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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-24
TEACHERS CERTIFICATE.
Old Timer Discovered by Edward
Wells Amonn Old Documents.

Old Timer Discovered by Edward
Wells Among Old Documents.
MoRGANTowN. March 24.-while
engaged in going through some of the
effects of the late Samuel Kelly, faith
er of DR.. Kelly. Edward Wells made
discovery. He found teachers
certificate which had been issued TO
the deceased many years ago in Penn
sylvania. A glance at IT will show that
the public schools of those days did
not embrace as extended curriculum
as they do at present. The certificate
is as follows:
az do certify that Samuel Kelly, Jr.,
is qualified to teach Reading, Writing,
Arithmetic and English Or M 4aar.
Given under my hand 8 day of Dec
emher. 1885.
James Johnson, School Director"
Mr.. Kelly taught for some time on
this certificate in Westmorcland coun-
ty, where 1t was issued.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-24

BANKING HOUSE Corner Main and
y .Ieferaon Street,. J.
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There were no applications for char
tiers yesterday, this being the first
day for several weeks that the charter
clerk has had vacation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-24
Terrible Tale
OF Two Girls
KEPT IN RESORT THREE DAYS
WITHOUT FOOD AND THREAT.
ENED WITH DEATH.

PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-Neor'
ly furnished and afraid they would be
Killed If they tr;ad to escape, two 10
year old girls, Fila Ward and Cath
crime Reed, as they gave their
names, were rescued from a Pearl
street resort by the police yesterday.
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sued by the Secretary of state yester-
day. They were to ]. Russell Wells
Of Bens Run, Tyler county, and ]. F.
Penrod, of Glen Jean.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-24
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lsAIsti ONT 4 Gu Il sBiJEtg
AcTiosS COMP NY. u
Cara leave Cor. Main ana 1efisrsSs
sts- Falrnens, HouRLS for Charts
sburs and intermediate Pelnta fros
500 a. N. Until 1850 8. q.
Schedule Of Interurban Cars, oetc
her 81. 1907.
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10 be gone week Three we're 30
iected by me spealter o. the Houea
and two By ne RI sident u tie senate
afid sre as foliows Hops Dr. g. q.
Mace ueen, saIlaYsii county q A:
don, Mineral count, and Hen:
smith. Rpane county: Senate
senator ira Hicks. cabsll county. and
Senator Adam Litdepage. Kanawha
county,
Upon the return Of the committee
q report viii be made as TO the result
81 the inspection tour and 1t is ex.
pected that 1t VIII recommend that
the state provide a sanitarium for the
care and protection Of persons sufrer-
ing with tuberculosis.
on the occasion OF the first meeting
of the Kansas Educational Commits
sion. recently appointed, the Daily
Gazette, OF Emporia. Kansas, refers
to West virginia as the first State to
ipaugurate the plan. The paper con-
LaluuS tue hTLGlS was split W A2dPSA
intendent Of Schools Thomas G. Mil
Ter. The following is an extract from
the article:
"west virginia was the pioneer
state to inaugurate the plan Of having
a State educational commission. A
year ago the educational commission
Of west Virginia recommended to the
legislature that certain laws be mod
lifted and new ones enacted. The leg
islative body of that State carried out
to the letter the wishes of the educa-
tors on the commission. Since West
virginia created an educational COM
mission a little more than three years
ago. three States have followed her
example-Kansas, Pennsylvania and
New York"
Judge D. 3. Mathews left yesterday
for Huntington IN business.
There were no applications for char
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-24
House
News OF a Day
3aaiFTTEE TO INVESTIGATE tn
ERcuL osIs sANlTARiuM
EEAWEs FOR THE EAST.

EEfsHisEsToN March 24.-The
lttee appointed by the recent
ar the Legislature to invests
sIIe methods employed in the
eitfea Of the east in the matter
- ming for patients suffering with
arcalosis left yesterday evening.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-24
IOday's Suggestion by Ellen Stan.


TUCKED VEST EFFECT.
AL suits and hats have just that touch black needed to
brim
the belt the hem of the skirt We getting it
y NOR
Il roadcoh
stylish combine different materials
artistic combination suit
leather belts again They
But the fashion
her ct and and out Mt the
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Two notary commissions were is
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
The Most Popular Young Lady

The Most Popular Young Lady
i'm Quay county will be presented by us with a
FINE $500 PIANO ON THE LIST DAY OF JULY
I'm order to get it her friends will have to vote
for her. If you want this beautiful instrument
get your friends to trade here. One vote will
be given free with every SC purchase from our
general stock, and Que with every lc from our
jewelry department.. Contest opens Saturday.
April IL, and closes June 80. Results will he
announced every Wednesday. The piano Is on
exhibition at our store.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
Shirt Waists

White lawn waists, deliberately trimmed
with embroidery, bands, lace and SOM
with the new toilet lace. Special values,
75c, goo, 81, sl.l9, SI.50 10 $3.50
Net waists, excellent values in = m
white and ecru ....... $3.50 to C.OU
Wash Silk waists, good quality of silk,
neatly trimmed with silk embroid- . 7c
cred designs ....... .Sl.75 to 90
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
Shoes! SHOES!

VI course you mHSC nave u pair OF up"IO
date Oxfords for Easter. Fashion says "browns
or patents" We've the greatest line of novelty
footwear ever shown i'm a town of this size.
Short vamps are the proper things this season.
We are showing some beautiful styles i'm
browns, patents and ideal kid. We have the
hobby pumps with extension sole; plain toes i'm
both turn and extension sOles; patent and
stock tips In turn and extension sOles. Fact is
we are showing over 50 different styles in ladies
low shoes. It's a pleasure to show them, a
greater pleasure to sell them, for they are SO
satisfactory and the wearer Is sure of both COM
fort and style. Next time you're in let us show
you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
OMISSION OF
 SIGNATURES The Former Compromise Boards Decree. PROBATE JUDGE ASKS RELIEF Inadvertent Oversight in Order in
 Railroad Case. uccordinE Fee for Mortgage in Pickens County |. Matter for Consideration. csmpromise Decree for Mobile.
 and. Ohio.
PROBATE JUDGE ASKS RELIEF

The omission of their signatures from an official document by former Gov ernor William D. Jelks, former State Auditor J. Nj. Carmichael and former Attorney General Massey Wilson, who constituted the old State Board of Con- promise. has put Probate Judge L. c. HudEins, of Pickens County. in an awkward attitude. and he sought in a letter to the Board yesterday to get the matter rectified. The present mem- bers of the Board, at a meeting yes- terday. took cognizance of the omission and supplied their own signatures to the document of compromise and 1t Is believed that this will avoid any suit between the county and the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Com pany which was the beneficiary of the compromise.
 The document which, by accident. the old Board of Compromise failed to sign, was decree of compromise in behalf of the Alabama, Tennessee and North ern Railroad. whose stockholders at a meeting In Carrollton, in 1908, de- clded to execute deed of trust to the York. in the sum of $I,5O0, ,0O0 to cover an increase in the bonded indebtedness of the road. It was estimated by the old Board that the new indebtedness c0vered but a small part of the line lying in the State of Alabama, and that ttls proportion would be fairly put at $2i6s0eO+ It was unanimously agreed that the recrms'ing fee on this mort gage should bv paid on the basis of the latter amount instead of the whole one million and a half dollars
 The Original Decree.
 Attorney General Alex M. Garber has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
FULLER APPOINTED
TO BOARD or CoMMIsslONERs OF
 HOUSTON COUNTY.
Had Been Member of Board of Reve- naes, Created by Unconstftu- tionaI Act--Other Appeint-
 ments by the Goyernor

C.. A. Fuller of Dothan. was ap- pointed q member of the Board of County Commissioners of Houston County yesterday by Governor Conner Joseph Nj. Houston of. Town Creek. was appointed a member of the Board of Edmondson of Eufaula was named as the successor of himself on the dispen- sary board of Eufaula.
 All these appointments were announce ga yesterday morning by the Governor MT. Fuller. 1t might be said was sirnp- " transferred from the old Board of Revenue of Houston County to the Board of County Commissioners On account of the action of the Alabama tutional the act of the Legislature which created Board of Revenue in Houston County. the question reverted 10 the previous Board of Commission CTS. On that board there was a va cancy, due to the death of one of the three old members. Mir. Fuller Is the successor of the deceased.
 The appointment of Mir. Houston is to m vacancy on the Lawrence Coun- cent death of W. V. Preuit. The com missioner is for the Northwestern Dis trict Of Lawrence County.
 MT. Edmondson was simply reap pointed on the Bosrd of Dispensary Commissioners of Eufaula, owing to the expiration of his last term on
 Other appointments of the Governor
 constable-P. e. cowIinr. of Renton.
 Notaries Public and ex-onicio Jus tices of the Peace-E. D. Mcclellan, of lyn. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
J. NJ. WOOD IS HURT.
Explosion of Gas i'm MufnuIa Causes
 Alarm.

Explosion of Gas in HUfauIa Causea
 Eufaula, March 11.-SpeciaL)-J. M Wood, an attache of the gas company here. narrowly escaped serious inju- ries while pursuing his duties of read ing the meter of a Broad street house yesterday afternoon.
 Mir. Wood had occasion to enter the cellar and found 1t necessary to light a match The meter which was leaking exploded with such force that MT. Wood had his moustache and hair burned and suffered painful injuries about his face.
 The fire department was called and but for prompt action and heroic work a serious conflagration would have ensued.
 The R. E. Lee chapter of the children of the Confederacy held an interesting and important meeting at the home of Miss Carrie Spurlock yesterday after noon. Interesting questions were discussed and much routine business was transacted.
 Questions submitted by the President of the state chapter were handed the members for which a prize will be awarded for correct answers. The local chapters throughout the state will enter the contest and the am nouncement of the winners will be made at the next regular meeting to be held the first Tuesday in April.
 Information has been received here to the effect that the barn belonging to Robert McTyer which was destroyed by fire was the work of an incendiary and every effort will be eXerted to capture the guilty one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12

| in hand the original decree of the for mer Comprumise Board with every thing specifically drawn up therein, but
 the signatures of the members are
 This decree was given him and the other members of the present Board. Governor Conner and State Auditor They are satisfied that the intention of s.= cid Board was to grant the com aromtse becAEae accompanying the un- signed decree is a letter from former Jelks. confirming the transaction briefly as set out in full in the decree itself.
 The attorneys for the railroad filed with the Probate Judge of Pickens their authority for the compromise agreement the letter of the former State Auditor to the former Chief Ex- have been accepted by the Probate Judge and fee of fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars as mortgage tax was paid only on the $216,OO0.
 Now there seems to have been start ed in Pickens County 8 movement to recover the mortgage tax on the tull $1,500,0 900 of the mortgage, or rather the tax on the difference between this latter face of the deed and the amount named in the unsigned compromise. If the State Board of Compromise at it's meeting yesterday morning mad not come to the rescue of Proeate Juage ' rassment. As 1t is, the new Board simply renewed the compromise. al- though the Attorney General gave the of hand opinion that the compromise would have stood alone on the letter ot the former State Auditor to the former Governor.
 AS to whether citizens of Pickens County who have interested themselves in the matter will be satisfied with the status of the case after yesterdays act ion of the new Board, cannot be told. but 1t Is believed that no further steps will be taken. The amount of tax on the full face of the deed Of trust would be S2.250 of which Pickens County would be entitled to one-third or x75o. In the event certain citizens Insist on getting the whole fee for the county they may institute suit for the difer- ence between the taxes on the full and compromise amounts. ComprUmtae Decree for M. and O.
 Another compromise decree issued by the Board yesterday was one in favor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Com pany. which recently purchased twenty locomotives for use on It's line, giving d mortgage to secure the contract In the sum of s339,500. As not all of the line on which the new engines will be used lies within the borders of the state the recording fee for filing the mort gage was computed on the basis Of the mileage in Alabama, which Is z7s.O1 miles
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
For Eesema, TetteR and :
 RingyWorw. Try Wares Tetter Ointment. For sale at all Drng Stores.
cRIMINAL CAsEs TRIED.

City Court Disposes Most of Weeks
 Docket.
 With the exception of the capital eases. the dates for the trial of which begin with next week. the docket for the criminal division of the City Court. Judge w H. Thomas. presiding, was almost disposed of yesterday morning !. One or two cases are set for today, but in all probability the court will be on vacation Friday and possibly Saturday. Those cases tried yesterday were:
 George Washington, indicted Tor va. grancy found guilty by the jury ana lined S25.
 George Mays and Henry Robinson, on the charge of breaking into railroad car, found guilty by the jury
 Charles Wilson, a white man charged with grand larceny, was found guilty by the grand jury.
 The case against Madge Howard for a violation of the o'clock closing law was mol pressed by the solicitor on ac- count of lack of evidence necessary for conviction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
Hiccoughs ofMr. Fuquay
 Puzzles Alexander City Doctors

Alexander City. March I1.-tspecial.) How would you like to hic-cough iss.0oo times7 Such has been the luck of ex-Mayor A. P Fuquay of this city, who recently endured such an ordeal until he was prostrate and sinking from suffocation.
 The medical fraternity of Alexander City has been perplexed over this vio- lent and, persistent case.
 About o'clock of February go. while returning from country trip, MT :. Fuquay says he ate a biscuit and a small piece of cheese. He was in per- feet health but he was immediately seized with a violent case of hiccough which shook him tenaciously, and al-- one-half days. By the third day he was prostrafe and nervous: the fourth day still growing weaker; the firth day collapsed; the sixth day suffocst- ing. It was feared on Friday evening,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
BEAT THREE WOMEN
 HEES FROM JUSTICE

Brantley, March 11.-(Special. )- News has just been received here that Mrs. Mathew Hall aged forty-hve, her daughter. Miss Ann Robbins, aged twenty-one. and Miss Lizzie Hall aged thirty-ftve, are in a precarious condi- ton and under the care of a physi- elan at their home near Bullock, seven miles southeast of Brantley, as the re- suit of severe whippings applied by Mathew Hall, aged fifty.
 Hall returned home from Opps late Sunday night under the Influence of whiskey and proceeded to raise a dis turbance with the women of his fam fly.
 Hall left for parts unknown upon hearing that Mrs. Anna Robbins, a sister-ln-law of Miss Robbins, had sworn out warrant for his arrest.
 This is not Halls first offense, he now being out on bond, charged with attempt to assault his step- daughter, Miss Ann Rob bins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12

suffocation and it was at this junc- ture that his physician determined upon nauseating the patient by hypo- dermic administration of apo-morphia, immediate relief and at midnight the convulsions ceased.
 Mir. Fuquay says this scourge of hic- cough registered about as follows: Twenty-three ''hics' per minute, aver aging twenty-one hours a day, for six and ofle-half days duration, making ap- proximately 1SS,370 times he had the hfccough convulsion.
 The medical fraternity and the att tending physicians of the city are pre- pairing to have this case. with its treat ment, placed before the medical coll analysis.
 MT. Fuquay is rapidly regaining his strength and win be well in a day or two.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
CaPrOII-Lambert.

Tuscaloosa. March 11.-(Special.)-- News has been received in the city of the marriage of W. T. Carroll and Miss home of the brides father. J. A. Lam bert. a few miles from Cottondale. The ceremony was performed by Probate Clerk Pelham D. Brown. in the pres ence of a large company of friends and relatives. Tom Lambert, brother of the bride. was best man and Miss MandsFson was the maid of honor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
JOHNSON MAY COME.
NinnesOta'. Governor to Visit Tusea-

Nfinnesota's Governor to Visit Tusea-
 lOOsE and Mobile.
 Tuscaloosa. March 11.-tSpecial)-- Governor John Johnson of Minnesota has notified Robert Jemison, Jr., Presi- versity of Alabama that he would make a positive answer this week as to whether he would be able to accept the invitation of the society to deliver its annual address at the University com mencement in May.
 He wrote that he was practically certain that he would be able to attend the commencement. and in case he ac- cepts the invitation of the society, he will also probably deliver an address in Mobile. to which city he has been invited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
NEWS OF RECORD

The following building permits were ns.l issued yesterday from the office of the make TS P; 9.5s,,yy DS,syfus us .o erect reyanaah and ing on Adams Street, between Perry and Court Streets. cost Sl ,250
 To A B. Hamilton, to renovate two. story frame building. 415 East Jefrer- son Davis Avenue, cost $l.00O
 To F. L. Wilson. to repair one-storv frame building, 356 Holt Street, cost
 The following notices of incorpora- ton ton were nled yesterday with the Sec
 Bessemer Gas Company of Besse,ner. Saplsan dsY stock 4 * S1Oo,cSO: incorPoretors; D. irison: id: Jr: T, T.. sehley, c. D. VIII
 A A. Allen Furniture Company of Somee County. with q capital stock of Martha L. Allen, Bessie Allen, Hattie smith Hattie Brunson. L. s. Allen and J. c. Martin.
 The Wilson Naval Stores Company of tention yesterday to do business in Ala pama. by filing with the Secretary of State copy of its articles of incorporL alton. The company designates as It's Tensaw.
 The following transfers of real es. tate were yesterday recorded in the Probate Judges ofhee:
 Mrs. Leila M. Bowling to B. c. Par l, ker, one lot on Oakland Avenue in Ken
 Th" h Iq,sI. Iaq,s.sIn.s. consiaeratlon xzbO. Company to J. L. Haas. three lots in The Uplands. consideration $450 A. J. Alfred and wife to $. e. Fal. lansbee by auction sale, one lot on Clayton Street, consideration Sl,562.
 George Stuart, receiver for the firm of Abe Veil, yesterday filed with the Clerk of the Federal Court, a list and appraisement of the stock, fixtures. etc, of the firm. The list shows the vaiti- ation of the stock, fixtures. the ac. counts and choses in action to total &56.76325
 It was prayed by the reeeiver,t ,that a sale be madei of the stock and fixtures of the firm and Judge Jones riuomplied with the request fixing the time of the sale for noon on March 25.
 Right prices, immediate delivery, Daybreak Fertilizers, Acid PhOsphates and kainit. Marks & Gayle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
The Grand, Friday Might. The Gem of All
The Gem OA All a r-~w~~S. .feWNTs.andln Ia ua a

Comic UpeFns V" " OousHhus
 Henry w. Savage's revival of Pixley and Luders opera .'Woodland" which has been called fantasy of the for est. will be the attraction at the Grand Friday night. and the theatregoing public of Montgomery is warranted in anticipating with great pleasure this work by authors whose names have never been associated with a failure, and whose Prince of Pilsen" and King Dodo" are familiar to all lovers of clean, true musical comedy through out the country.
 The company also carries it's own orchestra in order to insure a prop ,-ar interpretation of the delightfully."- catchy music of Mir. Luders. Seat sale opens this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12
EXTEND ITINERARY
RIVERS AND HARBORs CONGRESS
 ADDS NEW CITIES
sn..,., D,reetor FOX VIII Pro- hahly De Able to Vfsit Sniait- CT Towns oS state to
 Arouse Interest.

Announcement was made yesterday by ce-President w. F. Vandiver. or the National Rivers and Harbors Con Rress, that there are good chances of adding several smaller cities to the itinerary of Special Director Jno. A Fox, of the congress, who is touring Alabama this month. Among t tnSs" minor cities are DemopoIs. VpeisnS; rd Eufaula, Brewton, Geneva Ne"toh anu
 Tt is Practically. certain that the spe- cial Director will visit Decatur. FIor- ence Sheffield and Talledewa. In " much as there has been an unusual manifestation of interest In the eau cational campaign being conducteo py the Special Director of this state le is believed that Mir. Fox will be apie to extend his Itinerary so as 10 afford at least one. days work ar each or the cities named
 Reports came to Vice e-President vandiver from Director Fox yesterday that the expert and orator will surely pointed March 20 and 21 and March 23, H paoor E aks Fo. ons sf sPssSs 0 ns day for a trip to New orleans and will return to Alabama via Mobile for the completion of his Aiapamna Mnn;,. camr inr March 14. 16 and IT. A lively recep- tion is looked for in Mobile when Di- rector Fox arrives there. This is the Only VOEI OA <AldUattl4 anu ht0Nh ACRO Is built on the Gulf City according hearty support to the gigantic move. ment set on foot by the Rivers ana Harbors Congress to secure annually larger appropriations from Congress for the deepening of the harbors Of the various states and the inland wa terways.
 The efforts of the Congress. as is being explained by the special Dtrec- tor, are so to arouse the enthusiasm of the people of every State, as that the demand for the increased appropri- ations will be irresistibly felt by the Congressional committees
 The cities In Alabama already visit ed by Director Fox are Birmingham, Anniston. Gadsden and Tuscaloosa. In each of these places there was un- bounded enthusiasm at the meetings led by the visiting speaker.
 Tn Selma the meeting IS to be held by Mir. Fox on March Is and lS.
 FOR sALE--J0O tons slightly dam aged Cotton Seed HuIIs, at 30cts. a ewt. Fire Salvage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-12

Andrew Jackson Roddy. Jefferson Coun- ty; Granville Allen Young. Montgom- cry County; Daniel Mcdonald. Jeffer-
 son County; William Ivy Pittman, Houston County.
 The women of the Memorial Assbcia- tion have selected Cylde McNeel How ard of Autauga County, member of the senior class. to deliver the memorial address.