The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-18

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Eago. was reputed to have been one Of
1.-THE worlds greatest archaeologists.
Joseph Ray, the Ohio county mathe.
matician and author of Rays Arith-
metfc has been "ciphered" into the
Tasting affections Of half of the State
of the Union. DR.. Il. C. White of Nor.
gantown, is to-day regarded as one Of
the most eminent scientists in Amer
lea. Ida L. Reed. a Barbour county
girl, composes cantatas and hymns
for the John Church Co., of Cincinnati,
and is the author of christmas Bells"
a song that has floated on the air from
Maine to California. Prof Dolbear.
in his room at Bethany first worked
out the principle by which the tele-
phone was afterward made practical
by Alex. Graham Bell. James Rumsey
of Morgan county, constructed the first
boat in the world to be propelled by
steam and Washington witnessed its
trial trip on West Virginia river ten
years before Fulton's boat was built.
Graham Hamriclt, in his log cabin In
Barbour county, discovered method
of embalming which seems near ap.
proach to the lost method of the Egyp-
tians. 1t won for him an honorary
membership in the Inventors Acad-
envy of France and gold medal from
Paris.
There are others who tell us that
10 be classed as great State, we must
"brealt records" and that is the very
thing our State has been doing for
several years. At the Paris EXPOSE
ton, West Virginia, in competition
with the nations of the earth, was Civ.
en- the highest award on wool grown
by Brooke county farmer. We hold
first place in America in the produc-
ton OF petroleum; first in the produc.
ton of natural gas. and first in the
supply of hardwoods. The largest
zinc reduction plant in the world is
located at Clarksburg. The first cleo.
trio railroad in the world, equipped in
a real engineering spirit as a CONNER.
j, cial enterprise, was constructed on
West Virginia soil by home capital
and operated between Huntington and
Guyandotte. The largest ak factory
in the world is located at our State
capital. The ak Is tool about which
clings the romance of development. 1t
was the chief implement used by our
forefathers in conquering the wilder
ness and constructing their first habi.
tatious, and 1t is one of the pleasing
anomalies OF our history that we are
to-day making over one-half the axes
used by the world A three year old
colt owned by General Watts, OF
Charleston, W, Va, has broken all the
trotting records of the world, giving
him standing without precedent in
the history of the turf and putting him
above every other colt OF his age. that
ever raced in harness. Recently in
New York City in a competition Mt
Madison Square Garden, In which the
worlds most noted driving horses
were entered, the highest award, the
gold cup and the fluttering ribbon.
went to the West Virginia span driven
by Mrs. Clarence w. Watson and to-
day in their cosy Fairmont stables,
these horses proudly wear the badge
that attests their equine aristocracy.
West Virginia has sent many ia.
nous actors to the great stage of life
who cannot be mentioned in the time
at my command. Our State sent Ohio
four Of her wisest and best governors.
Alabama. Kansas, North Dakota and
Maryland have each received from us
an able chief executive. Beneath the
creeping ivy in the old cemetery at
/. Clarksburg sleep the first lovers mar
ried In the White House, the bride
being sister of Dolly Madison AMI
the groom John G. Jackson. once
gallant Congressman from Harrison
county.
Felix Grundy. the great jurist o.
Tennessee, Theodore Laidley, the ar
tiller!st Of the Mexican war, John
| Stephenson. founder OF Portland, Ore,
Jas Farley the California United
States senator. Jesse Thornton. the
Oregon chief Justice and Stonewall
Jackson were all at one time, West
Virginia boys. Andrew Rowan, of Mon
roe county, who carried President Nc
Kinley's message to Garcia in Cuba.
performed an act OF heroism, says
General Miles, "unequalled in the an
nails of warfare" The story of
Rowan's courage was printed in nine
languages and had circulation of 16,,
100000 copies in three years. Dudley
Evans, now president OF the Wells.
Fargo, one of the largest express COM
panies of the world. was once Mon
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