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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
Taxation Discussed.

Editor Argus:
who would not rather be excused
from paying taxes, both direct and
indiIecl2 That there is nothing surer
than death and taxes the next best
thing for us to do is to place the tax
burden where it can be most easily
borne. How can this be done?
Experience and common sense
have taught us that to attempt to
tax personal property is iruitless,
Tor 1t is difficult to find it, and after
it is found il is difficult TO accurately
and justly assess. Most personal
property is easy to hide or carry
away just before or when the as
SCISSORS are around.
Further, tax on Improvements
acts as a fine on the making OF i'm
provements and lessons the amount
made. This is bad for all classes
of people.
Finally, tax on the site value of
land regardless of any improve
ments III or on the land possesses
none of the above objections. Land
cannot be hid or carried away, nor
does such a tax operate as fine
upon production or the making of
improvements. OF all species of
property land is the easiest TO an
praise. And the heavier we tax the
site value of land the better the
land is used aud the less are the
inducements for the owners to hold
1t out of use or its best use. In
substance, only when land is put to
good proper use is it beneficial TO
both labor and capital. BY taxing
the site value of land we are taxing
Casing back thing We all IN com
mon have produced and are main.
tanning. TAXPAYER
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
Notice 10 Creditors.

To the Creditors ~ s. w Shahan.
You will take notice that r. nj WiUiao,s trurf,o
Tor the creditors Of s. W. shehan has iaid bis 49,
c9uhta before me for settlement and that will
at my law Office in kingwood. West Virginia or
VOC etth day ot August 1903. proceed with the
making Of said settlement. and in eonnocfion
tnereWith will proceed 10 take proof Of All debts
amu demands against The said s W. Shahan and
au persons having such claims or demands are re-
aafcq 20 present and prove the same at that time
~ phce. y BES BRADY
W. Va. 5s ,ee.s'
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Why don't the Journal tell its
readers that the West Virginia
bondholders, the Standard Oil
Company, and the Flat Top coal
companies are the most enthusias-
tic hackers and supporters Charley
Swisher has? It's hypocritical cry
of Corporations" fools no one.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

They even took a punch at Sen
ator Nathan Bay Scott in the
Fourth senatorial district by re-
fusing TO indorse him for another
term. The convention Endorsed
Dawson and Swisher on the as
sumption, we take it, that the tail
might as we'll go with the hide.
The army Of taxpayers that are
plugging at Dawson and Swisher
is all the guarantee we need that
they won't load US down this cleo
ton with West Virginia bonds.
Back TO stall 6, Bill and Charley.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

The ARGUS notes a healthy
boom for Bro. Horror, of the Par
kersburg Sentinel, for congress.
On this proposition THE ARGUS
begs leave to vote aye. A Horner
in congress from this state would
be a decided improvement on the
present bunch who have been re-
nominated.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

The Journal cannot with pro-
priety object to few of the Scherr
gentlemen "riding over the state
at the expense of the West Vir-
ginia University fund.-" since the
whole Swisher gang is riding
when they can't hit the blind
baggage-over the state at the
expense of the state fund.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Why should the Charleston
Mail speak so harshly OF George
Wesley Atkinson? Have not Char
ley Swisher and Bill Dawson filed
their applications for a life tenure
of office?
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Set it down as a safe bet that
the Republican ring of Preston is
not going to elect its county ticket
this year. The taxpayers have
had their fill of ring tickets in
Preston. This is the year they
are going to do some smashing.
They feel it is a duty they owe
their Creator to give the Jim com
mittee a spanking it will not for
get for the next four years. Don't
be backward, gentlemen. Come
early, and bring your spankers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Talk is cheap about establishing
Republican daily newspapers in
Parkersburg and Wheeling, but
to place papers that will come up
to the standard Of the old dailies
will take both money and brains.
1t is questionable if they could be
placed on a paying basis in sew
eral years Of hard work. The new
Republican dailies would have to
be run at a sacrifice TO the gentle
men who would finance them,and
as the people have already made
up their minds as to what they
are going 70 do to the Republican
state machine ticket, it would be
a waste Of time trying TO defend t.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

State appropriations raised from
$4,000, 1000 to S6,5OO,OOO fully ex-
plains why the machine wanted
new tax laws. If it can pile the
go, 100000 Wall street bonds on
us it will want another set of new
tax laws.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Speaking about "carpet-bag-
gers" is the Preston County Jour
nal aware that Elkins, Scott, Daw-
son, White, and the rest of the
gentlemen whom it worships are
all in this class? None are West
Virginians by birth.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Will Bro. Presley Morris please
remain home from Sunday school
next Sunday and let us have his
opinion of Bro. Horatio Whetsell
in as mild and gentlemanly Ian
guage as he can command?
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Charley Swisher has the same
chance to be elected governor as
Bill Dawson has to be elected a
United States senator. Too much
Dawsonlsm has killed them both
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

No doubt the Journal fell down
and wept when it read that the
fine of s29,24O,0OO against the
Standard Oil Company had been
postponed for the present.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

One of the painful reasons why
the Journal is not calling upon
the faithful to "vote the ticket
straight" is the empty dinner pail
and high taxes.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

The Morgantown Post blames
1t on the buffers and cour-hush-
ers. 1t really begins to look like
they have been stacking the cards
for several conventions.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

We are really enjoying the
agony of the swisher supporters.
10 be turned out into the woods
on November 8 and have to root,
hog, or die is anything but COM
forting.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
Rheumatism

have found tried and tested cure for Rbeu.
matisml Nota remedy that will straighten the
distorted limbs Of chronic cripples nor turn bony
erowths back to flesh again. That is impossible
But can now surely kill the pains and pangs Of
this deplorable disease.
In Germany-with n Chemist in the City Of
DaImstadt-l found tho last ingredient with
which DIR. Shops Rheumatic Remedy was roada
. perfected. dependable prescription. without
that last ingredient. successfully treated many.
many cases ofRheumatism but now. at last Il uni
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much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular
wastes found In Rheumatic Blood. seem TO dissolve
ana pass away under the action OF this remedy as
freely as does sugar when added TO pure water.
And then. when dissolved. these poisonous wastes
irooly pass from the system. and tho cause OF
rheumatism IS gone forever. There Is now no
real neod-no actual excuse 20 suffer longer with
out help. We sell. and In confidence recommend
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

EJudge Tom Brown is kicking up
enough dust to keep the Swisher
horizon clouded until after the
election.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

The ARGUS has stated more
than once that Charley Swisher
would never be elected governor
nor Bill Dawson United States
senator. Even the machine adj
mits it now.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

This is the first political cam
paign we have engaged in that we
have loosened our suspender but
tons laughing at the enemy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Now is the time for Bro. Whet-
sell to secure another colt if he
can. 1t may enable him to make
another political flop.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

1t is a noticeable fact that the
brain of the Republican press is
supporting Hon. A. c. Scherr.
The small fry are yelling Swisher.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Mark it down, you doubling
Thomases, that w. J. Bryan will
beat w. II. Taft worse than Roose-
welt beat Parker. Why? Because
the people are going to elect the
President this year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

1t is noteworthy that the Jim
committee is not so boastful about
carrying the Republican vote Of
Preston in its vest pocket.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Willie Taft had to submit his
letter of acceptance to Teddy
Roosevelt before he could give it
to the public. The public is not
the least bit interested in Taft's
letter. His record as the "injunc-
ton man" is too well known to
the nottingham.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

No one was surprised when
James *. Hall withdrew from the
Lincoln ticket. A postoffice goes
before martyrdom.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

It's a safe wager that Ben Hiner
will convince George Goodman
Sturgiss he has been in a congress
sional scrap.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

On the nativity proposition we
beg to remind the Journal that
while George c. Sturgiss was born
in Ohio, Benjamin II. Hiner first
saw the light of day in West Vir-
ginia. This makes Sturgiss a
"carpet-bagger," according to the
Journal
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

The question is often asked
why is it that Charley swjsher
makes such frequent visits to New
York City? It may be explained
ON the ground that New York
City is the home Of the Standard
OIL Company and Wall street.
just now the Standard is escaping
its just share Of taxation and Wall
street wants US TO recognize that
she is reaching out for S33, 900, 900
that the machine has promised to
turn over If the machine ticket is
elected.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

The machine will not ask you
TO watch your tax receipt after it
saddles the West Virginia bonds
on Won.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

The ARGUS wants to remind
the Republicans Of Preston that
this is the year it is not going to
pay to "yote the ticket straight
II you think you can afford to as
sistin placingan unjust debt upon
the state that it Will take three
generations to pay, just "vote the
ticket straight" But when YOU
do, you must not complain when
you have to mortgage the home
and the farm TO pay the Wall
street sharks.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Show us the man with the full
dinner pail,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

No one will mourn more than
Bill Dawson when he returns and
finds that some one removed cog
IN his machine which caused it to
come in third in the gubernatorial
race.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
LYDIA z. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

For proof OF this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
For eight years L suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia Il. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound and it has saved
my life and made me n well woman"
Mrs. Arthur Il. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. n. j., writes:
81 feel IL is my duty 10 let people
know what Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. L
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
T.. PinSham's Vegetable Compound,
and to-day am well and stronpn
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia 4. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Taxpayers Of Preston, are you
willing to have the Republican
machine fasten the Wall street
West Virginia bonds Of $4,000
600 on you? That's what it will
do If it can elect its state ticket
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Fairmont seems to be more in
terested in baseball than politics.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
DR {. w. RICHARDS.

Graduate Of Jefferson Medical COLLEGE.
Phtadeiphia "a Class OF szg
Fufsued special courses; 90 wears exper
iencc, All chronic diseases q Specially
BRUcFTON MILLS. w. VA
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

II is pretty hard for us to con-
ceal our JOY at the discontinue of
the hypocritical old Journal.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
TOday's Suggestion by Ellen Stan.

the suits OF the
moro elaborate or
der are very costly
and an extra skirt
will make the m
much more 30.
Az the summer
advances we viii
see many suits for
the street In the
new combination OF
cloth skirt and taf-
feta jacket. These
suits were shown q
couple OF months
ago. but AZ the
warm weather sets
In they win be more
widely a opt e d.
They are pretty and
a decided novelty
and are more styi-
ish than the suit Of
all one material.
They are good trav-
cling suits. AZ one
jacket may be worn
with several differ
emit skirts II q color
is chosen that will
combine attractive
ly with a number
OF different colors.
The skirt In the
accompanying Illus
tration win develop
a ttra c lively I'm
many different ma
terials suitable for
a separate skirt.
The tunic skirt has
given rise to all
sorts OF drapery eff
fects. Wide folds
are used to simu-
late the edge OF q
tunic and are mi
tered to a sharp
point both front and
back. These folds
are cut from ave to
seven inches deep
andsometimes show
N nf-la - 1890
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

Trespass notices for sale at this office
Zoe per dozen.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30
A SURGICAL
OPERATION

If there is any one thing that
woman breads more than another it
Is surgical operation.
We can state without fear of
contradiction that there are hun
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos
pitals which are entirely unneces-
sary and many have been avoided nv
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

color Soutache n
desirable o foldt
esfrom y 81 waist
person requires
mches
10 this
address be
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

THE ARGUS, PrestOn's best paper.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

kingwOod, Jul, 30, 1905.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

on you.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-30

or Rowlesbure
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-14
CROP PRAIRIE WHEAT,
Prices Also 20 Per Cent Higher
Than Last ear.

Nezperce. Idaho, Sept 14.--1van
Jorgens, prominent farmer of this
prairie reported today that one field
his farm last week averaged yield
OF 81 bushels an acre. the grain
grading No. l. The wheat was fall
sown and an unusually heavy crop.
At the present prices, Mr.. Jorgens
says, the farmers win realize much
larger profits from their grain than
uslal. as quotations are 20 per cent
higher than at this time last year.
Threshing will be completed in two
weeks, as the favorable weather has
enabled the machine men to work
without delay, and the season will
close about a month earlier than
usual,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-14
FROM THE COUNTY RECORDS.
(By Neg Perez County Abstract CO.
Sent. IL, 10O8-Deeds.

0CRLs 49, AVS~
p. J, Hester to Northwestern
Lumber Co, s SW v section 9. Sc
u Sc u section 8, NE u NE a
Sc ction 1892 W., $4,000.
James Aspoas to same, lot 2, Sc
u NV u, SW n NE u. NV u
Sc " section 1892 W., $3.50.
Same to same, E " NE u section
1892 W., $3.50.
Same to same, NE v w u Sec
ton 1922 W., $500.
Same to same. lot l, section ~
1922 W., N " NE u. Sc u NE a
section 24-32-3 W., $3.50.
Same to same. E " Sc u. NV "a
Sc u section 24-32-3 W.. lot a
section 1922 w, $3.50.
Jabez Kenyon to James Aspoas, lot
1. NE u NV u section 1892 w.
N u NE n, Sc u NE u section
24-32-3 W., SW u NE u. Sc "a
NV u, NV u Sc u lot 2, section
1922 W., 81.
Alexander Pollock to Ruby Code
lot 8. block 10, Thompson's Secon'
addition, city, $4,000.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-14
MANY enroll
OPENING DAY
OVER 100 NEW STUDENTS WILL
JOIN NORMAL CLASSES THIS
TERM-EVERY DEPARTMENT
WILL BE CROWDED.

This is registration day at the
Lewiston State normal, and Regis
tar Chessman and assistants have
more work. than they will be able to
handle. 1t is now evident that the
registration for the day will show
the names of over 100 new students.
entered for the term. The old stu
dents have their rooms and assign
nents, and there is every indication
OF the heaviest enrolment for this
semester that the institution has
ever known. Lewis Hall, the
dormitory for women, is also a scene
OF busting activity today. Miss
Kennedy. the matron, reports that
ali rooms in the building are eithel
ROW assigned or are being held for
students who have reserved them for
the coming term. The building will
accommodate about 20 girls.
The new railroad from Riparia
has proven greatly advantageous to
the school by saving ~ hours trav"
cling to students from southern Ida
no.
President Black returned from his
summers research work in the Uni
versity of Chicago, and is energeti-
cally attending to the administra-
ton and the furtherance of his new
plans for the training of rural teach
ers.
There are three new members in
the faculty Miss Anna Webster Ly-
tie will be dean of women and teach
ia the English department.
Mr.. Harold H. Hallowell will in
struct in European history. Mr..
Hallowell received the A. b. degree
(19O5) and A. NJ. (1906) from the
University of Pennsylvania. In
1866 he was Harrison scholar in
political economy. and comes highly
recommended by Simon Patten, the
economist, and various members
the history department.
Mr.. Hallowell is also a graduate
o. the Philadelphia School Of Peda-
gogy and has had experience IL
teaching previous to entering col
lege. After graduation he was TO
two years head of the history depar'
ment in Shattuck school, Faribault,
MINI.
Mr.. Herbert E. Fowler, elected to
the chair of English. is native of
Pennsylvania and was graduated
from the Mansfield, Pa, State Nor
NAL school. He afterwards was prin-
c:pal of the high school at Osceola.
Pa, and then entered Princeton uni
yersity. After four years course
in the English department, studying
under DR.. Henry Van Dyke, he grad
uated with high honors. Mr.. Fowler
comes to the Lewiston Normal high
~ recommended by DR.. Van Dyke
end others Of the English depart
ment
Mr.. Fowler is the first graduate OF
Princeton to be elected to the Nor
nal faculty He will be Identified
with the training Of the young men,
and is strong addition to the splen-
did faculty at the Normal.
The other teachers have returned
from their vacations and al! are de-
termined to make this year the most
successful in the history OF the Lew
iston Normal school.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-14
Big Flour Shipment.

The Lewiston Milling company
last week sent out the largest car
of -four that it has ever handled. The
total was 1860 sacks, weighing 49,
900 pounds. The consignment was
sent to Seattle. The demand for the
Lewiston product is growing, and
the company is making many carload
shipments into the surrounding
territory.