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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
Mixed MetaDIhOrs.

A minister said to his congregation,
Brethren, the muddy pool of politics
was the rock on which | split"
An orator is credited with a perora-
ton in which he spoke of "all ranks
from the queen sitting on her
to the cottager sitting on his cottage" !"
"My client acted boldly" said the
counselor. "He saw the storm brew
ing in the distance, but he was not dis
mayed. He took the bull by the horns
and had him indicted for perjury"
A Hindoo journalist, commenting on
a political disturbance, said, 1--WE can
not, from distance, realize the In
tensity of the crisis, but 1t is GER
tain thing that many crowned heads
must be trembling in their Shoes"
An old negro woman whose needs
were supplied by friends never failed
to express her gratitude in original
language: you is powerful good to a
pore ole oman like me, wild one foot
in de grabe an de oder a cryin' out,
Iawd, how long, how longY"
No one could imagine what a speaker
meant when he said, "Biddy, diddy"
and then stopped and after moment
of confusion said, "Diddy, biddy," and
then, with a scarlet face and coldly
perspiring brow, gasped out, "Diddy,
hiddy, biddy door, Then he had to
sit down and rest awhile before he
could say, "Did he bid ?"-Chris-
tian Register.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
A DAY OF RECKONING.
You Cannot Fool All of the People All
of the Time

The recent condemnation as unfit for
further service of number of gas and
electric light plants and the closing
down of some of them at a dead loss
to the taxpayers should serve as Il
warning to other cities, for this is the
fate that is likely to overtake all such
plants in the long run. For the first
year or two, when no expensive re-
pairs are needed and the plant is thor
oughly up to date, it ought not to be
difficult to make good showing. For
a few years longer the bad bookkeep-
ing and inadequate reports, that are
unfortunately the rule rather than the
exception, may blind the citizens to
the deterioration of the plant and TO
its increasing losses. But the day Of
reckoning inevitably comes when
breakdown, bad service or demand for
new equipment that cannot masquer-
ade as extensions causes an investi-
CATION, and then it becomes evident
that the plant has been losing prop
osition almost from the start. No plant
should be accepted as evidence of sue
cessful municipal management until it
has been operated for several years
and then examined by expert engineers
and accountants
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

/ luhuJs
Good work was done on the Newark
meadows by ditching to destroy the
breeding places of mosquitoes, but the
bitches must be carefully watched and
kept open. AS the State entomologist
says in his annual report, "Encroach'
ments upon the marshes are made eac ch
year by the growing city, and careless
interference with the drainage scheme
might easily change safe area to q
mosquito breeder" There is an in
spector employed for that purpose, but
experience has shown that public in
spectors do not always inspect. 1t is a
fact, though, as noted by the entomol
ogist, that last season Newark was
freer of marsh mosquito F5sn eve
before.
Mere prevention will not, however
do. The mosquito plague must bt
destroyed, and that desired result can
not be obtained by local devices. The
State has undertaken the job, and it is
entirely State duty to itself to eradi'
cate the evil, which is so serious a
handicap upon the States prosperity
Newark advertiser.
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
TIE G7EAT TRANSITION.
Public Property Wasted Because ut
Costs Nothing, You Know"

Public Property Wasted Because ut
Costs Nothing, You Know"
"Hello!' said l. whats thatf" And
| stopped to pick it up.
That replied the boy who happen
ed to be passing through the school
yard with me. THAT is nothing but a
lead pencil"
But it is whole one" said l, "and
with rubber on the end"
Il know it," said the boy.
"What! Do you mean to tell me that
you have seen this here beforeY
"Yes, everybody's seen it,
"All the children in your school have
seen this lying here day after day and
not one boy has picked it up?'
"Of course. What should we pick
it up for? There's plenty in the school
house. The town buys EN-"
And had been given text for n
long meditation. Not pick up whole
1Tead pencil? And pencil with
rubber on ii!
When | was a boy we priced even
slate pencils. A boy who hooked any
body's slate pencil was balted until he
gave 1t up, but lead pencll-We Iougnt
for lead pencils as the Greeks and
Trojans fought for Helen. We secured
the countryside for old horseshoes to
sell to the blacksmith for money enough
to buy a lead pencil, and, having it,
we cut our private mark on it, guarded
it, kept it as our last resource in trade.
Many time precious two inch lead
- ,,.A to-
knife trade one way or the other |
never had but one lead pencil at time
and very often hardly that until was
fifteen years old. And these ten-year
olds scorn to pick up whole one with
a rubber! Think of it! The best
eraser l had was a piece of rubber
boot heel!-Henry T. Bailey in Journal
of Education.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
The Sinh md the Asparagus.

When Muzzaffar-ed- Din, shah of Per-
sia, paid his first visit to England he
was the guest of King Edward VII,
then prince of Wales On the evening
of his arrival a banquet was held at the
palace, and on the menu was aspara-
gus. AS it happened, the shah had
never heard of, much less tasted, as
paragus till that evening. When the
dish was brought on he helped himself
to half of it, picked each stalk up in
his fingers, nibbled gingerly at the
head and then threw the stalk on the
carpet. To have let it remain on his
plate would have been a breach of Per-
sian etiquette. All eyes turned to the
Prince of Wales. What was he going
to do? The prince, tactful as ever,
glanced at those about him, then at his
plate; then he picked up stalk after
stalk, ate what he wanted and threw
the balance on the carpet behind his
chair. A moment later thirty people in
that room were eating asparagus in
Persian fashion, and the attendants,
who are trained to look more serious
than ever on such occasions, never
moved a muscle.-Black and White.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
careIessness. Not Graft.

At local government board Inquiry
held at West Ham, London, to sanction
the borrowing by the corporation Of
f62, 300 for electricity extensions it was
stated that the electrical undertaking
up to the present had resulted in loss
of G7,206, which had been charged to
the rates. The inspector pointed out
that loans of some thousands of pounds
had been sanctioned by the board for
purchasing various machines, and he
found the council again asking for
money to buy machinery for which
they had already received the cash.
Morning Post.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

The movement for municipal owner
ship in this country is hunt by the
demagogue for a new issue to catch
votes.-Melvin o. Adamr.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
NEW JERSEY sHIpBUILDERs


At Camden there has just been
launched an ocean steamship designed
for the Pacific coast trade. Vessels of
foreign build cannot engage in the
coastwise trade under any flag, and
therefore vessels for this trade must be
built in American shipyards, otherwise
the contract for this steamer would
have gone to England or Germany,
where labor is much cheaper than here.
Congress can readily give to Ameri-
can shipbuilders an increased amount
of work in the construction of Ameri-
can ships for the foreign trade by
granting subsidies, and by no other
possible means. And American-built
ships will earn the money we now pay
to England and Germany for carrying
American imports and exports, and
also make nursery for training sailors
for the navy. A revival of American
ocean commerce and American ship
building would start half dozen big
shipbuilding plants in New Jersey.
" " "
NEW JERSEYS MANUFACTURING
INTERESTS
New Jersey has high rank as a
manufacturing State and many persons
imagine that all of the factories are
owned by corporations. This notion is
fostered by "howlers" at election times,
but, like most of their statements, it is
mainly untrue.
The Jersey City Journal says the
manufacturing canvass of New Jersey
shows that there are 7,010 manufac-
turing plants in this State of which
1914 are owned by individuals, 1920
by firms, II miscellaneously owned
and ,S34 by incorporated companies.
This is about 20 per cent. of the total.
Thus cold fact wipes out the cart
tailers' statement that there is no
longer an opportunity for individual
effort. The truth is that there never
were better opportunities for brains,
capital and enterprise than there are
to-day, and men do not need to go away
from home to seek them. They exist
right here in New Jersey.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
NEPTUNE'S SALT SPRAY
and Serious, Condensed
for Your Reading
III
A PLEA FOR THE LIFE SAVERS

PLEA FOR THE LIFE SAVERS
A service of such great practical
efficiency as to have saved property
amounting in value to more than six
times the cost of the service, last year,
not to speak of the rescue of the 5,291
imperilled lives, deserves liberal treat
ment, yet Congress is SO niggardly in
it's maintenance of the United States
coast guard that there has been a
steady decline in the personnel for
several years past, according to the
report of the Secretary of Treasury. AS
compared with policemen, firemen and
other men who are called upon to risk
their lives in the performance of duty,
the government coast patrol is poorly
paid and denied the pension that the
soldier or sailor gets when disabled
says the Camden Post Telegram. 1t is
hoped that Congress will heed the plea
of the Secretary on behalf of the brave
and poorly paid life savers and pass the
bill providing for their retirement on
half pay after being injured or worn
out in the service.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
Fine Showing
Continued From Page One,

ard attention to the business of the
company without charge. and Its many
operations are carried on with prac.
tically no expense, and this practical
cooperative scheme makes possible
the large earnings.
Last year the company declared a
stock dividend of 2S per cent, and the
dividend declared for this year is pay
able in cash or stock. or both, at the
option Of the stockholders.
Since the organization Of the com
pany 1t has built 20 houses at Clarks.
burg, 20 at Lumberport, and now owns
9 houses in Fairmont and its suburbs,
and much other unimproved property.
It has built and sold about 10 houses
and all the property 1t has is for sale.
The company will also build houses
for It's members at a very small per.
centage of the cost, taking the buy.
crs' notes In payment, at the legal rate
OF interest.
This company Is bound to grow, and
will in a short time its prop
er place among the big financial com
panies of this end of the State.
1t was decided at the meeting last
night to erect about fifty new houses
the coming year. The places of build
ing have not been designated.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10

Married Las. Evening.

On "Wednesday evening at the homo
of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Martin Wagner. on Walnut venue
the marriage OF Miss Mae Wagner and
Mr.. James A. Martin was celebrated
in the presence of a few Intimate
friends of tho bride and groom. Rev.
H. C. Stoetzer, of the Presbyterian
Church. performed the marriage cere-
mony. The bride wore n travelling
gown of navy blue with hat and gloves
to match. The cercmouy was wit.
messed by the brides parents, Miss
Lillian Reed and Mr.. Howard CIarh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin let on No. 4
for a two weeks wedding journey to
points east. On their return they will
reside at Sutton where Mr.. Martin
owns a drug store. Mrs. Martin Is
the only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Wagner and has resided In Fairmont
since childhood, where she is very
popular among a wide circle Of friends.
Mr.. Martin had been located in Fair
hiout WI many StHIS anu game mere
originally from Ohio. He was at one
time owner of the Mountain City Drug
store and later conducted n pharmacy
on Fairmont cru 'rhe best wish.
es of their many friends are extended
10 them.
The following announcements were
issued this evening".
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wagner
announce the marriage OF
their daughter
Mae
Mr.. James Alexander Martin
January the ninth.
nineteen hundred and seven.
at eight o'clock. p. NJ.
Fairmont. West Virginia.
At Home
after Feburay first.
Sutton. W. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
Married Yesterday,


Mr.. Alonzo Parrish. of this city. and
Miss Margaret Mcmahon. of Harms
City, Pa, we're united in marriage on
Wednesday at noon at the residence
of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. d.
G. Mcmahon. Rev. Ryane, pastor OF
the Catholic Church of that city, per-
formed the marriage ceremony and
Mrs. p. H. Quinn. of Salem. this state.
rendered the wedding march. Miss
Anna Mcmahon, sister, of the bride.
was her only attendant and Mr.. T. ].
Mcmahon attended the groom. The
bride wore a gown of white crepe ra.
dunn over taffeta and the maid of hon.
or wore a pink crepe de chene. Follow.
ing the ceremony a reception was
held which was attended by a large
number of people. Mr.. and Mrs. Parish
left Immediately after the reception for
a brief wedding journey after which
they will come here to reside. Mr..
Parrish is a prominent druggist of this
city and his many friends will be glal
to welcome his bride. Mrs. Parrish
has visited in this city. the guest OF
Miss Lillian Reed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
SEVEN 30.
AT THE Nh.
VICTIMS OF LAST NfeHTsN
SION ARE BEING CARED 3
BY FRIENDS.
pIrTsBuRG, Jan. io.-rhero}

PITTsBURG, Jan. 1o.-There]
en- bodies at. he county morssia
morning. victims of last nights fci4-
BILE explosion at Eliza furnace plant or
the Jones and Laughlin Steel COM
pany. Four Of these have boon dol.
nitely identified. one partly. and tive
it is feared are beyond recognition
Forty men are said to have been IN
the immediate vicinity OF the exploded
stack at the moment. or these, tucn-.
ty-three are accounted for. and The
list OF dead may be largely added To
it is believed that at least three or
the injured at the hospitals viii die
during the day. At the plant thie
morning none except workmen we're
permitted to enter and all informauon
is denied. Two hundred mn are
working clearing away the debris. One
workman coming out stated that de
bris consisting OF metal. Iimra
coke and possibly the bodies "a
al men, was eight feet deep exts
thirty feet from the furnace and Is
yet seethlng hot
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

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wary Airee riooa, pia'n,ih, AGAINST "A.
H'h, aia' Huoen a. i'aA' IN ni'
o"h rish'' f'uoeh A. ffaii' george u.
haines' anu Mei'ih nuhner' aamih.
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anus
IN enaneery' IN Inc Intermediate court
"'''o" county west virginia.
ID! d uecree entered IN the ABOVE
en''.ieu eause On 'he Zs'h day Oh NO
SeH'per' i'oo' sac cause was referred
10 me the Undersigned special COM
nnissioner IN chahcery' win directions
10 'aNe' state ana report the following
matters;
l., firs- All 'he real estate owned
oy the judgment DEBTOR A. X. Hall,
or ruben A.. HAL where situated, Its
description ana the quantity thereof.
secohd The liens upon said real
estate by whom held. their respec-
i've amounts and priorities.
Third. Whether said real estate
VIII In five years, rent for sufficient
sum to pay OF and discharge said
liens. and the costs of this suit.
Fourth. And such other matters
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
TWO MULES DROWN
N MOAOhGAHELA
THE NARROW ESCAPE OF CLAIR.
ENcE MENEAR-HE CHUNG
TO A BARGE.

MoRGANTowN, Jan. 10.-E. C. Ne
near had a very narrow escape from
drowning at the Monongahela river
wharf about s o'clock last night, and n
pair of mules owned by him and which
he was driving attached to an express
wagon were drowned.
The river !, on n boom with IS feet
of water In the channel and the wharf
boat is out about 80 feet from the
shore and a sand barge is moored to
the lower end Of iL, and swinging
about six feet below IL. Menear
drove into the river fer the
of washing the mnd OF his wagon
When about ten feet from shore a
piece of drift wood floated against
one OF the mules and 1t plunged for.
ward into deep wate- dragging Tho
other with 1t and made directly for
the open space between the wharf
boat and the barge.
Clarence jumped OF of the high
seat on the wagon into the river AMI
attempted to swim TO the head of the
mules and get hold of the mules bri.
dies. so as to turn them toward shore
but he saw at ono that the swift
current was carrying them under the
bow of the barge and he was him.
self being carried rapidly down
stream. so he swan to the side OF the
barge and putting forth all of his
power succeeded in jumping up out
Of the water and grasplng the side
of the barge and drawing himself up
to safety. He had a close call AMI
was hampered by a heavy coat he
wore.
George Bennett, the wharfmaster.
was on the boat and tried to aid Me.
near, but could not get near enough
to him to render n assistance.
The high seat on the wagon held
fast against the end of the barge and
%prevnted the wagon being drawn un.
der with the mules.
A large crowd had assembled at
the wharf within a few minutes after
the accident and rendered aid In at.
taching a cable to the wagon and
bringing 1t and the mules to shore.
The mules we're valuable and Mr..
Menear had refused 5000 for the
team.
The wharf has not proven a desir.
able place to wash of wagons dur.
ing high water. Two or three years
ago John Hare had two mules drown.
ed there in a similar manner.
Arlington G. Pixler while driving
a horse hitched to a wagon was
drowned along with his horse. JUS
tice A. B. ~Boughner's horse was
drowned there several years ago
while he was driving it and there
have been many narrow escapes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
BRIDGE ~coLLAPsEs.

CUMBERLAND. Nd, Jan. TO- A
highway bridge over Wills creek here
collapsed while being rebuilt, carrying
down six men, including Frank Marsh,
of New York. superintendent Of the
gang. Edward Norwood, of Cumber.
land. one Of the workmen, received
probably fatal injuries. Another work.
mar was caught under a heavy tim
Der and narrowly escaped drowning.
The men were precipitated 30 feet tc
theaswollen waters Of the creek.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
BANDIT ACTED ALONE
MARTIN SAYS PowLEY is iNNo-
CENT OF TRAIN RoBBERY-
MAKES WRITTEN CON-
FEssioN.

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 10-Percy
Martin, arrested in Huntington. w. Va,
for the robbery of a passenger on a
Pullman car of a Seaboard All Line
train at Lacrosse, Va. recently. has
arrived here in charge OF detectices.
He repeated his confession. but de-
clared that he had no accomplice.
Martin vigorously denies that he
confessed in Huntington that ]. C.
Powley. formerly OF this city, but,
now under arrest at Mecklenburg
Court House, charged with the rob.
berry. was an accomplice. and asserts
that he never knew Powley or heard
Of him. Martins confession. which he
wrote himself. and which was sworn
TO before n notary to-day says:
Discharged for Drunkenness.
my occupation was news agent on
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Was
discharged at Huntington. W. Va, for
drunkenness about three weeks ago.
Went to Washington. D. c., and from
there TO Richmond. Va. Stayed in
Richmond two nights and one day,
stopped at Davis Hotel. On Sunday
night, December 30, | took the pas.
senger train on the Seaboard railway
at the Union station, having pur.
chased a ticket to Norlina. and ex.
pected to go to Hamlet and get work.
I was out of money and only had
enough money to take me to Norlina.
| got desperate on the train and start.
ed TO kill myself and then declared to
rob the passengers in the Pullman
car.
eat some point about twenty-five
miles from Norllna | got up and went
back into the Pullman. captured tha
negro porter and made him lock the
door of the Pullman and Walk in front
Of me and told him to see what the
passengers had. | made one man on
the left hand side of the car give me
his money and got s13S. l saw his dla-
mond ring and got that, too. l got
nothing else. but went to another
berth on the same side and the las:
one in the car. ! started to go in an.
other berth and the man I robbed told
me not to go into the berth as there
was only a little boy In there.
Shot Conductor to Scare Him.
THE porter ran back into the rear
car, and l suppose notified the con
ductor. who came in. threw my gun
in his face and made him go back
into the other car. I followed on and
went out on the platform. and found
the conductor Of the other car at the
door. ! thought he had a gun and I
shot him, but lid 1t to scare him.
It jumped OF the train and went
two or three miles until I came to the
Southern railroad and then walked 10
SummerviIle, and there saw a negro
pumpman and gave him my pistol TO
let me dry my clothes. I got out ot
there at 3 p. m. and vent to Norfolk.
Stayed there until a left Tuesday over
the Norfolk and Western to Lynch
burg and tool the Chesapeake ami
Ohio and came to Huntington. I only
had about $50 when ] got here AMI
turned over about $40 to my wife and
told her I had won the money"
Martin left In company OF detec.
tives for Boydton. He declared that
he wrote the confession voluntarily.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
Cupid at a Luncheon.

The luncheon given at the Fort
Henry Club yesterday afternoon at
which covers were laid for eighteen.
was fraught with a delightful. but
not altogether unexpected surprise
for the guests, for it was during the
function the hostess, Mrs. Arthur g.
Hubbard. divulged the engagement OF
her sister. Miss Lyde PAUL. to Mr..
Kirkpatrick, a prominent business
man. of Rochester, New York. The
date of the wedding. which will be Of
great pterest to social Wheeling will
be announced later.-Wheeling Intel
ligencer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-10
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

~ VT "ESl NlttCl<NtA.
At rules held in the Clerks Office
OF the Circuit Court of Marion county,
West Virginia, on the first Monday In
November, 1906.
". NJ. Perkins VS.. Leila Perkins.-ln
Chancery.
SUMMONS.
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
To the Sheriff Of Marion county, greet.
ing:
You are hereby commanded to sum.
mon Leila Perkins to appear before
the judge Of the Circuit Court Of Ma
rion county. at rules t. be held in the
Clerks office Of said court, on the
first Monday in November, 1906. TO
answer a bill in chancery exhibited
against her in said court by W. NJ.
Perkins.
And have then there this writ.
Witness, r. B. Parrish. Clerk Of our
aid court, at the Courthouse in said
county. the 22d day of October, 1906,
N 4ith year OF the State.
The Sherir's return on the foresa-
Ing summons is as follows:
The within named Leila Perkins is
not found in my bailiwick.
W. S. FURBEE.
Deputy for II. r. Furbee. Sheriff of
Marion county, West Virginia.
Object Of Suit.
The object of the above suit, is 10
obtain a divorce a vineulo matrfmonii
by the plaintiff. W. NJ. Perkins. from
the defendant Leila Perkins, who is a
nonresident Of the State Of West vir.
ginfa.
Al affidavit having been made and
filed mat the defendant. Leila Per-
kins. is a nonresident Of this State,
the said defendant is required to ap.
pear within one month after the date
Of the first publication OF this order,
in the clerks once of our said court,
to do what is necessary to protect her
interests.
And 1t is ordered that this order be
published and posted according to law.
Given under my hand this the 9th
day OF November, 1906.
R. B. PARRISH. Clerk.
8. B. sIEG. OGDEN G OGDEN,
Counsel for plaintiff.