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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
Members Indulge in Talk Of a
Nature Rejecting on
Department.

Because the police did double
time during the fair and asked for
extra pay, Councilman johnson and
others of the city council used the
city council meeting last night as an
occasion to make some observations
on the conduct of the police depart
ment. which were not at all COM
plimentary to the police or those in
charge of that department. The bill,
however, for all the extra police SER
vice for the week was but $3.50, a
small item of the eight thousand dol
lars in bills ordered paid last night.
was paid along with the many others.
All the members of the council
were present except Mr.. Cork. The
reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting was deferred Until a
future meeting.
The mayor decided that the fire
committee could order the street de-
partment to haul three loads of dirt
for the horse stalls at fire department
headquarters, and that an order of
council was not necessary.
The anti-hog ordinance avs amend
ed and reenacted so as to go into ef-
feet December 2s. Another ordi-
nance in reference the sanitation
of out-houses vaults and cesspools
was introduced by Councilman John
son and 1t passed its first reading.
It is to go into effect one hundred
days after final passage.
Street Superintendent John Ward
made a written report showing the
work done by his department.
Bills were then paid aggregating
about $4,000.
The petition of Charles F. Lamberd
for a brick sidewalk on East Main
street was laid on the table, as was
also one by citizens and property
owners for an eight inch sewer on
Drummond avenue.
The city engineer reported that
the cost of a walk from top Of hill
to Junction on West Main street
would be $4S2.S0. Action was post
poned.
Postponed indefinitely was action
for a sewer on Lee street to cast
$3.50.
The petition of the Standard Mill
ing Company for a continuation of
street paving on Clark between Fifth
and Sixth streets, was laid on the
table.
A petition OF the property owners
for sewer on Clay street was pre-
sented but action was postponed.
The report Of the street committee
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
GOVERNOR MISTAKEN
As to the Other Man Who Has
the Same Name
As His.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 19-
When the attention of w. C. Haskell,
formerly United States marshal at
Cleveland, O., now sealer of weights
and measures for the District OF
Columbia, was called to the state
ment of Governor Haskell, of Okla
homa. that it was he to whom Hearst
referred in his Columbus speech as
having relations with the Standard
Oil Company, Haskell said:
Governor Haskell is evidently mis-
taken. l never had any connection
with the Standard Oil Company or
any of its officers or am acquainted
with any officials or members OF the
company"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
DEDICATION
of the New Christian Church
Building Will Take Place
Tomorrow.

The handsome new Christian
church edifice at West Pike and
Chestnut streets viii be dedicated
with appropriate services. tomorrow.
The dedicatory sermon will be
preached by DR.. Cramblett, president
of Bethany college, who will also
preach at the church services to be
held in the evening. A large at
tendance is expected at the dedica-
tory services as many of the dele
gates and visitors who were here for
the conventions of the Christian
church societies have remained over
for the occasion. All friends of the
congregation are cordially invited to
attend.
!. Wade coffman is here from
Salem.
0. G. Martstiller is here from Nor
gantown.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
ADJUDGED CRAZY
Is Abraham Deems, a Miner,
and He Will Be Taken
to Asylum.

Abraham Deems, a miner who YVES
employed at Perry mines, has been
adjudged lunatic by Magistrate G.
H. Gordon and committed to the state
asylum for the insane at Weston.
Papers in his case have been sent 10
the asylum authorities and II he is
admitted, he will be taken to that
institution in a few days. DR.. r.
NJ. Hood conducted the medical ex-
animation at the mans hearing. He
found that the man's mind was de-
ranged as the result of sun stroke
sustained several weeks ago. Deems
is slightly violent at times but does
not try. to do injury to himself or
others.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
Notifies Chairman Matthews of
the State Committee
of His Action.
MEETING IS TO BE HELD
BY the State Committee at
Charleston to Act on
the Withdrawal.

Hon. Charles w. swlsher has
Withdrawn from the race for gover-
nor on the Republican ticket in this
state. This action took place today
at his home in Charleston and was
announced In the following special
received here shortly after the noon
hour today. the message being sent to
the Telegram direct from Secretary
Swisher's Office:
&c. w. swlsher, Republican candi-
date tor governor, announced to the
press Representatives today at noon
that he had asked Chair;lan Mat
thews to call a meeting of the Re-
publican State Committee for Mon
day, September 81. At that time he
said he would ender his resignation
as the Republican candidate for gov
ernor. and would make formal
statement Of his position.
In the meantime, he had no fur
tfer announcements to make"
Mr. Swisher's withdrawal is the
result of his earnest desire not to en-
danger the success of the Republican
party in West Virginia. After care
Gul consideration and review OF the
situation, he arrived at the belief that
his remaining on the ticket would de-
feat the state ticket and possibly en-
danger the state for Taft and Sher-
man on the presidential ticket, and,
characteristic of the man he again
makes big personal sacrifice for .he
welfare of his party, whose princi-
pies he believes in and to which he
has ever been loyal.
Chairman Samuel A. Matthews, of
the state committee, who is in
Charleston, issued a call this after,
noon for meeting of the state COM
mittee at Charleston Monday night to
take action on the withdrawal and TO
do such other business as the occasion
presents.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
COURT TRIALS
Several Take Place Before
Judge Lynch the Last
End of the Week.

Mrs. Myrtle Williams and William
'Flaherty were on trial in circuit
court Saturday, the former charged
with selling liquor to a minor and
the latter of beating and robblng a
foreigner.
Mrs. Williams was acquitted and
Flaherty was convicted of assault and
battery.
A. NJ. Donahue was acquitted of the
charge of selling liquor to a minor.
The jury brought in a verdict OF
not guilty in the case of the State VS..
Burley D. Yates, charged with SELL
ing intoxicants without a state
license.
John r. Hickman was acquitted of
selling to a minor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
IS
TO SET PACE
IIOF BENNETT
Governor Taylor Talks About
Hell There Win Be if the
Democrats Win.
SAME AS IN KENTUCKY
Warns the Republicans of West
Virginia to Be on Their
Guard This Year.
SAME AS IN KENTUCKY
BY JOHN @. BOND.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 19--.
Several members Of the West Virgin
ia National Guard have had the pleas
ure of meeting and talking with ex-
Governor William S. Taylor, OF Ken
uckY, a lflfeitive from justice as it has.
been administered In his native state
since the murder OF Governor Goebel.
Since May, 1900, Gov. Taylor ana
his secretary of state, Finley. have
made their homes here. Gov. Taylor
enjoys large law practice and Is
Drospering. He always finds time
for a talk with visitors from his
own or adjoining states.
An Exile From Home
because of political inRamy, the sub
ject of politics is ever uppermost in
the mind of Kentucky's former ex-
ecutive kho had to take refuge
among friends In an adjoining state
after little over a year in the ex-
ecutive chair, a period of IA months
in which is written the darkest chap
ter of Kentucky's political history.
Though busy with his law practice,
Gov. Taylor spent two hours with
the writer talking over political CON
ditions in Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia.
II am informed that the RepublI-
can party in your state is split" said
Gov. Taylor, +and I am sorry to hear
1t. However, I believe
You Will Succeed
in electing your ticket. feel
great interest in your people and
state. They have aided us. both
Democrats and Republicans, in our
fight for life, liberty and right. Your
state resembles ours as to geography
and people. There in the mountains
We live near to Nature. We. breathe
the pure air, and the men are honest
and can be depended upon.
Kentucky is Just recovering from
a political revolution Drought about
by the
BIackcst Of Political Plots.
Many of those in control there for
the past few years are Criminals OF
the worst type. They controlled the
government in all its departments,
even the courts. They were bent up
on putting the opposition where they
could not oppose the will OF the ty-
rants and for time succeeded. But
change is coming about. The cleo
ton of Gov. Wilson was the begin
ming of the righting Of the greatest
political wrong the country has ever
witnessed.
'If the Democrats get into power
in West Virginia the awful crimes
of Kentucky might be repeated.
Many of your Republicans
VIII Be Disfranchised
and IL they can get control of your
courts also you will be helpless. Per-
haps your people will stand for it.
the people generally 90 not oppose
the law and Its administration.
"The Goebel Law in Kentucky gave
the Democrats absolute control OF all
elections. We were allowed no say
whatever, but still we beat them and
/ was elected governor. The whole
world is familiar with what followed.
Murder was committed, innocent men
we're placed in Jail and Others had
to fee for their lives. I believe that
had Finley and myself been arrested
with Powers that We all would have
been murdered. Powers was
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fC0ntfNued nn unwA EN
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
new COMMITTEE
For the First Congressional
District Appointed by
4 Hubbard.

Representative w. P. Hubbard has
announced the appointment of the
First district congressional commit
tee as follows: Walter a. Nc
Glumphey, of Moundsville; A. F. Will
kin, Hancock county; t. II. Watkins.
Jr.. of Ohio county; c. W. Clarke, o.
Wetzel county ;P. II. Koblegard, of
Harrison county; and J. W. Ross, OF
Lewis county.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
SMALL CROWD ATTENDS.

WESTON. Sept. 1s-About twelve
hundred people attended the opening
Of the state campaign by the Demo-
Gratis on the hospital grounds here
today. Senator Owens, Of Oklahoma
Louis Bennett, Adam Littlepage. j.
T. McGraw and others spoke.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
ETGHTY-sIx RUNNERS.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. 19-Eighty-
six runners. representing athletic
clubs in various parts of the country.
are entered in the fourth annual
Marathon race Of the Illinois Athletic
Club scheduled to start this after
noon from Ravina park over a twen-
ty-five mile course to a downtown
quarter of Chicago.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
FOUR ARE DEAD.

sANDIEGo, calif., Sept. 1s-The
carelessness of Mary Arthur, nurse
at the county hospital. cost the lives
of four patients today and four 9th
ers who drank from a pitcher con-
tanning atrophine are seriously i'll.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
ADJuDrcATED BANkRuprs.

George l.. McKain and Lima Nc
Kain, Of Salem. have been adjudicat-
ed bankrupts in involuntar yproceed-
ings bofer Referee w. Frank Stout.
The preliminary hearing has been set
for October s.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
ARE FALSE
Governor Haskell Declares About tn.
Statements Made by Hearst.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. 19-In face
of the assertion of w. R. Hearst at
st. Louis that an affidavit signed by
f. S. Honnett, former attorney gen
eral Of Ohio, identified Governor C.
n. Haskell, of Oklahoma. as having
been a party to Standard Oil alleged
negotiations. Governor Haskell today
declared the statements that he had
anything to do with the Standard Oil
Company are absolutely false.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19

NEW YORK, Sept. 19-wiiliam j.
BRYAN left this morning for New
Haven and Providence where he will
speak.
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-19
CIRCULATION

The Largest and Best in
CIarksburg.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-10-02

strike it with any club | can.
If it is county option, [ will use
that. if it is Patrick's bill, to
make all signers Of saloon petit
tons responsible, l will use
that. Hoping that the right
may prevail, | am yours very
truly GEORGE WATKINS.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-10-02
FROM n SouTl
An Interesting Letter From SWift's
p. O., Alabama

p. u, AiaOetnd
Swift p. o., Ala-oept. 70, '0S.
Liberia Settlement. Falls City
Tribune. Your paper is a well
come visitor to us every week and
don't like to miss it because we
are interested in the affairs of old
Richardson County.
AS | promised to write you how
| get along in the south so | will
write you a few lines. We are all
we'll and like it fine down here
because the climate is excellent,
and farm work is easier than up
north, we don't get all u field
work together as we did III Ne
braska. | find if a man has
money enough to get a good start
he can make good money and take
farm work easy, the same time he
las a much nicer climate than in
northern states. We had good
crops here. Irish potatoes III the
spring made a good yield, corn
made a fair crop, oats was fine,
cotton is good also, and sweet
potatoes will make from $50 to
$50 bushels to the ere.
Some of my friends up there
didn't believe me when | told
them last year that a man can
make more from a acre than we
can in Nebraska, for instance |
mention ]. Coons, a German farm
er living six miles from my place,
he made S469 clear money from
four acres of Irish potatoes, now
he has sweet potatoes in the same
land, will yield about $50 to the
acre for some of them he got 81 a
bushel, but now they are only csc
a bushe1, yet that man used high
grade fertilizer but he got two
good crops from it this year.
When | left Nebraska ON peo-
pie told ME a mai can make Moth
ing in the south because he has to
spend too much money for fertili-
ger, this would be trueif we could
raise only one crop from it like ia
the northern states, but we can
raise two crops of most of the
crops we raise here. Oranges
and lemons do we'll here. l saw
some lemons on the trees here
that were as bigas my fist. We
had nice figs at II own place
this year. Land is advancing
fast now. We get a new railroad
to Elberta this winter and the
prospects for oil are good. The
oil company is getting their ma
chinery up now and will commence
to operate boring soon. If oil is
found then it is hard to tell how
high our land will be in a short
time. The oil expert which the
company had here before they
commenced operation said that
he is satisfied that oil is here in
paying quantities. The expert
ence with Samatra tobacco was a
great success here and tobac-
co will be raised now on a big
scale. Politics are different down
here as l expect them, l thought
everything down here was demo-
cratic, but I was badly mistaken.
Most of the natives in the coun-
try are republicans and they are
all crazy for Roosevelt. | believe
if Roosevelt had been nominated
again that Alabama would go re-
publican this year. Mobile is
strong republican too. We organi-
zed a republican party in Baldwin
County and if it were not
that a man has to live in Alaba-
ma for two years before he can
vote, Baldwin County would go
republican this year. The north
ern people come in SO fast that it
don't take very long to throw off
the democratic yoke. The Bald
win County Col. Company sold rs
forty acre farms last month and
Is families settled that time.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-10-02
An Open Letter
to Omaha Crowd

nfactures Association - OF
Omaha is flooding Richardson
county with circulars, Il of
which reached the hands of
George Watkins of Verdon.
Now, there is only n man on
earth that knows more OF the
census report than George and
he is the man that wrote the
book. The Merchants and
Manufactures fake undertake to
prove their a by the census
reports, how we'll they succeed
is shown by the following letter
which we gladly publish;
"Verdon, Neb., Sept. q, 1908
j. B. Haynes, Sec. Mer. Il
Man. Assn, Omaha, Nebr.-
Dear Sir:-Either by mail or
through some citizen | have re-
ceived a large amount OF litera-
ture from you regarding the
saloon and it's traffic and the
best way to manage 1t. In in
Producing myself permit me to
say | am entirely opposed to a
traffic in alcohol in any form as
a beverage. 1t may be presump-
tious in me, a farmer too old to
work, to criticise your conclu-
sions, yet this tact remains, IT
you are sincere in wishing the
welfare OF humanity as | am,
you will respect my opinion as
! do yours.
So, let us reason together.
| wish first to call your atten-
lion to some errors in your leaf
let entitled How Prohibition
Destroys Farm Values The
first error IS under the heading,
Iowa was hit hard Iowa
adopted prohibition twenty-six
years ago and tried to enforce
it up to 1884,
The fact is that Iowa adopted
prohibition in the fifties, and |
think in 1856, excepting wines
and beer, which law was in
effect until 1882, when they n
acted and submitted an amend
ment to the constitution prohib-
lting the sale of alcohol in all
forms. This amendment vas
Knocked out and her present
law enacted in 1884. Ten years
later, to the shame and disgrace
of the state, she enacted a law
granting the liquor vender the
right to violate and set aside
the law of 1884 by paying 5000.
Just a word regar ding yor
statement, Tried to enforce If
Iowa had a prohibitory law and
tried to enforce it, and did not
then, this is a fact, the liquor
traffic is bigger than the state of
Iowa. and Iowa is entitled to
the aid of the national govern
ment under that clause of the
constitution, granting to every
state a republican form of gov
eminent.
You state the point which de-
cided me on this question viz:
The traffic has always set itself
above the law. Grant said,
THE best way to get rid of an
obnoxious law is to enforce it,
They say any law to govern
them shall be defed.
Your statement regarding the
effects of the law on farm values
is still more erroneous. In all
the statements | shall make l
will take my statistics from cen
sus or other government reports.
Just why, if you wanted to cor
rectly inform your readers, you
went to the state auditors re-
port in Iowa and went to the
census in Nebraska l will leave
you to explain. Iowa like Me-
braska assesses at one-ffth it's
actual value. In order to give
you the benefit of the time
when you say Iowa farm values
were SO hard hit by prohibition
will 1Y1Ofa from ,hcfr,o+ 11+b
The Falls City tribune., 1908-10-02

sister state on the south of
which you say under the head
whitening effects upon Kansas
You say, its rural population
has decreased, and quote from
the 18th census to prove it. If
you use the ABSTRACT, which you
probably did, it is strange that
you did not turn over a few
pages to Nebraska. [ concede
your figures so far as Kansas is
concerned. In 81 counties there
is a decrease of $4,000 people
but here are the figures for Ne
braska during the same period,
to-wit; from 1890 to 1900.
COUNTY
Adams, decreased $500. o,o00
Banner, decreased $500. 1900. 1900
Blaine, decreased. ............ 800
Buffalo, decreased. .......... l.9O0
Burt, decreased .......... 49,. 200
Cass, decreased .......... $500. ESQ
Chase, decreased .............. 2.2oO
Clay, decreased ............... 500
Custer, decreased ......... 80. 1900
Dawes, decreased .............. $500
Duell, decreased -. =. 80. 200
Douglas, decreased. ......... ..17,4O0
Dundy, decreased -. -. -. 1,600
Fillmore, decreased -. ....... 1900
Gage, decreased $500
Hamilton, decreased =. ........ 700
Hayes, decreased -. go. 1900
Hitchcock, decreased. 80. -. 1900
Holt, decreased 1,400
Keith, decreased -. ............ 600
Keya Paha, decreased -. ...... 800
Kimball, decreased. 200
Lancaster, decreased ........ll 500
Logan, decreased ............. 400
Otoe, decreased -. ............ 3,l00
Perkins, deere ased ........... 2,600
Polk, decreased 200
Rock, decreased ............... 200
Saline, decreased ........ =. =. 1880
Seward, decreased ......... e. 400
Sheridan, decreased ............ $500
Sioux, decreased ............... 400
Wheeler, decreased. -. ....... . 300
Here is a list of 33 counties
in Nebraska, just two-thirds of
the number that you give for
Kansas, and there is a loss of
about ne-half more than you
give for Kansas. You say,
these figures show that an exo-
dus of Kansas took place, some
came to Nebraska. If they did
they surely did not settle in
Douglas county. Say, where
did they stop? If you had TAX
en- the trouble to look you sure
ly would have saved yourself
the humiliation of that state
ment. Page 1856, abstract 18th
census gives the population of
Kansas in 1890 at l ,427, 096 and
in 1900 at lao, 495, an. increase
of at least 3 per cent. Page 1862
same work gives population of
Nebraska in 1890 at 1853, 91O
and in 1900 at 1866, 300 or about
three-forths Of one per cent in
crease. I should of liked TO
have saved us the humiliation
of this exposure. Even poor
old decrepit Vermont in spite of
her sterility, prohibition added,
did better than we did. If you
are not ashamed OF our pitiable
increase, l am.
Now gentlemen, if you cannot
controvert my statements, and
you cannot, then please come
out in the open and say we want
saloons in spite of its blighting
law defying effects, or we will
join hands with every clean,
honorable man, woman or child
to extermlnate it.
Hoping you may see your way
to join with us, | am yours for
the right.
In trying to do this 1 will
The Falls City tribune., 1908-10-02

All the very best makes
Our prices are lower thar
are giving some very re.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-07
nELEGATES TO THE
DENVER CONVENTION
,,p BRT4N FAR IN THE
LEAD.
sos delegates Are for Him, 29 for
Tohuson, II for Gray and III
Are Uncom mitted.

.----r-,ee delegates TO the Democratic Ma
., convention have been chosen since The
- last table of oelegates-elect appeared.
,r,, 81 Complete delegations were elected
on --.sa. from Porto Rico, Nevada. Arkansas.
To,isiana and Maryland, and in the I'd
- NJ Maize district convention elected
-, 5elepstes Nevada. Idaho and Arkansas
.---,r-ed for Bryan. and Louisiana Endorsed his
.a,5srr. Maryland elected sixteen uninstruct-
:. ss,eea+es-four for Bryan and twelve against
a, The unit rule was not imposed Cnin-
-.--+s5 delegates were chosen in Porto Rico
q .he % District Of Maine. OF the seventy
80 5elerstes elected during the week Bryan
=, eftv-txo and twenty-one were uncommitted
~. csu for the national convention fixed its
.1-,bs-ship at 1902. the Philippines being ex-
,sed from representation. Six Philippine dele
.,.s have been chosen. however, and will apply
- admission OF the SOS delegates SO far
.,,-+sd aos are instructed for Mr. Bryan or COM
-,i,-e5 10 his support by resolutions Of prefer
.,,s or public announcements. Twenty-Five are
Car Inhuson. II are for Gray and la are unconl-
nlrte5. Mr Fryan has the support of "a per
,s,- of the delegates so far elected.
The distribution by states, territories and de-
,sndencies among the various candidates Of the
sns delseates so far elected is shown in the fol-
lowing table: