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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-09
Grange Meetings
In Harrison Co.
ARE TO BE HELD THIS MONTH AT
A NUMBER OF POPULATION
CENTERS.

cLAEKSBURG. May "a schedule
Of Grans" meetings in Harrison coun.
~ has been arranged as follows:
Good Hope, Wednesday, May %,
nj O'Clock y. nj.
.lohnEown. Thursday. May %. at
. c'clcck p. IN.
List Creek. Thursday. May %. at
s O'Clock p. III.
Sem, Friday May %. ut .
O'Clock p. m.
WilsonhurS. Friday, May %, at 5
O'Clock p. m.
Bridgepart, Saturday, May %. at
. o'clock p. m.
shinnsion, Saturday, May %, at 5
O'Clock p. m.
Prof. T. c. Atkeson. dean Of the
college of agriculture at Morsantown
and master Of the State Grange, will
be among the principal speakers.
The meetings will be for the purpose
of either organizing or reoreanizing.
They will be free anu every one is
invited to attend.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-09
TheObserver


After you've gone and done It, at.
er If IS too late. when you nave al.
ready dlsgraeed yourself and family,
don't waste your time trying 10 keepl,
II out OF the paper cit wouldn't be
in the paper II you had acted right
The reporters don't make the news.
|, Is their duty to chronicle the hap.
penings and II they don't turn in" an
Item they wrong their emplorer and
fall 10 do their duty towards the pub.
lie. II you'll Just think beforehand
how 1t will look in print the chances
are the dlsgracetul episode will neye:
take Place.
A Missouri woman Is suing an edi.
Tor because lie said in an obituary that
her husband had gone to a happier
home. 1t never pays for an editor u
sa! "hst ne thinks.
Lay my ulster by the bedside,
Ny goloshes on the chair;
Have chest protector handy,
Put the umbrella there;
Get a sui, of heavy aannels.
From my furs chase moths away;
For I'm to be Queen Of the May, moth.
er, :.
I'm to be Queen of the May.
Better have the doctor waiting,
Keep a mustard plaster hot:
Fix some dope TO rub my lungs with,
| shall need II, like as not:
And II friends should come to see me-
You will simply have to say,
That | have been Queen Of the May,
mother.
| have been Queen Of the May.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-09

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-09

tFrom the Philadelphia Record,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-09
German Tariff Asreerf:nt.

New York Tribune.
The new tariff agreement with Ger.
many, the text OF which has Just been
made public, goes much further than
tie modus rlyendi OF 1896, soon TO ex.
pire by Limitation. II offers, In tact,
a basis for permanent trade under.
standing between Germany and the
( United States; for 1t should be motto.
ed that provision Is clearly made for
an indefinite continuance. should the
new arrangement work satisfactorily.
The convention Is to become operative
on July next and continue In effec,
for one year. But II neither country
gives notice Of denuncIatIon before
January l, 1908, 1t shall remain in
force until six months after such no.
tice Is given. In other words, vide
latitude is secured for further neeo.
tiations, should such negotiations ap.
pear desirable TO either sIgner Of the
compact.
So far as concessions In rates are
concerned, Germany gets n renewal Of
those she now has. with the addition
of q reduction on champagne. The
. United States secures the admission
TO Germany at conventional rates OF
afA per cent. Of the articles uow Ell
ioying that privilege. General ma.
chinery and typewrters are to pay
maximum charges after July l. The
United States stipulates to simplify
some Of the Administrative customs
. rules of which complaint has been
made by foreign producers. The agree.
emnt will remove sources OF friction
which have been more annoying 10
German commerce than the Dlngley
duties themselves and will DO no In.
, jury to American producers. A way
Will be opened for the enlargement OF
our trade with Germany on terms of
amlty and mutual advantages. There
never was any good reason for com.
mercial hostilities and the people Of
both nations will rejoice that good
Judgment and good temper have
smoothed out the difficulties occasion.
ed by Germany's adoption OF the dual
tariff system TO foster her own ends
In Eastern and Central Europe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-09

The souvenir postal craze is slowl.
dying out. Many Fairmont people ara
now on their second and third albums
and Il few collectors are fully rs ell.
thusiastic as they were last summer.
departing friends are not "Send me
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-09

"pementia Circusania" is prevalent.
1t Is peculiar disease and generally
breaks out about the middle of May
OF each year. Because you have had
1t does not make yon immune: insteal
ii tends TO make you Il better subject
for 1t.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

for Rogers and Rockefeller, and the
rumor is getting In its work. Even
Barry Conant is growing a bit anx
ious. The latest talk is that Reinhart
is borrowing hundreds of millions on
Anti-People's. and that his loans are
being called in all directions DO you
know Reinhart is At his place in Vir
ginia and cannot get here before TO
morrow night II Bob breaks through
crash yet
AN right. Fred" l answered. Il
will go over to Bob's right now. I
hate to do it. but there is no other
hope"
dropped the receiver and started
for Bob's Office. As went through
his counting room one of the clerks
said, They have just broken Anti
Peoples to 80 on a bulletin that Tom
Reinhart's wife and only daughter
have been killed in an automobile ac-
cident at their place in Virginia. They
first had ii that Reinhart himself was
killed That has been corrected al
though the latest word is tha. ne is
prostrated"
raped on Bob's private-office
door felt the coming struggle as
heard his hoarse below. Come in"
He stood at the ticker. with the tape
in one hand. while with the other he
held the telephone receiver to his ear
MY God. what a picture for stage
His magnificent form was erect. his
feet were as firmly planted as if he
were made of bronze. his shoulders
thrown hack as II he were withstand
ing the rush Of the Stock Exchange
hordes. his eyes afire with sullen.
smouldering blaze. his jaw was set in
a way that brought into terrible relief
the new. hard lines Of desperation
that had recently come into his face
His great chest was rising and falling
as though he were engaged in . physi
cal struggle: his perfect-fitting. heavy
black Melton cutaway coat. thrown
back from the chest. and low.
rundown white collar formed the
setting for throat and head that re-
bay on the mountain crag awaiting
the coming Of the hounds and hunters
hesitated at the threshold to catch
my breath. as took in the terrific
figure. Had Fob Browney been an
enemy of mine ] should have backed
more than my fair share q cowardice
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

= sAe eae - Vho1 - had so.a. aae
sAs yrice cut - Eeo. Tss M@a abs
80 short &as pEo : Zee sa4.ases
before as beca eagerly cSsss4ss sis
Droasz Ess kucx thzf rhes had beet
:s-acs - ls-s- sec-.sse fhs E.~E frou
shsss 10 ha4 sa-rs&~d his sho-t
ssscEa far ac4iEc-y soEis NJ In sS
ccaaisioE 20 repay Sos sheaa. The nexf
"a 3hen thcy saoEla b. sessraed -
h.4- The ~shors~ assH -as himself
thsrefore ~lsas stocks he had
bought 10 cover has short sslc. In
Argressiag the Pz.ce hs had pe.H
Sorkirz azainzf hiz can pScke; n
stead 81 against thc balls he had
ehouzhi be xas cp.,osssx All sas
eonf sssoa ane black acsB&i-. There
is. indeed. no bsseAcT place han The
eoor of the stock exchange after a
panic cyclen. has s~eyi H. and ~
~; lingering IN its corners. while the
survivors 81 Us fury a. no; kaOS
~nets her or moi 1t ~in again gather
force.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

oI ~ -NAi OooNS- - 49, oDy o
seGSsi aSoe sk< y~os~s pA-s 10 reGs
lsie and csutrol the s<~ sysses4 ~
roea.Ty. ~ossa ~ srsalhs 9Th AZ
parsIlcsee assasser-nes 10 tie -sys-
seas- hss TO the s--oas~
SsIc~ Bots F.ssEn fresa Esroys
had s-.sn him ssf f.s ;i.ses ID
10 octosseF IEf be had nof i-een l.S-
the ssacs k.>chAas. or -tks s,r~e; =
shorty aftcF III. listing % the f'eo
pie Be Damned as the street had
shes ~ a. has ofisce rcgusAri, This
~as the conastloe o ~asirs ~hea
Fred fsre~psey caIaed ms ss 80 the
telcphon.. as ! related s' the bexsa
ming q M story which did nes real
10 ! had been 50 long Va telling
nv tsoagh;s had been chasing each
other with lizhinins like Eapidsiy back
oseF the last 1--WE years and she rs b..
ior~ them. and each thesszhs asc;rcnca
The BLACK mist oser my present mcn-
tai visioa- In the midst ~ ny re
fisctious my Telephone raax again.
MIR Randolph. for Heavens sake
have you done nothing yci7" u was
Fred Bro~rley's voice. Things are
frigbtfsl here Bobs brokers are sell
iHs stocks a' i've and ten thousand
lot clips. Barry Conant is l.adinr
Reinharts forces II h said he has
the pools protection order IN Anti
People and that n Is unlimited bui
bob has the Eeiuhart crowd pretty
badly scared Swan has just finished
giving Conani a hundred thousand on
the reel in lu.a"" lots. and be told
me a moment ago he vas soing 10
get Bob himself to face Barry Conani.
They're down 20 points ON the aver
age. although they haven't let Anti
People break an eighth yet They
have h pcgged at los. bat there Is an
ugls rumor just in that Bob. under
cover of general ATTACK. T. unloading
Anti Peoples ON to the Beinhart wing
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28
cuA0vGa *.

The governing committee VAS hold
iee a meeting IN its room Bob rushed
In uncoreDoniousiy.
One cord. gentlemen" he called
II have mere trades outstanding. both
Nuys and sells. than any other mem
her or hosse. Before deciding whether
10 sdjoarn IN an attempt to save the
Street ! ask yoar consideration Of
this proposition If the exchange will
suspend operations for 30 minutes.
and allow me to address the mem
bers On the floor. | will axres to buy
stocks all around the room. until they
have rcgsined al least half their drop
all OF 1t. If possible ! VIII buy un-
iii ! have exhausted to the last hun
dred my fortune of a billion dollars.
This should make an adjournment un-
necessary. I know that this is a most
extraordinary request. but you are
confronted with most extraordinary
situation. the most remarkable In the
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

TIE way 10 talk to me In your own Of
ace" At any time before. my words
and tone would have touched his all
generous southern chivalry. but now
he s"'1 Slrshly-"To he'll w I senti-
ment. What" He did net AXE his
eyes from mine. but they tolI me tha,
he was listening to a voice in the re-
ceiver. Only for second; then he
let loose wild laugh, which must
have r"1etr7'"d to the outer Office.
"Eish y ;nd coming like spring
freshet," he said into the mouthpiece.
and the boys want to know if won't
let up now that Reinhart is down Go
back and smother them with all they
will take down to GO. That's nv an.
swer. Tell them if Reinhart had ten
more wives and daughters and they
were all killed. I'd rend his damned
trust to help him dull his sorrow. Give
the word at every pole that will
have Reinhart where he will curse
his luck that he was not in the auto
mobile with the rest of his tribe
To hell with sentiment" He was
speaking to me again. What do vou
WANT N you are here to beg for
Reinhart and his pack of yellow ours.
you've got your answer. | wouldnt
let up on that fiendish hyena. not IL
his wife and daughter and all the
dead wives and daughters of every
System man came back in their
grave clothes and begged. I wouldn't
let up share" I gasped in horror.
When did these robbers of men
and despoilers of women and children
ever let ap because OF DEATH When
we're they ever known to wait even
till the corpse stifened to pluck out
the hearts of the victims, 1t is my
turn now. and if I let up a hair may !,
yes. and Beulah. too. he damned
eternally damned"
too. should become mad. | reached
for the doorknob. but before | could
swing the door open Bob was upon
me like wolf. He grasped NE by
the shoulders and with the strength
Of nadman hurled me half across
NO. you don't. Jim Ranlo,rh. no,
you do1t. Y1u came here for so-.e
thing and by hca-en. Won vi ell
me wat il is. yo.; l.7o- -. r,u
arc TIE only hu~-aa bein- wh1 does
You know vhsf 49, II 20 -vha.
am. Soa r-~w .-~ a.. =,
mo to make me Aa@t am. .yu
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

re szscl su .ae -os-zas1sSs ID sSss
sess
b.. E.zeEaAs .s-Oes 70 Re s.eHs
j.xs- Vacated es u. szessaezi ihe
crpsd as sUxizx age eseFs "~ss
Vie The -sckor ~~S ~izs-at h1S-'ae
. ts.-p bia.sssYA o. this e-- -sezalrsAss
Situation IN bTokerA~c shSss- h"~ess-
And Banks shTsgensai The Country
.sa IN a fs~ uliastcs tas Hess "a
zoala be in sse capitals o f.'as"s's-
Never tesor. n history did sa~H A>ss
sach a. audseaee-zne whole cisin@*a
world Already azose f-e1 ~Ah-
Broad asa Ne~ streets. Snlcn sur
round the exchange. the hoasse bet
lsx O. she gathering h0Edes- bei1se
fh.s ticker ssouid SauoGace tae re
Sua4ptsoa of business these ~enia
namDer hundreds Of thousands tos
the financial district for m1Ee shaa an
hour had been a saTein2 aoh
Fog once al leas; the m.ch-aes'ea
phrase. HE looked the part could
be used in all ;rsthfslaess- As Rob
err B-oxaiey thFes back his head
and shoulders aai faced that crowd
OF men. some oi whom he had hurt
maay of xhom fe had bsggarcd- .-Ha
all of whom he mad tortured. he pre-
seri.d a pictgr. such as royal hao
recently from the iungies and Just
freed from his case might have mae
Dcfancc. difference. contempt ana
pity all blended in his mien. but over
ali was an lam -the-one- -yoaaFe-the-
many ATMOSPHERE of confidence that
turned nay spinal culamn into . mer-
curry tube. tie began to speak
Men OF Wal street.
You have just Witnessed record
breaking slaughter. have asked
permission to talk to you for the pur-
pose of showing yOu how any mem
ber of a great stock exchange may ~
any time do what / have done TO
day Weigh well what | am about TO
say 10 You During the last quarter
of a century there has grown up I'm
this free and fair land of ours a sys-
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

I-sa-diy ! sh~sAeA God sazt Bst szs
sE hss o0cs 1nsses6 sf oa rae foos 81
the k-xcrAzse fais ~n.iic : - ace
s.S frIsn-fai tts zae~cd ~ cxc-y
hns sad Bassnsenf thai b. ~.s a Ran
chs ~ossa n-=ssAss a. nn-hsss- eve.
- killing II ke seos4a naa . hausaa
obstacle in hss roaa asa h4s nssxa
shoala ss-Ssess na.-acs he 49, the
persoa8hcstson of sks nscsf assal ussa-
pess. Even Sbcn b. caught ssxh- of
nse. be- hardly nsescc asshe1GA ~
coasins 1as; nAss sss.a a suEprsss
- 81 Is yes. Jana kanasl.,t 10 IT.,
whaf brings yea here Hss Sosc~
~ss hoArss. b.; II had q uscsslssc ring
thai Scn' 10 my marrow tsoe fs-osn-
lcy IN all the wears Of cur friendship
had never spoken TO uss except in
kind and loving regard ! is-,Aed .;
him. stunned I mus; have shown
how hurt ! was. Hut IL he sas 81. ~
gave Hs sssn- HIS eyes. s,oking
than n he had been addressing his
deadhesi enemy.
Again his voice rang cut. What
brings yog here IC yoa come to
plead AGAIN for thai bastard Re.nhart
after the warning | gave yoa7-
| cienchcd both hands until I telt
the nails cut the flesh Of nay palms I
loved Bob Bro~nley I would have
dome anything 10 make him happy.
would willingly have sacrificed my
own lifs To pro;ect his frcm himself
or Others. bat this madman. this wild
brute was no more Bob Frovnley as
! had known him than the howling
northeast gale of December is the
gentle. welcome zephyr Of August
and ! felt a resentment at his brutal
speech that I could hardly suppress
With a mighty effort I crushed it
back. irving 10 think of nothing bui
his awful misery and the Hob 81 our
college days
I said In a firm voice. Bob. is this
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

tenn by which the few take from the
many the results of their labors. The
men VINO take have no more license.
from God or man, to take, than have
those from whom they fitch. They
are not endowed by God with su-
perlor wisdom. nor have they per
formed for their fellow-mep any labor
or given to them anything of y1lue
that entities them to what they take.
Their only license to plunder is their
knowledge of the system of trickery
and fraud that they themselves have
created. No man can gainsay this.
for on every side is the evidence
Men come into Wall street at sunrise
without dollars; before that same sun
sets they depart with millions. So
all-powerful has grown the system OF
oppression that single men take in a
single lifetime all the savings OF q
million of their fellows. To-day the
people. 10000, 900 strong. are Shaving
for the few. and their pay is their
board and keep. | saw this robbery
| felt the robbers scourge. | sou-ht
the secret. I found it here. here in
this gambling hell. / found thar the
stocks we bought and sold were mere
gambling chips: that the man who
had the biggest stack could beat his
opponent on the board; that his op-
ponent was TIE wcrld, because al,
men directly CT indirectly PLAYED the
stock gambling game. To win If was
but necessary 10 have unlimited
chlps. II chips were bought and sold
on equal terms. by all. no one could
buy more than he could pay for. and
the game. although still a gambling
one, would be fair. A few master
tricksters. dollar magicians. long ago
seeing this condition. invented the
system by which the people are ruth.
lesSly plundered The system they
invented Was simple. SO simple that
for quarter Of . century 1t has re-.
mained undiscovered by the world NJ
la-~e-a7' ever by you. who profess
TO ne - It's. No man thought TIA,
A free reof le who had in en- ed 10 Al.
" AL TIE equal use of every ayenue
the attainment OF wealth. ana
No j ended to provide for the safe.
-i.-.u-ns Of wealth after 1t was ne.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28
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and adapted to weRAn's dsiscase sysse0-
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d.. = ~ zs;IE7 i.fzR S16
n a Powerful invieasasing toaic -Fa-
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the y Lule Sy~i.sIa and H. The orrans dis
tiBctiy feminine In particular. tw oses-
worked. NHorn-oHt-T rHn-tsssn.H aebtAr
tai.a teachers. niliin.rs. ar.--makers,
scam-tross.s. shots-cirls.- hou-s- keeIssrA,
nHFSiag ussihers. alss. fsssnis wvgen gen
orally. Ir. Ftcrce's Fasorite fr.scriptioa
l. the greatest earthly fsson- t-iing TN
cgual.a a. an appeiizin9 cordial aud ~
s;nrat8ve tonic.
As a ss-athlnE and strengthening nerv.
inc -EsVorite Prescription y gpcqnaieo
ai.i 10 iuN sluable IN sliaying and sub
diiing uorvon- eScitahiiity. irrItahiii'y,
IrrVons exhaustion. uerNeu> Prostitution
neuralgia. hy-i'ria. spssms. st Nifss' ,
dance. and other distressing. Dcrvon,
symptoms commonly attendant uIr,r
functional aud organic disease of the
uterus. IL induces refreshing sleep aud
relieves mental anxiety and daspnndencv
ir Iirrcr's PleaSaut Pellets inv gora,s
the - tfr1arh. liver aud bowels. One 4
three as-e. Lasy ~ tsss a. candy.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-28

history Of the stock exchange. Al
ready, |! what they say on the floor
is correct, over 200 banks and trust
companies throughout the country
have gone under, and new failures
are being announced every minute.
Half the members of this and the
Boston and Philadelphia exchanges
are insolvent and have closed their
doors. or will close them before three
SO far reported runs over fifteen bill
lio.ls. Unless something is done be-
fore the close. there VIII be similar
panic in every exchange and bourse
in Europe tomorrow.
The committee instantly voted to
lay the proposition before the full
board In another minute the presi-
dents gavel sounded. and the floor
was still as tomb. All eyes were
fixed on the president. Every man
in that great throng knew that upon
the announcement they were about to
hear, might depend. at least tenn
porarily. the welfare. not only of
W All Sli'tA. OuL vi lue HdllOn per
haps even of the civilized world. The
president spoke:
Members of the New York Stock
Exchange:
The governing commit instructs
me to say that Mr.. Robert Brownley
has asked that operations he suspend
ed for 80 minutes. in order that he be
allowed TO address YOU. Mr. Brown
ley has agreed. if this request be
granted. he will upon resumption Of
operations purchase sufficient
amount o. stock to raise the average
price OF all active shares at least one
half their total drop-all of it. II DOS
sirle. He agrees to buy to the limit
Of his fortune Of billion dollars. |
now put Mr.. Brownley's reques: to q
vote. All those in favor Of granting
II viii signify tfc same by saying
Yes.
A nit, hty roof-liftine Yes" sound
ed th-cu n the room
'Ail those cpToseG. No.
here vas a deaf - '-ush