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BY the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road Company to All Coal
Companies.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 2s-The
Interstate Commerce Commission has
directed the Baltimore & Ohm "a change
its method OF coal car distribution be-
fore August !, so as to include ali the
prlva:e coai cars aad all the foreign
fuel cars upon its tracks In the total
number OF cars available for distribu-
tion TO coal mines on it's lines.
The order was made upon COMPLAINT
Of the Rail and River Coal Company.
which objected to the chronic lack of
cars at its mines in Belmont county. O.
The company protested that Il was
subjected to unreasonable discrimination
because Of the practice of the railroad
company TO count only its own cars in
arriving at the dlstribative share for
each mine. On the hearing before the
commission. It was shown that the prac.
tice of the railroad resulted in giving
the coal companies that were able to get
contracts for supplying fuel to other
railroads, a much greater number Of
cars than the Rail and River Company.
Thus. II there happened 10 be 5000 cars
owned by the railroad TO be distributed
to five mines of equal capacity, each got
1000 cars. but in addition, the mines
that had contracts with foreign rail-
roads also had such private. cars as
might be owned on the other. lines.
The commissioners IN discussing the
discrimination against the Rail and
River Company. pointed out that the prl-
vate cars and foreign railroad fuel cars
require MS many engines and took up
Just as much room on the sidings as II
they We're owned by the Baltimore &.
Ohio. which. in most cases of car short
age so called, is short Of engines as we'll
The commission directs that whenever
It is necessary to put the mines upon a
percentage basis in car distribution the
distribution be made by dividing the
whole number of cars, no matter who
owns them, by the number OF mines
The order does not contemplate that
the railroad company shall give any pri.
vate cars to any mine other than the
owner, or send any foreign railroad fuel
cars to any mine other than the con-
signee, but 1t does contemplate that IL
any mine has more private cars and
specially consigned foreign fuel cars
than Its share of company cars amounts
to. 1t shall not receive any-of the cars
owned by the Baltimore & Ohio
The complaint charged that the rail-
road, In making distribution among the
coal mining districts. Disseminated
against the district OF which Belmont
county is part, hut the. commission
said the facts did not sustain that con-
tention.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

State OF West Virginia:
At Rules held in the office OF the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Har-
rIson county, on Monday, the first
day OF June. 1908, the following or
der was entered:
Thomas w. Keesy,
VS.. In chancery.
Worthy Hickman and Alexander W
Barnes.
The object OF this suit Is to recover
from Worthy Hickman and Alexander
w. Barnes, by means of an attach
ment in equity, the sum of seven
hundred and seventy-flve dollars and
seventy-six cents. ($775.76) the
amount due on May %. 1908 upon a
note of twelve hundred and fifty dol
lars ($1250.00) made by the said
Worthy Hickman and Alexander w.
Barnes to Thomas. w. Keesy on the
18th day of September, 1902, and
payable one year after date Thereof.
Said $775.7G being the amount due
and remaining unpaid on said note.
after allowing all credits and sets off
to which the defendants are in anv
wise entitled.
ANA II appearing from an alnuaNll
filed at said Rules that the defend
ants, Worthy Hickman and Alexander
w. Barnes, are non-residents of the
State of West Virginia. on motion of
the plaintiff this publication is en-
tered against the said defendants, and
It is ordered that they do appear with
in one month from the date of the
first publication of this order and do
what is necessary to protect their in
terests herein.
Witness Homer W. Williams, Clerk
of our said court at the Court House
of our said county, this LIST day of
June, 1903.
H. w. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
W. NJ Conway & ]. o. T. Tidler.
Counsel for plaintiff
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
APPLICATION FOR LICENsE

Notice IS herby given that the fol-
lowing named person has filed his APP
pllcation and petition for license to
sell at retail splrItuous wines, llq-
uors. ale. beers and drinks of like
nature. in the City of Clarksburg. for
the residue OF the year beginning
May l, 1908.
HYPPoLYTE LEULIETTE, Rey-
mann Brewing Company building,
Junction Hotel. North. Sycamore
street, clarksburg. West Virginia.
And notice is also hereby given
that the said application and petition
for license aforesaid will be heard by
the Council of the City of Clarks-
burg, sitting as license court. at a
regular session to be held on the
18th day of July. 1908.
Given under my hand this 18th
day of June, 1908.
WILL II, COLE,
Clerk of City of clarksburg.
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Equal Car Service
Must be Extended
COMPETITION OF BANDS

WASHINGTON. D. C., June es-
The United States Marine Band has
long been bone Of contention with
the musical unions in that 1t has been
permitted to compete with the mu-
sicians who make their living by
their art. Now, however, this con-
tention has been removed under a
ruling by. the Solicitor for the Navy
Department who cites the act passed
by the last session of congress, Tho
military bands, or the members there
Of, shall not receive money for fur
nishing music in competition with
civilian bands" This, of course, ap-
plies with equal force to army and
navy bands other than the Marine
Band
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

State of West Virginia.:
At Rules held in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Harris
on county, in said state, on the 3rd
day of June. 1908.
Jonathan o. Hopkins, administrator
of the estate of Lewis Payne, de-
ceased.
VS..
Mary M. Payne, Maria Ogden, Amy
Payne, Mamie Borgess., Gorthur
Harris, Charlotte Harris. Bird Har-
ris, George Harris. Guy Scott. Ros-
coe Scott. Walter Scott. Bertha
Scott. Samuel Scott. infant. Alex
ander Franklin, The Clifford os-
born Undertaking Co., n corpora
tion. ]. p. Strother, c. N. Slater, j.
e. Dawson. +,
In Chancery.
The object of the foregoing suit Is
to subject the real estate of Lewis
Payne, deceased. to the payment IF
his debts. And It appearing from af-
fidavit filed in said cause that the de-
PENDANTS, Amy Payne Gorthur Har-
Scott and Samuel Scott, an infant,
are non-residents of this state 1t is. or
dered that they do appear here within
thirty days after this date and do
what is necessary to protect their in
terests in said suit.
Given under my hand this Jun 3,
1908.
II. w. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
ELMER f. GOODWIN,
Counsel for Plaintiff
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Weak women should try DR.. Shops
Night Cure. These soothing. healing,
antIseptic suppositories go direct to
the seat OF these weaknesses. My
Book No. for Women" contains
many valuable hints to women, and
1t is free. Ask DR.. Shoop. Racine,
Wis, to mail 1t. Ask the doctor in
strictest confidence, any questions you
wish answered. DR.. Shops Night
Cure is sold by all dealers.
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Health coree- Is really the closest
Coffee Imitation ever yet produced.
This clever Coffee Substitute was re-
emily produced by DR.. Shoop, RAJ
cine. Wis. Not grain of real Coffee
Is in 1t either. DR.. Shops Health
Coffee Is made from pure toasted
grains, with malt, nuts. etc. Reilly
It would fool an expert-who might
drink 1t for coffee. No 20 or 80 min
utes tedious boiling. Made in
minute" says the arctor. Sold by all
dealers.
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Stornnch TronbIe.

Many remarkable cures of stomach
trouble have been effected by Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
One man who had spent over two
thousand dollars for medicine and
treatment was cured by few boxes
of these tablets. Price 25 cents.
Samples free at all drug stores.
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NEW SPECIAL BULLET.

WASHINGTON. D. c., June 25-
General Bell, chief Of tan, U. s. A.,
has decided that the new special bull
let. which is in an experimental state,
will not be used in the national.
match this year.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
CATTLE IN FINE SHAPE

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 26-Reports
from the ranges all over the West
are that cattle are now in the best
condition they have been at this
time of the year ror many seasons.
and the stock Is also reported to be
in fine shape. The reports also show
that the four and i've year old stuff
is exceptionally fat and will be ready
for market early.
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ASTHMA Cnrcd-I want every asth-
ma sufferer to try free sample of
my remedy, Gasping- for breath.
choking and fainting spells stop
ped. just send your name and ad-
dress and the address of any other
sufferer you know. Address T.
Gbrham. $40. Shepard building,
Grand Rapids. Michigan.
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WANTS. FIrEJ, CITY uOTEI,

Robert Thomp of Nicholas county. is
in the city with View Of negotiating
for the Fuel City hotel on North Fifth
street
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APPEAL GRANTED

An appeal has been granted by
Judge Nathan Golf in the case Of
Abram c. Mott against the Buckhorn
Portland Cement Company, from a
decision by Judge Dayton.
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OR sToLEN-From near
Fred Tregour's house, Industrial.
light bay horse. Information lead
ing to recovery of same. sent to
Frank Tregour. Broadway. Indus
trial will be rewarded.
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DEEDs R1SCoRnED

Carrie Ash and Thomas Ash to +.
r. Clark, acre, Salem.
Harvey F. Smith to Mary JuricIt
and others, l lot, Glen Elk.
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Mrs, Edward ]. Doyle and son, Ed
mund H. Doyle. are visiting at the home
OF her father. james F. Randolph. In
Salem.
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TAFT. TEXAS-Wherc farmers arc
making $500 per acre off $500
land. This is the last west Write
for sworn statements of people al
ready there. Agents wanted. f. B.
Bannister, House Bldg, Plttsburg,
Pa.
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NATURALIZATION MS stennogra-
pher; reference furnished. Call
Bell phone 229-R. Consolidated
412. or address G, care Telegram.
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SITUATIONS WANTED.

SITUATIoN-Am eighteen and will
ing to work: can I'LL any position,
age considered. Address NJ. Tele-
gram office.
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Coal Fields

We have 40 acres of coal, oil
and timber land in Gilmer coun-.
ty, selling ut low price. $3.50
acres of exceptionally good coal
lands in Taylor county. The
vein runs about s It. and is be-
ing offered at a sacrifice.
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wANTED-Position by good alround
handy colored man; understan
boiler work and gas engines. Car
rem White, rear $50 w. Main st.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

wANTED-one large or two small
furnished rooms for light house
keeping, centrally located, no chill
dren. Address ''F. j." care Tele-
gram.
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LADIES wANTED-To COPY short
advertising letters at home: spare
time: cash weekly: send stamp for
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$4,000 buys a large IL room
frame house ON II. Main street.
Large halls, enameled bath, gas,
water, all modern convenicnces,
practically new. Large lot.
This is an exceptionally good
opportunity to open up a large
boarding house.
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FOR SALE.
wANTED-FEMAIE HELP

wANTED-white woman for general
housework; a pleasant home and
good wages to right party. no
children, steady splace: reference
required. Address P. o. Box 81.
Meadowbrook, W. Va.
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e------ss------
The Follow
ing are a
few of
genuine
REAL
ESTATE
BARGAINS
5000 win purchase a very
choice o room frame house in
Broad Oaks. Slate roof, well
decorated, 2 large halls, front
and rear porch, finished in
hardwood. Lot 35x140.

$4,000 will buy a Z room
house in w. Adamston, close TO
the b. so. depot. All modern
conveniences, hot and cold wa
ter, good well, house well deco
rated, 2 large verandas. Very
choice property for boarding
house. Easy terms.
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LOST.

LoST-Pcrson who by mistake took
black silk umbrella from pew IN
Catholic church Sunday at 10
o'clock mass will kindly return TO
church at once or action will be
taken to recover same.
LOST-A large bunch of keys; re-
ward II returned to Telegram Of
flee.
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WANTED-Woman 25 to IS years OF
age for house work; family OF two.
no washing or ironing; reference
required. Call G63 w. Pike ST.
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We can offer a large IL room
house in W. Adamston close to
the b. 4 o. depot, at phenom-
inally low figure, suitable MS a
railroad hotel. Your own terms
will buy.
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$1,000 win buy a frame house
of o rooms on Poplar street,
with enameled bath, gas and
water in house, 3 porches, slate
roof. Lot 43x10O. An ideal
home.
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$4,000 will buy an 8 room
house on Lee street, finished In
oak, all modern conyeniences.
Built 5 years, and rents for
$500 per month.
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waNTED-sIALE HELP

WANTED-A pastry cook and bell
boy. Apply at the Traders Hotel.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-House, 10 rooms. South
Chestnut street. C. L. Ford. Box
50.
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waNTED-Good, smart man for or.
ganization work. Apply Martin
& Co.. Traders Annex.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., with mcclan-
ical ability and thoroughly ac-
quainted with West Virginia coal
coal trade. to locate in and work
from Charleston or some central
West Virginia point. Salary, ex-
penses and commission. Must fur
nish first class references. !. Address
Coal, 18th floor Heeren Building.
Pittsburg. Pa.
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Will n, COLE,
Clerk of City of clarksburg.
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years has made a vast section of the state
notorious and the influence of which has
been felt, politically and socially in every
county and every township of Kentucky
Two words will suffice to explain the
initial motive for this feud spirit and
those words. the open sesame TO practi-
cally every social phenomenon and mon
strosity on earth. are heredity and en-
vironment. Jackson. that ugly little
semi-barba rous settlement across the
river from the Pan Bowl. represents a
most interesting and concrete example of
ataviSm or reversion to type OF ciVillZa-
ton out of which the rest of the world
had emerged ten generations ago. In
other words the blood of the Scottish
Highlanders from whom the Kentucky
mountaineer derives his pedigree. fierce.
clannish feudal blood. the elemental
qualities of which have been peculiarly
conserved by reason of the inaccesslolllty
of the mountain Businesses in which their
lives are spent-this blood, pure and UNI
diluted to this day. is asserting itself now
precisely as il asserted itself in the Scot
fish Highlands in the days of Bonnie
Prince Charlie and the border wars.
l have spoken several times OF the in
accessibility of the mountains where thes =
feudal people have been born and bred.
and now ] will quote Il few examples OF
what | mean by inacc9sslbility.
For instance. take the county scat of
Jackson, which. though only containing
l. $50 persons. is the metropolis for a
large section of country. comprising all
of f3reathtt countv-wilIch alone is larc ar
than the state of Rhode Island-and three
or four surrounding counties which far
exceed il in area. t'p until twelve years
ago there was no railroad to Jackson;
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the nearest railroad station was at Lex
ington. ninety-three miles away. Now
twice day locomotive and one car
come footing Up the mountains. but still,
despite the fact that it is known as 1.-THE
City of Sudden Death" Jackson has as
yet no undertaking establishment. The
nearest hearSe is ninety-three miles away.
Collins are bought and sold in the gen
eral store where man buys his sugar
and chewing tobacco and the calico for
his wife'S dresses. There are no hearSeS
in bloody Breathitt county. and there arc
no hearseS in any of the surrounding
counties. And why? Because there are
which a hearse or any other wheeled
vehicle could be hauled.
=:
If any one doubts this statement let
him try TO hire a horse and buggy in
Jackson, as foolishly tried to do and
he will discover that even a blackboard is
as impossible of naturalization in jack
son AS is a hearse. There are absolutely
no wheeled vehicles save OK carts in this
unique town. and people who would travel
about the country must do so either on
foot or muleback
Now country with topography such
as this must needs have offered peculiar
inducements TO the early Scottish p.o-
neers who settled here late in the eight
zenith century. These people, many of
them refugees from the highlands OF
Scotland. where they and their fore
fathers had been hunted for generations
in the age-long Jacobite feuds. saw in
these mountain Businesses. fun OF dark
caves and caverns. just such IL country as
they had left behind them. The fact that
they could barely coax meager liveli-
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hood out OF the shallow subsGil on the
ni!lsides and ravines did not deter them
IN any respect from settling here instead
Of pushing on to the fertile lOwlanGs OF
the Blue Grass region or to the broad
rich valleys OF the Ohio and the Misss-
sippi.
So to this day the Kentucky mountains
and their people convey the indelible i'm
preston of bit of Scotland transported.
The psychology of the average Breathltt
county mountaineer and citizen of jack
son is eminently highland Scottish. Fierce
~ ciannish. ready to shoot at the drop
Of the hat. capable OF the blacklist treacli-
cry in the waging of his feud and regard
ing the assassination of his enemies with
Jesuitical complacency he is at the same
time the NEST deeply and sincerely re-
ligious of men. and. what is still more
weird paradox. he has respect for the
letter of law and order such as few other
American citizens ever entertain or
dream of entertaining. Having said this
much, it will not be nece ssary to say that
he is utterly devoid of any sense of
humor
This fact made a deep impression upon
me when. on the day previous l visited
the courthouse to try to obtain permits
sion from Judge Taulbee to visit Beech
Hargis in the Jail. The courthouse. as
already stated. is historic in the Hargis-
Cockerill-Cardwel feud.f Feudists have
been killed time and time again in the
courthouse and in front of the court
house. and feudists have been killed
across the street with bullets fired from
the courthouse windows. Naturally. then.
one did not look to find any ordinary
hall of justice: and so when, climbing to
the court chamber on the second floor, !
passed little groups of men talking pol
tics and feud gossip in the corridor. the
while whiting away with their jack
knives at door jambs. window stills.
wainscoting anything in the form of an
available piece of wood. l was not so
very much surprised. Nor was l even
very much surprised when. opening the
door of the court chamber. l found the
presiding judge holding court with a soft
hat on the back of the judicial head and
q lighted cigar between the judicial
teeth Nor was l surprised that all the
litisants, following the example of their
Judge should be smoking. too.
What was surprising. though. was the
nature of some of the offenses on the
calendar for trial that day-five cases Of
shooting mark on Sunday. three cases of
poker playing. two cases of shooting
craps one case OF using blasphemous
language on Sunday; all of which were
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rocks and sheer prcripices. Pan Bowl
Farm, so called, constitutes an all but i'm
pleg!Iabie uatulal fortress. with ule rusi.-
ing waters of the Kentucky beneath as q
sort of stupendous moat. No highland
chieftain ever ensconced himself in a
more inaccessible stronghold than is this
homestead of the Hargis family i'll the
businesses of the widest region in the
Appalachian mountains.
Ard Eithcr, to Pan Bowl Farm and the
burying ground of the house of Hargis.
was bound on this clear. mild February
morning. Across the river. as j stopped
to pav my penny at the toll bridge con-
Meeting the Pan Bowl with the town,
there flashed a binding glistcr from the
icicle bearded cliffs. which at the waters
edge and halfway up the mountain side
were clothed with the dark green of rho
dodendron and OF mr.
How much of walk is IL to Mrs.
Hareis' house, | innoCently asked the
gatekeeper. blue-eyed. gcntle-faced
young mourtaineer of the rare type which
John Fox jr., has so beautifully and so
IIe bit my penny dropped it in the till.
and looked at me out of his guiieless eyes
with look that was half surprise, half
resentment.
[ reckon" he said in his slow, musical
drawl.
And then l remembered that n Jack
son all people of any social standing live.
not in houses. but in reside noes. ana
also what is still more curious, that the
recognized title of the dowager. title
jealousy insisted upon, is that OF Gran
mic"
Hastily correcting my mistake. | sue
ceeded i'm learning nothing more definite
than that 1t was right smart walk,
and interpreting that, from what l had
discovered about rural southern locations,
as meaning anything from half mile
to a days journey. l walked across the
bridge and began my long trudee on foot
up the mountain side and over the mar
row rocky pass between the rushing tor
rent of the Kentucky on either side
As It turned out. l had a three-mile
walk ahead of me. And now, while l
am travelling over this distance between
the toll bridge and Ceramic Hargis' res
idence." that rude four-roomed log house.
where the old clan mother sits lamenting
the last terribls tragedy fallen upon her
famiy-now. let the reader travel with
me i'm imagination back TO the town of
Jackson. where / had spent the two pre-
vious days studying the people there and
the psychology of the feud which for
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But back to the judge and my errand to
the courthouse. The tipstaff, whom l
recognized as the jailer whom / had called
upon previously, tiptoed forward. and.
learning my errand. suggested that l call
upon Judge Taulbee at his '.sto' " at 4
o'clock in the afternoon. Court would ad-
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cARKIe THE JUDcERoUcH BOX TE

A CROSS the river from, and lndeed
~ almost within sight and sound OF
"a the ncw-madc grave among the
periwinkle and rhOdodendron OF
tho HarCiS hurying ground, the