowerman. Time-2:25. UndpireKlem.