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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

lin order that the votes may have
time to come IN from the outer dis
ltricts no ahnopnc cement win be made
Iof the votes TIL Tuesday evening and
! possibly not until Wednesday.
In addition to the pony outfit which
cannot be dupli on any market
for a less sum than $4,000 there viii
he awarded six beautiful diamond
rings and Ave gold watches all Of
which wilbe exhibited by the local
Jewellers during the contest who will
vouch for the value and genuineness
Of the articles as claimed by this pa
per.
The contest is open to the boys, girls
and ladies Of Marion county and while
it Will be In a measure a test of pop,
ulartty still even this much coveted
attribute may not be the true test Of
Leadership as 1t will be an event In
which personal effort and courage with
a pegslRteHfY Of purpose will largely
enter. So! r .i..S a.. -
The plan on which these prlzes are
to be distributed is, you will find, 9
most equitable one. giving all particl.
pants an equal show. The capital
prize is to be awarded to the boy, girl
or lady receiving the highest number
Of votes in the entire county regard.
less OF district Limitations, more fully
set out herein, and after this selection
is determined the other prizes are to
be divided into three districts as fol-
lows: District number one includes all
Of Fairmont and Fatrmont lndepend-
ent districts. District number two In.
cludes all Of Warrington, Lincoln and
Pawpaw districts, and district mum.
her three Includes all Of Grant, Win
field, Union and Union Independent
districts. TF,Tl.-S 4 4 = t,=i - IS.
To the person receiving the highest
number OF votes In each OF the three
districts will be awarded $4,000 dia-
mont ring, and to the person receiving
the next highest number of votes will
be given a $500 diamond ring. Aside
from the main contest there will be
awarded five beautiful gold watches
to the most popular one out OF each
Of the following classes: Glass num-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
THE PEOPLE'SFORUM
Wen Take the Bet.
FAIRMoNT, W. VA,
July 20, 1907.

Editor West Virginian,
Dear Sir:-1 see Judge Mason's pic.
ture and his declInatIon in the Times
this morning of the State candidacy
for governor Of the State. The Times
seems to think that quite a boost for
swisher. Great men differ sometimes
That paper certainly has not made a
canvass when 1t makes an assertion
like that. There was a conversation
among about FIVE very prominent poll
ticians to-day, two Of them big Office.
holders, and one Of them Is thinking of
being candidate again. They all de.
cided that II swisher got the nomina.
ton for governor 1t would defeat the
county ticket, not to think Of the out.
come of the State. AS an uninterest'
ed spectator we will wager the ice
cream that Arnold scherr can beat
swisher in his own county.
Yours
A REpTTpTICAN.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
A GORGEOUS IRRIGATION
PAGEANT PLANNED FOR
SACRAMENTO CONGRESS-
A PARADE OF MAGNIFICENT
FLOATS, ALLEGoRlcALLY PoR.
TRAYlNG THE EVOLUTION OF
IRRIGATION A FEATURE OF THE
CELEBRATION.

Work will begin at once on the
floats for the grand irrigation pageant
to be held in Sacramento at the con.
clusion of the Fifteenth National If.
rIgation Congress in September. Char.
les Tidball, the designer and artist,
who makes speciality of such produc.
tions, is crossing the continent to take
charge of the details Of the demonstra.
tion. Tidball has a reputation for
unique effects In his line. He proposes
to distance his best efforts in the COM
ing event.
The irrigation parade will be one of
the most striking and gorgeous spec.
tacles ever attempted in the West. In
point Of splendor and magnifcence 1t
will rival the celebrated Mardl Gras
and Yelled Prophet shows Of New Or.
leans and st. Louis. The history Of
irrigation from the days Of the Phar.
obs down to the present time will be
superbly portrayed in a series OF huge
floats. Allegorlcal figures representing
the subject through all stages Of hu.
man progress from the very dawn OF
civilization in the cradle lands of the
race in the Orient, will be grouped in
magnificent tableaux, the like Of which
has never before been Witnessed on the
Pacific Coast. This sumptuous dis
play is but one of many attractive feat.
ures Of the festivities being arranged
for the entertainment Of Sacramento's
visitors next Santember, raa
In addition to the irrigation pageant
there will be a splendid electrical II.
Elimination and round Of fetes OF ex'
traordinary interest and charm. The
Board Of Control, whose members have
assumed the task of making the con.
gress and incidental entertainment q
memorable page in the city's annals,
are. determined that there shall not
be a dull moment for visitors during
the continuance 70 the Congress and
the Interstate Exposition Of Irrigation
and Forestry. Neither labor nor ex.
pense will be spared to effect that re-
suit. ID
The gorgeous irrigation spectacle
will be In line with the magnificent
display Of Irrigation and forestry pro-
ducts In the Interstate exposition, For
no similar event in the United States
| has there, been hang VI, q bigger a gte'
cation. OF such costly and exquisite
gold and silver trophies and valuable
prizes for coll ctiRe and indy iagalseSf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
THE PONY CONTEST THE SUBJECT
NOW o. GREA INTEREST
Many Votes Ar Coming into the Office To-day

NAY 6na HI All, 81 nf,stSiIies loianhnno
~ cify s;nnioses ine,Iiiiin Ne nol,cemen,
snd Sss5S - fyisss MN H. In.
cI1sse sSjasIaal 81 \ saie ~ sT g. ngofes.
sianaI man a. wo Il, Il tsiSs n nm,
fhree IYSeludes lTasIroad ftiasfi an cono.
many. elass house 81 ct6fy einnioye
G5ass, numher -four MONDE iodcs
members members AZ ans seorsf 81.
nublic orpaniEa fion. churcli as = ciely.
class number fiye include feachers
stenoefaphefs. sbook keenets baflk 81
nffice EMPLOYEES
. II costs nothing h, ,yote tr nominate
your. friends as A eot,p6r Will u mint.
ed Al each issue of IN n NINE II Vim
he good for Is votes IN lie pony Cor
test and for ten votes for one 81 each
OF the ave classes enumera during
the first week Of the cont aila good
for i've votes In eRclt con- ii VERY
day thereafter. Ia addition 70 these
coupon votes additional votes van be
awarded to either old or new sub
.scribers for the daily or semi eelSly
West virginian full particulars q
which are more fully set DIT and e.
nlained elsewhere In this pinef r.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
Home From Fairyisvt

Mrs. Charles Robb and sister Irs:l
Curtis Hamilton, Of Pitts5urg Tstigls.
ed yesterday from FalryieN here
they had spent the past week With
their parents, Nh. ana alts. ".
Potter Mrs. Robb and Mrs! Hamilton
viii spend several days Of thls week
In Morgantown, where they win De
The. guests OF Mrs Charles Reed t'rr
mefIy 81 this city MI and Mrs Robb
leave next Sunday FOR d few Heells
,trip q points Al eapada ana Nfa.
Hamilton VIII retiEu ii her home
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

The Feirmont West Yirginian Is bel.
lleerent i has stepped out IN the
open ana dares the 4Teter People9 70
come out and hghL + would be Z
go1d thine should she ehallenge AZ
aecepted That opid give Tie public
i good opportunity ~ see the size p
lie crowd tie Ealrpiont pap de.
terminated tue Tetes People and the
sure ~ their beIlige fency. But
idoee !: not begin 70 look as though
fsftional differences were, or should
be. disappearing as the more serious
work Of sleet1ng another Republican
administrator IS apprcachipg2 There
IS plenty Of work ~ the coming cam
paign for every good Republican to
get a good Job IN helping on the poll.
cies that have made the State and
country great and prosperous. Graf
ton Sentinel.
The West virginian is not itching
for a scrap, but & 1t takes another one
to convince certain people. who's
who" we say let's have it and be done
with 1t and let the best man whip. We
think It better to have It before the
than after and would sug.
gest that we don't think it ought %.
last through another administration
like It has through the present one
simply because some people don't
seem to know when they are licked:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
UNFAIR ATTACKS.
me Park efsburg State Journal Is

lrbe Park fsburg State journal Is very
badly hurt over what the "Teter peo'
pls and their papers are saying about
xtsoyeEnorWhite and his alleged can.
didaey foFS governor, but it seems
afraid 6aastiss them except in an
eFasise faltaearted way. By our
snpplstng ths names Of the Parkers.
burg DispateA.SSews, the Charleston
Man the Preston Leader and the
wheeling Telegraph that used to be
Ii theIf classsbut which has now
gone the whole hog and claims to be
Democratic lie tolloWing from the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
WILL HAVE TO HURRY.

The Grafton Republican thinks our
townsman, Secretary of State Swlsher,
will make the other fellows hustle il
they want to get into the race for gov,
ernor. The Republican on this point
says:
"Gubernatorial candidates are fass
getting ripe. The prospect now is that
several will have announced before the
end of the coming week. The Wheel
ing papers believe that both ex.Gov-
ernor White and Auditor Arnold c..
scherr will announce their candidates.
shortly, and If this be the case the cam
paign will open up earlier than the par
ty leaders have been calculating on
and possibly earlier than the candi-
dates would desire. Secretary of State
swisher, however, has obliged them all
to get a hustle on by making his can
didacy known to the world in his u.s.
ual forceful style, and If they want TO
get in the running at all they will
have to hurry.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

Chauncey Gordon, colored, was the
only prisoner that was before the may.
or this morning. chauncey was up for
batterIng the visage of Dan Banks, col.
ored. chauncey is doing fifteen days
on the stone pile.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

The Parkersburg Dlspatch.News is
complaining because the county court
has made the road leyies "rIdiculously
low" Here is another evidence Of
the saintllness of the "Teter people"
Like Democrats they want taxes high
but the masses do not.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

The Charleston Gazette says It Just
naturally likes the bunch that stands
at the mast head of the Parkersburs
Dispatch.News. We are not surprised
but is hard for us to understand how
the State Journal and the Gazette like
the same things in a political way.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
1upaE MAsoN,s DEcLINATIoN.

The Morgahtown Chronicle has the
following to Say on Judge Mason's
Mithdra#al from the race for the gov
ernotshfp:
me clouds are beginning to clear
from the political horizon very rap
Idly now and we may expect before
long u emerge from the mist and at
last face TO face with the clear
llehs. 81 day Judge John w, Mason
Monongalia choice, has sent a letter
to tie prominent Republicans of the
county declining to be a candidate.
Mason has given the question
long and careful study and has
come to his decision as he is wont
10 DO ln his Judicial work after a
Thorough understanding Of the sit
milton. He has never cared for the
nomination ot the highest execu-
the once d the State, an honor
Wfich most men would try to win
af6er than Is escape from it. Like
governor Hughes of New York, Judge
Mason prefers the quiet home life
rathef than the strenuous executive
dntes .of tie goyernshlp. He is
sSistied with his judicial work and
FEELS that he can serve the people
swell upon the bench as he could
Ill ne capitol If he were to be the
Moses of his party he would then
BE willing to sacrifice his own inter
ests But he feels that the party
does not demand a Moses, that there
he other{competent leaders who can
cafr the party to victory and so he
mes the use of his name for the
nomination.
ME letter Of declination is terse
and III the point. 1t is Character
dstic % the man, plain and honest.
He feels that he could not perform
hiss judicial duties and make the cam
paign for the nomination, nor does
Ne deem II honorable to give the I'M.
preston that he is not after the
nomination and then at the con.
Eention receive the votes that right
fulIy belong to others.
The letterls unmistaklable in its
terms and however read whether on
Tie lines Or between the lines IT leaves
no doubt that Judge Mason does not
desire the nomination, will not allow
bis name to be used as a candidate
ma would not accept the nomination
rendered: The people of Monongal!a
win think none the less Of Judge
Mason for his decision, He will be
praised for his Integrity and will al,
WAYS be held up as the one man Of his
county and State who declined to be
nominated for the governorship.
With Judge Mason eliminated from
The Held OF possibilities, the most
ptomlnent. gubernatorial candidates
likely ID be presented to the conven-
Hon afe swlsher, scherr and White"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

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line Art time III 4 generation.
Melville Michael is erecting q dwell
ing house On stewards run. lSS
Miss Maid Morris recently return.
/ ed from visit among relatives Al
IKjngwood.
The people Of Mccurdysville and
vicinity are very Indignant over the
| poor mail service they have been hay'
ling since that city was placed on q
rural route. Three days in succession
without any mail has caused some @
order their papers dIScpnuhIed. Com.
ment more caustic than elegant Is be
ing vented in volumes.
We recently passed through Rlves.
vile and after looking in various d.
rections for the Lone Star" found
that brilliant orb about midway be
tween Hercules and orion. A wireless
message stated THAI he was search.
ng the milky way for a humbug to
exhibit at jamestown and all the
densely populated sections of the
world. s-.tR
1t was recently intimated that the
educators Of this State were face 20
face with grinning riddle and wheth.
err that is true or not it certainly can.
NOT be denied that they are face 70
face with great many grinning, In
competent school teachers who have
not the ability to govern pupils BY ra-
tjonal and approved methods. 1t is
admitted by many and denied by few
that the people Of this country have
not been getting value received for
tbe money snent in educational work
and the patience Of many tax payers is
ran,dlv becoming exhausted. The.
sctaoi o4er,o,s s6on,d assist evolution
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aostroh,a tooohers o,tSnnoh that will
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
Mis-. ienn,a5Ir,r Entsrtalns.

Mrs. Myrtle Rice Leonard enter
tanned a few friends on Saturday aft,
ernoon at her home In the First ward!
Mrs. w, W. Scot, Of Washington, Y
q; was the honor guest
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

The Huntington Dispatch says that
Charley Teter, on fair count. had a
majority Of the delegates at the Wheel.
ing convention and finds fault with the
West virginian for not seeking har:
mony in the party. For once We are
at loss to know what is proper to
say!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
Important Meeting.

A special request is maze BY the Of
ficers Of Monongahela Canton No. 3;
that large attendance Of the member.
slip to be present on Thursday eyen'
ing as Important business will be uP
for consideration.
Mrs. fsayta Stag gers Went To- 2lltins
to spend some Dine ith
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
state Grange Meeting.

The farmers are looking forward
with anticipation to the meeting Of the
State Grange, at Monumental, this
county, on September 5.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

hiblts. These and accompanying feat
ures Of the occasion will attract e
Sacramento the greatest gathering Of
strangers ever brought together in Cal
fornia's capital city,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
1THRlvEs on LEMONS.

The Preston Leader gives a bit Of
history concerning the political ca
reer Of Charles w. swisher, Of this
city, as follows: ~
Lemons.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

Leave orders at the Globe Book
store for the Traitor by Thos. Dixon
Jr. on sale July 80. :
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

A few boxes and a crate or SO were
lovingly bestowed upon him when he
indicated liking for the Office of
Secretary of State. He accepted them
with a swisher smile. and at the
same time he accepted the nomination.
He is now very fond of lemon pie.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

The sweet singer of the Republican
party, .--;Sia
,fgsGl1 l''A'-~ss >A'-'-'-
He was handed a few lemons when
he announced his candidacy for the
House of Delegates from Marion coun-
ty, but he went to the Legislature.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

He was given a few more when he
became a candidate for the nomination
of State Senator, but he made lemon.
ade out of them and was elected Sen
ator.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
Coarles Wesley swisher.

Secretary swisher.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

Try west virg.alan want q.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

swlsher.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29

ME Mofgahtown Chronicle has the
folloSing to say on Judge Mason's
MI idra#a from the race for the gov
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-29
On the stone Pile.

A REPUBLICAN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-22
Ti||man Answers Criticism
Of Himself by Spooner.
Hot Answers Returned and Then
All Hands Apologize.
FIJI aker's Brownsville Resolution
Again Goes Over.

Washington, Jan. a1.-Few features
Of the spectacular were missing from
the proceedings OF the Senate today. The
Brownsville affair was the subject of
controversy ana the day with the an
nounct ment az Il compromise resolution
winch brought both Republican ana
Democratic senator's together on the
basis Of ordering Gn investigation OF
tE1 facts nf the ARRAY without bringing
into question tie authority of the
President 10 dismiss the negro troops.
The resolution was submitted TO and
approved by the President at a con-
ference yesterday.
When the Harmony testimonials
were all III Senator Tillman took the
floor and delivered speech in reply to
the recent criticism of himself by Scna-
tor Spooner. This speech began with
satirical picture Of the Senate as a
minstrel show. which Mr.. Tillman later
said was lis first and last attempt To
be funny" an attempt which at its
conclusion brought 4 singing denuncia-
ton from Senator Carmacl in resent
/ ment of illusions to him. This was
preceded ly serious reply by Mr.
Spooner on the attitude taken by Mr..
! TillMan on the race problem. all fin
ally resulting in q session Of nearly two
hours behind closed doors.
The secret session was followed by 2
brief oren one in which Mr.. Tillman
made profuse apology to Mr. Carmack.
to all senators whom he had brought into
his 'Grst essay in the line of humor.'
and finally to the entire Senate. II very
much regret that l ever undertook to be
funny and I will never do so any more"
Mr. Tllman then withdrew all he had
said III his funny essay and said 1t
would not appear in the Record.
This apology was at once accepted by
Mr.. Carmack. who regretted he had
questioned the motive of his friend. and
he. too. withdrew words he had uttered
in protest.
Mr.. Foraker made a final attempt to
get vote on his resolution but objection
was made and the matter will be taken
UP tomorrow Mr.. Carmack remarked
j3cularly that there were not more than
Il or % senators desiring to talk, and
Mr.. Foraker. feiGning seriousness, retort-
cd hotly that the senator need not think
the Democratic side of the chamber
could monopoliZe the talking. Mr. Car
mack explained that he was only trying
to be funny. that it was his first at
tempt ana he would never make another.
As senators We're laughing heartily over
this party sally, adjournment was taken
at els o'clock.
During the entire day the galleries of
the Senate were crowded to their capaci-
ty and the debate was also listened to
by seemingly a majority of tho members
of the House of Representatives, who
Occupiei all available SpntS and stand
ing room in the chamber.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-22
BOND ON THE MIND
Is Opinion Of President
Eliot on Ritua|isn.
Should Be No More FinaIity in
Religion Than Elsewhere.
Why Restrict TheoIoglans When
Others Unlimited?

Boston. Jan. 21.-That ritualism is
distinctly q bond On the mind was the
opinion expressed today by President
Charles w. Eliot Of Harvard Uniyer-
sity, speaking before a meeting Of Con-
sregational ministers at Pilgrim hall in
this city. His subject was "Ecclesiasti-
cism, Ritualism and Creedal Bonds
Ritualisln. President Eliot held, in
wolves an immense authority which
bind; and limit the play of the human
!nind and make n real limitation to
human thought of sacred subjects.
The speaker touched upon the free
dom for which CongregatiOnalism, he
stated. has always stood, and said that
one of its many privileges which he
personally counted, is resistance to &C.
clesasticisnl. Considering the question
Of craeds, President Eliot emphasized
his position against anything and ev-
ervthing that tends for finality in re-
liCicn. Outside what is called religion.
he said, there is no place where abso-
lutte truth is fixed. There is an irresist-
able trend toward the belief that truth
cannot be fixed In the region Of phil
oecrhy and metaphysics there is an in
cessant fuX; in chemistry zoology, bot
any, no one for 4 moment believes that
the end las been reached. why should
the theoloeian say he has reached the
fixed point III his rcsearch?' President
Eliot asked.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-22
FIRE AT BANGOR.
sEa'ooo Blaze at Foot of EXCHANGE
STRAIGHTFORWARD by insurance.

i"hgor Me. Jan. 21.-An aggregata
''S Of S2a0e0 resulted from 4 fire this
"'ofiiihs in the wooden business build
s DIT the foot Of Exchanges street,
'"h'd by heirs Of Ellen Sullivan. Tho
"ea'iest losers are viii 4. Smith s;
'iothing. $4,000. Others damaged
m.iE by smoke and water are L. H.
C ~, tobacco ana cigars: Max
r' clothing; J. Dyer. pant factory;
t INK Gallant lodging house: MUTE ;
loef SHOP and Corners employment
ss sehc!. fhe damage to the building l.;
'v' me losses are practically ccve--
90 by Insurance.