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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1907-08-30
sd. NJ. T. I" Club,

Mrs. j. w. Walker entertained the
members of the ID. Nj. r." Club and
their visitors at Mystery dinner We'd
nesday. After several games OF AZ were
played, the hostess presented menu
card to each visitor and requested them
to give their order for dinner. After a
lively guessing of dishes. which afforded
much fun for every one present the
que SITS were asked to the dining room.
where u delicious dinner was served.
Club mem bers present were:
Mesdames Jno. w. Effert. E. w.
Peery. G. e Cannon, Chas. r Pepper.
w. w. Buck, c. w. Davis. Sam Cornett,
p. G. Hankla. Misses Leta Davis aud
Ida Baumgardner. Visitors present
we're: Mrs. G. K. Herman, of Bristol,
and Miss Nellie Mathes, of Washington
D, c.
Mrs. Walker was assisted in receiving
| by her sister, MISS M little Buchanan.
| Altogether this was one of the most de-
| lightful social events of the season, and
every body had q fine time.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1907-08-30
Kewanee. Ill.

We are having some fine weather ut
present and the farmers are busy thresh
! ing and saving their grain, oats being
only half a crop ranging from to 80
! bushels to the acre.
Since the telegraph operators went on
strike, the Central Union Long Dis
lance Telephone boards have been
swamped with calls, instead of using
one girl for the work, the line which
has connections all over the United
States are now using two girls greater
part OF the time.
Oats are selling for 40 cents, and at
that price the dealers find it bard TO
get enough to fill their orders.
August Wagner, prominent bust
ness man OF this city, while attempting
to get off OF moving street car, was
hurled to the concrete pavement crush
ing his skull just above the right eye
near the temple rendering him uncon-
scous and causing death few hours
later.
Mrs. j. 4. Gillespie is visiting her sis
ter MRS NJ. n. Walls in this county.
Prof. Stephens located at ZIG N. Main
St, is widely exciting the curiosity of
the people by his peculiar way of cur
ing aud relieving the sick aud suffering
1t is only question whether this
young man will not In time be able to
i RAISE the dead.
MACH MIST BILL.
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kilnberling.

The members Of Kimberling church,
are making preparations tc erect wire
fence around the cemetery, which IS a
much needed improvement.
Mr.. j. Robert Repaes is able to be out
again after having a few weeks tussle
With typhoid
Master Rrown Dutton, was visiting
Cla ude and Aubrey Fisher, last Sunday
Mr.. Chas. r. Copenhaver and wife,
were visiting MIR. and Mrs. Kellus Fish
or, last Sunday.
Mrs. r. G. Huddle. returned to Bris-
tol Tuesday, after an extended visit to
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Huddle.
Mr.. Emmett King of Cincinnati, Ohio
was prompted through a matrimonial
agency, to come down and claim for
his own, Miss Eva Musser, daughter OF
ii r: and Mrs. Jonas Musser. They left
I on No. u Saturday for the grooms home
in Circinnati. We wish them whole
bushel ofjoy, and ten crates of happine &c.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1907-08-30

I'll should be elected will do all 1
can for the destruction OF the whiskey
traffic, ard do all l can to benefit the
district.
I am in favor of woman suffrage SO
far aa voting on the liquor question, as
they aud their children are the sufferers.
Now. / will say have no hope of be-
ing elected unless men voteas they pray,
and say the Lords prayer and mean
what they say, deliver us from evil
r. all men will vote MS they pray, they
will bring glory to their country. Vote
as you pray! W p. COOPER.
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The GalaX FAIR.

Come to the Great Fair at Galax, Va,
September 4, 5 and 6.
We have "si.ns and wonders to chow
you. Will have more than one hun.
dred OF the finest race horses 10 the
Eastern States. and all kinds of special
attractions. Each day at the height OF
several thousand feet an aeronaut will
be shot from cannon with a report
that can be heard for miles. Come and
see Galay, the baby town with it's two
thousand inhabitants, the largest city
according to age in Virginia, SPECIAL
rates from all points between Bristol
Roanoke and Bluefield. r. E. cox, SEC y
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1907-08-30
NOTICE

All parties indebted to the Rural Re
treat Telephone Co., (the Old Co.. are
hereby notified that we shall expect all
claims due the company pad by Oct. Let
1907, as we have sold all our interests
in the telephone business to the New
Co., and desire to close up the business
at once. Settlements can be made with
r. M. Davis at the Bank. All claims
not paid by the time mentioned, will be
placed in an officers hands for collection
Respectfully,
j. M. PHIPPs. Pres.
JNo. W. ErFFERT Gen'l Mgr.
E. M. DAVIS, Sec't'y, Treas
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1907-08-30
Letters To The Editor
Mr.. EDITOR.

There seems to be a great
wave sweeping over the country, and
saloons are being put out Of business in
almost every locality. This may bs ell
right SO far as it goes. We want soma
thin. stronger than local option; we
want prohibition throughout the land.
and make it as great crime to make
and sell liquor for anything but rnedleln
al purposes as to make and pass ccun-
terfeit money; and so fix the law that
any one hauling or carrying any into
community should be punished like
paseing counterfeit money. I think
ii law Of that character would have IA
good effect in stopping the traffic, an /
would save many q man from drum X
ard g grave. and prevent two.thirds OF
the murders in the country.
1t seems the sale OF liquor and the
making Of counterfeit money are all
for the profit in them. Eliminate the
profit and add punishment instead.
Far back as the gospel dispensation the
churches OF all the different denomina
I tions have preached. prayed and shout
ed for the destruction of the evil for
three hundred and sixtv-foar days in
the year, and on the three hundred and
sixty-6fth walk up to the polls and vote
for men who are in favor OF licensing ga
looms. This is the reason our country
IS in the shape it is. Now, some years
ago / remember reading the President's
annual message. In that document he
congratulated his people upon the TACT
that during the past year the amount OF
internal revenue taxes collected ex-
ceeded any other during the entire his.
tory of the governments; and my infof-
mation 10 that the author of that most
remarkable document was an official
member OF church In high standing ln
one of the largest cities; aud to th,aswof
derful declaration it seems tho
people all SAID amen.
In the last analysis from pr
standpoint what doss this sta
true mean? 1t means moE
was made, sold and drank; % M
aud fines: more heart bTJ
more children made orphaF and more
drunkard's souls sent to hell that year
than ever before in the history OF the
country for the same period of time.
Then away with thh revenue ON whls
key; it's nothing but the price OF blood,
and the jewish high priests would not
put blood money in their treasury, but
ordered it to be used to buy potter's
fisld to bury strangers in. Our govern
ment uses it for other purposes-:or
building prisons and erecting gallows.
/ am getting to be very old man and
have never asked for office. AS am
a Prohibitionist and prohibition is com
ling, now declare myself candidate
for the 9TH senatorlkf district on the
prohibition platfornls I will not be able
TO see all the voters la the district, but
will try and notlfyihem.
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Letter to p. Snavery.
RurnI kefycnf IN

De1r Sir: A ten-year-old boy came
nt5a store fora quart OF white paint
ai.d said: "They are nice letters Devoe
writes. ant they, Mr.. Knight" In
Bridgton, Maine.
"Are they what brought you here?'
asked the merchant. Eyes; ma said
get a quart of white; and I've come for
the leastgallors paint"
That boy'll be a man before his mother.
Yours truly
30 WDEvOE & co
P. s. Humphreys Davidson H'dw' Co.,
Wytheville. sell our paint.
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Noble, va.


The farmers are very busy threshing
in this section.
Rev. Guy passed through this vicinity
going to Speedwell.
Miss Mary Catherine Lambert spent
last week yson Co., with relatives.
M es kins and P auline
Elsaf Ford were the
d. and Matte Neff
f
ss Sarion gave our lit
I'll ~. call last Thursday.
in Thomson OF Groseclose is
visl I relatives in this neighborhood.
j. ,ln Ward gave the young folks a
lawn party" Wednesday night.
Mrs. Emory Vaught aud Mrs. Emory
Phillippi passed through these parts
Saturday.
zee vausht IS very y with typhoid
I
ohm Burkett and Charlie Musser. OF
soseclose we're seen 10 these ports Sat
s-day evening; some attraction. sup.
Use.
John Walters and Miss Scott Hour
nell were out Sunday for pleasant
i've.
Lnn Neff spent Sunday in his vicinity.
I'd Lambert passed through going
Son after his wife. PINE KNOT.
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akins and p auline
Ford were the
and Matte Nef
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Paint and Ocean rraveI.

1.-THE worst feature or ocean travel
Is never mentioned in steamship COM
pany prospectuses or in books Of trav-
ell" said returned tourist. 1T is not
seaslckness. for only a few are taken
that way in the ocean greyhounds that
neither rock nor pitch. 1t is not the
narrow quarters or the inferior cook
ing or the tipping habit 1t is paint.
There is always wet paint on an ocean
steamer, and there is never sign on
1t to warn passengers. The modern
sailor is a painter. constantly welding
the brush, always painting some part
Of tile ship or other. There is hardly
a passenger on an ocean liner that does
not land from voyage with some ar.
ticle Of apparel damaged by paint A
sailor told me once that every ship is
entirely repainted inside and out at
least three times a year The work
goes on constantly in port and on the
sea, and the passenger never can es-
cape."-Philadelphia Record.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Ga Harst,s nasebaII Trouble..


AZ the close Of that memorable sea.
son when Tim Hurst managed the
Browns for Won der Abe he laid over ID
Philadelphia on his way to his home
up the state, aud while in the Quaker
City he told his daily experiences
while running the Mound City club.
MY Mondays" said Timothy, were
devoted to telling the st. Louis sporting
editors how l was going to win the
pennant the next year Tuesdays
would be kept busy denying to the club
owners that had ever made any such
statements. Wednesdays would be
explaining to the newspapers why we
weren't winning games. Thursdays l
would bd lighting with Chris to keep
him from timing the players all the
money they had coming to them. Fri.
days would generally be busy all day
getting the terms of pitchers that no
batter could hit"
And on Saturdays"
"On Saturdays would spend the
day signing players that couldn't hit
any kind OF pitching. Duluth Herald.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
1t Made a Difference,

An excited man rushed into a Law
yers office and without any prelirnl.
nary burst out, HAS husband righ.
to open his wifes lettersY Certainly
sir, certainly" was the reply. "Opep
all you please" "Well. here is a letter
my wife has written to your wife and
asked me to deliver I think there's
something unpleasant in it about me.
wish you'd open 1t and If there is just
burn it." "Humph! Does my wife
know your wife is going to write to
her" Yes" and II my wife doesn't
get this letter she'll soon find it out,
won't she?" "Of course" ION second
thoughts" said the lawyer thought
fully, II believe there is legal finding
to the effect that 1t is a criminal Of.
Tense to open wlfe's letters. |
couldn't take the risk, sir; indeed,
couldn't"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
TELEPHONE
MEETING.
Association Expects to Connect Up
All Independent Lines in
the State.
Locn service VIII Be Improved
With Costly, Up.to-Date
Outfit.

AT recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee OF the West Virginia
Telephone Association held in Park
ersburg, 1t was decided to hold the
second annual meeting of the asso-
citation in Wheeling on May 8 and 10
At the session of the executive COM
mittee there were present Messrs.
Davis, Of Parkersburg; Hanlon, of
Wheeling; Hutchinson, Of Hunting
ton, and Barnes, of Fairmont, four
Of the five members.
The association, which has for it's
object the connecting up Of all the
independent lines in the state, now
claims as members the officials of
over sixty Independent companies. 1t
was organized two years ago and the
meeting in Wheeling will be held on
the second anniversary Of the forma-
ton Of the association. The program
which will be carried out at the
Wheeling meeting will be announced
in few days.
Several advancements have been
made for the good of the independ-
ent service during the past few
months. In this section of the state,
the connecting up of a fine copper
wire between Clarksburg and Park
ersburg gives subscribers in this
section first class accommodations to
Parkersburg. The Wheeling COM
pany is constructing a fine line to
connect with the Consolidated COM
pany's line at Burton. When this is
completed the services to Wheeling
will not be surpassed.
In the southern part of the State,
Charleston and Huntington have
been connected and work is in prog
ress to connect there towns with
Point Pleasant which is now con-
nected with Parkersburg. When
this is done, all of the principal
cities of.the state can be reached by
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Lightning Flashes.

Lightning flashes in storm are
found by an English observer to be
much less irregular in period than
they appear. Such storms have usually
two focl, sometimes three, from which
the flashes radlate, and the discharges
from each come at regular intervals.
The apparent irregularlty is due to the
varying rates Of the different centers.
In one storm noticed the two focl were
about mile and a half apart, and in
an hour the northern center emitted
thirty flashes at intervals Of fifteen,
thirty, forty-hve, sixty and ninety sec
onds, and the southern center gave
sixteen flashes at intervals of seven
teen, thirty.four and ffty-one secondg.
Another unexplained observation Is
that just before each great fash there
Is a momentary faint lighting up Of the
sky in the stormy region.
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DEEDS RECORDED.


Ollie E. Williams to Mark F. Nc
Donnell, lot, Florence street, city.
Emma V. Shore to Dc F. House, /
lot, city.
Edo P. Beach to Thomas ]. Ben
nett, AZ acres, Grant district.
William Mcshane to John s. Junk,
1-2 Of 85 acres, sardis district.
Harvey W. Harmer, special com
missioner for Gordon Rishbaugh, to
Aaron j. Ashcraft, AZ acres, Ten
mile district.
Aaron ]. Ashcraft to Fred NJ. Ash
craft, AZ acres, sardis district.
clarksburg Realty Co. to Clarks-
burg Supply Co., lot, city.
M. F. snider, special commission
er for Park Coal Co., to James E.
Bartlett, lots, Coal district.
j. R. Hickman to Louis Schmidt.
l lot, Northview.
Charles H. Jones to Louis
Schmidt, / lot, Northvlew.
Attorney James E. Law is in
Wheeling on legal business.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Rheumatism

Ihavs found tried and tsssa cure iue IA
nAtismi EotA remedy that win straight n 8,
distorted limbs Of chronic cripples, nor tuEn 10
ETowths back to tiesh again. That is inpCs.
But can now surely kill TIE paths and paags
IBIS deplonble disease.
In Gsrmany-with . chemist IN tho claR
paEmstsdt-I found ths last ingreaiu1s "a.
which Or Shops Rheumatic Remedy Was ~
. perfected, dependable prescription. waAi
that last ingredient. successfully trcasoa M
many cases OF Rheumatism; butno last M
Iormly cures ali cunble Cnses Of this Asrosull
much dreaded disease Those sand.liks ETansa
wastes, found in Rheumatic blood. seem odiszsa
and pass away under the action Of this reusssg
treeiy as does sugar when added to pGye WaA
Ana then, when dissolved, these polsonoua va
treely pass from the system, and the eaus
Rheumatism is gone forever. There is now
real nesd-no actual excuse TO suffer lonSer %
OUt hSlp, We sell. and In conadeneevrSooaA
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Political Complexities
At the Grand Tonight

lavish production. both from sar-
torial and scenic standpoint, and
given The Mayor of Laughland" a
cast of uniform brilliancy. There
is numerous chorus of pretty,
nimble-footed girls, who, while not
disporting themselves before the
footlights are changing from one
costume TO another. There are. as a
matter Of fact, no less than eleven
complete changes Of wardrobe for
the chorus during the three acts Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

Alicia makes great demands on the
artist playing her with different
first act, simple peasant girl with
hardly a care. The second act finds
her at court, to the life Of which she
adapts herself, seemingly without
difficulty. In the third act we find
her disguised as a boy, and, d tre-
mendous sword fight, in which she
is one of the two principals, ends the
moods, her growth from young girl
to a woman, and the different ex-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Youthful Mislnformatlon,

Among the answers to questions at
a recent school examination were the
following interesting examples of
youthful mlsinformatlon: "Gross igno-
rance Is IA times as bad as just ordi-
nary ignorance" "Anchorlte. an old
fashioned hermit sort OF a fellow who
has anchored hIsself to one place"
The liver Is an Internal organ" "Va-
CUM Is nothing with the air sucked
out of 1t put up in pickle bottle. 1t is
very hard to get"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Echo vsr,ss.

Echo verses were sometimes used
effectively for epIgrams and squlbs
Thus critic once wrote:
I'd faln praise your poem. But. tell me.
how Is 1t
When cry out exquisite" echo cries
quiz it?'
And when in 1881 Paganinl was
drawing crowds to the opera house at
extravaganza prices the Times printed
the following lines:
What are they who pay three guineas
To hear tune Of Puganinis?
Echo-Pack O ninnieSl
London Graphic.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

Waters's first season under the man
agement of Messrs. Nixon & thinner.
man. Mr.. Fred c. Nixon-Nirdlinger.
general manager for that firm and
all-around theatrical promoter, is
responsible for several well known
stars, and is confident that Waters
will soon rank among the top
notchers in his particular line. Mr..
Nirdlinger has equipped him with a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

periences that come to her with the
change of surroundings, In the
act. The last act closes with a
charming scene between the girl and
the man she loves. Altogether the
Characterization is most satisfy
ing one and one leaves the theatre
charmed with the artist and her art.
Miss Emerson will be seen here to-
morrow night, Feb. %.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
TELEGRAPHIG TIPS
[Ry Associated Press.1

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 27-The
court of appeals decided in favor Of
George W. Perkins, vice president Of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, in the matter of the charge of
grand larceny made against him in
connection with the payment Of
funds of the New York Life to the
Republican national campaign in
1904. 1t had no larceny owing to
the absence of criminal intent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Announcement

HAPGooDs sre pleased to not3Rp
their many friends IN ClarkObura,
Fairmont and vicinity, that thSB
have opened a branch once In
Clarksburg, w. Va, and will be Elsa
to interview any employers inteFAss.
ed In securing competent help, -
we'll as employees DESTROYS OF seSEE-
Ing better positions.
This win be q great boon 70 en-
ployers In this section, who, prev
ious to this time, have bee3 Gem
PEELED to rely on their own resOuPoas
In filling vacancies that necessarily
occur from time TO time.
HAPG00DS Is a National Organ
ization Of Employment Experts asa
handle only high grade men.
Mr.. Frank A. WlHison, With -
fees in Oak Hall building, has beaN
appointed our representative IN
charge Of this district and win ba
glad to call on you, and explain
HAPGooDs proposition to you moga
fully.
Write, phone or call, Rooms ST.
is Oak Hall Bldg, Clarksburs, ".
Va. Home phone A54-A85.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
Oniy Two in Office,

A man in a certain township was
elected constable. The members of
me family were much elated and could
scarcely contain themselves with their
newly acquired civic honors. At last
one Of the smaller children said to the
wife, MA, are we all constables?"
The mother replied: "Gwan, child
Nobody's constable but me and your
pav-Atchison Globe.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

and the head officials and manage
ment Of the Big Four guilty of gross
negligence in the case of the train
disaster here January 10. He also
finds Engineer Trip, Of the passen-
ger train, running the train at a
reckless speed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
1.-THE Mayor Of Laughland" win Be
Nominated and Elected in Very
Amusing Manner.

Among the most promising OF the
new generation of musical comedy
stars is Tom Waters, who comes to
the Grand opera house tonight in his
newest creation, THE Mayor Of
Laughland." Although he has been
before the public several years, and
is well known in this city, this is Mr..
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. az
Chief Engineer Stevens of the Pan
ANA commission has resigned. Stew
ens's resignation was by letter to
the President and asked that he be
relieved as soon as he can be re-
placed by competent person. The
President accepted his resignation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

His Majesty and the Maid"
In the part of Alicia, the Maid, in
the romantic play, "His Majesty and
the Maid" Mary Emerson has the
most congenial part of her career.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27
independent lines.

independent lines.
Bids have been asked for by the
Consolidated company for the outfit
which will be installed in the Fair
mont exchange.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

FOWLER, Ind. Feb. 27-Coroner
Comley finds Assistant Train Dis
patcher Sears, Conductor Mills, En-
gineer Robbie of the freight train,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-27

this merry farce. A carload of
scenery and several notable electrical
effects add to the merit of the pro.
duction.
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Come, have a laugh with
us.