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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19
HARNESS 0F T!FTl
In His Desire TO Rem
der Exact Justice.
REVIEWS OF COURTS MARTIAL
Refused TO Approve or oisapProve
Findings of MILITARY TrisunaIs Until
He Had Carefully Read the. Evi-
,ienes-A Case In Point.


When he was secretary Of war NE.
Taft never unrcservedly trusted to the
Judgment of courts martial noon Of
Tending officers to determine his action
IN approving or disappearing the hnd-
ines of these military tribunals. He
was scrupulous In insisting that an
the evidence should be laid before him
to be passed upon and weighed by him
personally. No pressure OF work could
be too severe or lack OF time too evil
dent to prevent him from satisfying
himself that exact justice had been
done the accused, according to the evil
dence and the facts. One evening long
after the rest of the departments had
closed Mr.. Taft, ut the end OF an un-
usually hard day, took up a bundle of
papers relating TO the case of lieu
tenant who was sentenced to dis
mIssal. The chief of star was there.
and he suggested, with view to saw
Ing Mr.. Taft work: IT think that you
win not need to go deeper into the
case II you read the conclusion Of the
Judge advocates memorandum and
my memorandum. The man Is bad
egg. The army will be better or with
out him"
mo" said the secretary; az always
prefer to go through these cases my
SELF
The officer had failed to pay his
debts. Carefully and slowly Mr.. Taft
read the evidence through to the end.
When he finished he looked up and ex-
claimed, But he lied about itF' Rap
idly he dictated a note to be sent, with
the papers, to the president and con-
tinued as he laid them aside; "He
tried, rs he admits, to lie out of it.
think the sentence should be carried
out. There might have been some ex-
cuse for the other thing, but there
could be none for the lie. 1t is time
to stop this tendency among the Off
GERS who get into trouble. 1t must be
for the honor of the serv-
ice.
at want to so over the rest OF these
myself" said he. Indicating another
pile of court martial papers. .'I have
done that sort OF thing all my life, and
I'd rather do It than take the judg-
ment Of some one else"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19

The most reliable and satisfactory
shoes for men are JAMES, A. Bantstar
and Walk-0ver shoes. They At the
feet. We have them in Tan, Calf.
Button and Butcher, the same IN Gun
Metal and Potent Leather. Sizes
IL to IL. Widths A to q. Get
your size; we have them.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19
BIG AND BROAD.
Msthodists Indorse the candi-
daey of William n. Taft.

Methodists IndorSe the Gandi-
daey of William II. Taft.
An unqualified approval OF
William n. Taft as presiden-
tial candidate was given by the
Rev. James Coote, D. D., pastor
OF the Methodist Episcopal church
In Thompsonville. Conn, when
he called at the headquarters of
the Republican national commit
tee. For years DIR. Coote has
tnken a prominent part in Meth
odist circles In New England and
in New York, having been a
presiding elder and occupied
leading pulpits.
mo man has spoken SO ear
nestly in favor OF the great work
that Christian missions are do
ing in the Philippines, in China
and in the orient generally as
Mr.. Taft" said Mr.. Coote. "In
an address at Yale university he
emphasized that idea particular
", and on several other occa-
sions he spoke enthusiastically
OF the good being done by ag-
Sressiye Christian evangelIcalism
In the different countries which
he visited. It seems to me that
no evangelical Christian should
hesitate to support Judge Taft.
BE Is just as big and broad In
his religious ideas as he Is in his
physical proportions. He can be
trusted to do what is fair and
right with all denominations.
II am convinced that whit
Judge Taft has said on religious
matters was not for political eff
feet He has gone hither and
thIther doing the work before
him, and at the same time his
keen observation and his sense
OF fuirness have led him repent
eddy to give expression to his
appreciation of the work of
Christian missions everywhere.
I'm Thompsonville is one OF
the largest carpet manufnctur-
ing plants In the world" con-
tinued DR.. Coote. During the
last Democratic administration
that establishment was com
PEELED to close, and the thou
sands of employees were thrown
out of work. a very large pro-
portion of those had to leave the
town. My observation is that
the people In that section OF the
country remember that expert
ence and thar they do not care
for another administration that
is likely to result so disastrous
""
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19
nAR AssooIATIoN 40 MBRT.

An adjourned meeting OF the
Clarksburg Bar Association will be
held in the. county court room at the
court house this evening, beginning
at o'clock for the purpose of dis
cussing and revising a proposed bill
to be submitted to the next legisla-
ture providing for the establishment
of a criminal court here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19
Ear Oi,rnnic ninrrhoen,

while in the army In 1858 was
taken with chronic diarrhoea," says
George NJ. FELTON,, of South Gibson,
Pa. IT have since tried many RENEE
lief until Mr.. A. w. Miles OF this
place persuaded me to try Chamber
IaIn's Collie, Cholera and DIarrhoea
Remedy. one bottle OF which stopped
it at once" For sale by all deal
ers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19
ALL RED SUITS

At prices under S16.5O we lead them all
which will be hard to follow, backed by the
comprises all the known models and material
suits. We have provided literally for thO
pOcketbook is limited. A $1,000 suit at
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19
TAILOR MADE SUITS

he best exposition of styles we have eve
and because of their popularity this fall.
| of Long Coat Suits Of fancy cheviots, {
made plain, others trimmed with braid and
fective1y. These suits compare very ia
uits sold elsewhere at $500. Our price
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19

To oppose revision of the tRrin by
the believers In protection TO Ameri-
can wage carriers and Industries might
be 70 invite Its revision by Democratic
bellevers In importing the products Of
cheap foreign labor,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04
Looks Like Taft.
Reports Last Night Indica-
ted Election of Republican
Candidate for President.

According to long distance phone
message received last night, Taft car
ried everything except the solid south
and Nebraska, which of course insures
his election if the report be correct.
In New York 635 precincts out of
1888 give Taft 1O7, 79s votes and Bryan
1O4,556. In the vote for Governor of
New York $40 out of 1888 precincts give
Hughes, Republican, 4s,429, Chanler,
Democrat, 2l,22l.
In Brooklyn, 80 out of 65s precincts
gives Taft 56,5S7, Bryan 4S,436.
Troy, New York, gave Taft l,7O7,
Bryan 1,1S6. For governor, Hughes
1862, Chanler 1910.
AS The News went to press at ll:OO
O'Clock last night message from New
ork stated that in the State outside of
the city Taft was $4,000 ahead Of BRYAN,
while in the city Bryan was $4,000
ahead of TAFT. The New York Tribuno
claims the State of New York for Taft
by loo, 900 plurality.
The News endeavored to get in com
munication with Columbia by wire last
night, but was unable to do SO, the
lines being blocked"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04

thing fearful, for although he
had pulled plow over this same
field tor years, lie was made to
travel over it now al a more rap
id clip than he had ever done be.
fore They finally got the whole
outfit up TO the house however.
but the machine was still rest,
less and kept "poppin' and a
siZzin' round the house and ag-
gravating Mr.. Jones and his son
and the balaam, who were al
re adv we'll nigh exhaus ed, and
Mr.. Jones, as he was dodging
this way, then that, hoppened to
see an axe, lNing on the giound =,
and he grabbed up the axe and
throwing all OF The strength he
had left behind the axe he gave
The "nervous" automobile a ir "
rail-spIiit!ng Iicks in amongst
the running gear, struck vital
spot" md the maddened devil
horse" was silent once more. In
the meantime, the owners OF the
machine had returned, and ina
CINE their surprise when they
beheld thelr handsome Car liter
ally tom to pieces aud covered
with mui, the muddiest, scared
est mul 'hev ever saw, but who
vas so tired he preferred to keep
quiet and he two men, father
aud son, emOarra sed, fatlgued,
disguised and we'll nigh exhaust
ed. but still alive.
Former LancaStrian."
Macon, Gi.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04
The Successful Revival
Meeting at Grace Metho-
dist Church, The Pastor
"Pounded."

The series of meetings that
has been in progress at Grace
Methodist church closed Thurs
day night with marked success.
Our pastor, Rev. F. E. Hodges,
assisted ty the Rev. j. II. Dan.
ner, OF Bamberg S c., a most
able and godly mau of the South
Carolina Conference, who by the
help of God did some very strong
preaching. At each service a
mighty power Of the spirit was
manifested. Men and women,
church members and non-church
members who were not assured
of salvation Snelt for prayer.
Each service was largely attend
ed throughout the entire meet
ing, and especially on Sunday
night the church was filled to
over-fo wing,tides of people being
turned away. AS a result of the
meeting 16 were united with the
church. On last Saturday night
after services the good people of
the church brought out a nice
pounding which they had hid in
conspicuous place and present.
ed it 10 their pastor, Rev. F. T.
Hodges. There were many nice
th'ngs 20 eat, such as ham, sugar,
coffee, flour and others things
too numerous to mention. We
praise God for tho spiritual
growth and sprosperity of
the church. and look forward
with prayer and patience for
the many blessings which lie
has in store for those who love
and serve HIM.
A. B. Jordan
Oct. 81, 1908.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04
Happy Occasion--Celebra-
ton of Mrs. Nancy Lynn's
SOth Birthday.

On last Sunday, Nov. 1st, it
was the pleasure Of the writer TO
attend birthday reunion at the
hospitable home of Mr.. z. B.
Lynn, the occasion being the eel
ebration OF the S0th birthday of
his mother, Mrs Nancy Lynn.
When we arrived we found that
a goodly number had preceded
US. Among those from distance
were Mrs. Lynn's daughter, Mrs.
A. j. Ballard, and her charming
daughter, Miss Sadie, and little
son, Master Willie Crawford Bal
lard, of RocK Hill. Not long af-
ter our arrival dinner was an
nounced and when we were ush
cred iuto the spacious dining
room we found an elaborate fea
awaiting US. The table that
has been in service Tor so many
generations fairly groaned be.
meath it's weight OF good things.
Every thing was there to tempt
the appetite of even the most
fastidious. |; was beautifully
decorated with rare hot house
flowers and white chrysanthe.
mum, only white flowers bein =
used as an emblem of the old
age and purity of Mrs. Lynn.
When all mad done justice to the
bountiful feaOt they repaired TO
the sitting room AMI list ened 10
some interesting tales OF long
ago until old Snl had almost hid
himself from view.
Mrs. Lynn though 80 years
old is exceptionally spry for one
OF her age, doing all the house
work 'or herself and son. She
was The recipient OF many USE
Iul presents. We wish her many
happy returns of the day before
she receives the "Well done tn II
good and faithful servant, enter
in'o the joys of thy Lord"
One Among the Number.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04
Ten precincts reported last night vot
for national ticket as follows:

Read the pain formula on a box of Pink
Pain Tablets. Then ask your Doctor if
there is better one. Pain means con.
gestion blood pressure somewhere. DR..
Shops Pink Pain Tablets check head
pains, womanly pains. pain anywhere.
Try one, and see! 20 for 25c. Sold by
Funderburk Pharmacy. w
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04
A Fine Feline
Editor Bigham's Remar able
Ooffie Cat. Capable of all
Sorts of Intellectual Stunts

Sorts of Intellectual Stunts
From the Chester Lantern.
The last Issue of the esteemed
Chester Lantern contains an in
teresting write up of recent
marriage in that county in
which we are told of the
beautiful house decorations,
how both the bride and groom
were dressed, as we'll as the cos
tunes of the little flower girls,
the name of the officiating min
lister, etc., etc., but we are left
completely in the dark as to the
names of the bride and groom.
save the indefinite informa
tion conveyed by the headlines
-"Hudson- Robinson" The Of
flee cat must have gotten hold
Of a part of Brother Big hams
'copy. ."-Lancaster News.
There was little glimmer of
light "as to the names of
the bride and groom" aside
from the headline, but we must
admit that rather thick darkness
hovered around the identity of
the contracting parties. The
omission would have been de-
tected had the information not
been in the mind of the proof
reader. But by the way, we
must exonerate the office cat.
She is so we'll trained that she
will not modest copy until fed
to her by the editor, except copy
that is not accompanied by the
writer's name. This she is
trained to devour on sight.
And this was the cause of an
exciting scramble in this office
Wednesday night. When the
mail was brought in Tabby began
to act, as if she scented fish. Sud.
denly she seized one of the letters
and darted under the safe, utter
ing that sound which indicate |
half satisfaction and half an-
nouncement that she was not
at home to company. By Wig
orous use of the broom handle
she was run out and the sheets
we're rescued in a rather chewed
up condition, and were found
TO contain an account of anCtner
wedding. with request to pub
hsh, hu, no name was signed to
the note. BY the admission of
circumstantial evidence and
strained construction of the law
in such cases made and provided,
the copy was passed to "the
hook" Tabby, to her mortifica
ton, being excluded from the
office until the matter was in
type. There is not dry eye in
our head when we think how
the poor thing was humiiated
on account Of faithfulness to duty.
g shall never forget it, nor
can we ever have the heart TO do
so again, and to make up for he
injustice, we are going to feed
her whole lot of original poetry,
tributes of respect and cards of
thanks that have names with
them but no remittance to pay
for publication. Re m.ber
Tabby.
In justice, however, 10 our
Lancaster contemporary and
many other readers, it is proper
that we supply the wanting in-
formation about that wedding,
and it happens that one of our
most highly esteemed friends
sent us another account before
receiving the paper containing
the one published. Thinning
hat the ground was all covered,
Il
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04

fair will last ten days, reduced
rates are given over all the rail
roads and thousands of people
will avail Themselves of the op-
portunity to visit the state fair
in Macon, rejoicing in the fact
that the fair has "got back
home" again, as this was the place
for the annual holding of the
fair for years.
We notice from the papers
that the Carolina state fair is
now on. 1t goes without saying
that they will have a great time
over there and we would like very
much to go over and stay few
days, but we can't. We would not
only enjoy going over there just
to see the fair, but we would en-
JOY meeting the Lancaster people
who will be there, as we know
that Lancaster is always pretty
we'll represented every year. We
would be "tickled" to go, sure
Maybe We might see some of
Rock Hills street sprinklers
mule cars, etc., that you have
been telling Us about. on exhibi.
ton. We have no doubt that
it will be q much better fair than
ours over here, owing to the fact
that Columbia has been the per-
manent home of the fair for years
and the preparation goes on from
one fair to another, while the one
we are having is being held af
ter only sixty days preparation.
a rather amusing incident oc-
Cured some time ago, about 25
miles south of Macon, at the
farm of very industrious and
exceedingly curious farmer,
whom we shall call Mr.. Jones,
andwhose curiosity came 80 near
exceeding the speed limit on this
occasion that he has presented a
very "hacked" appearance since.
And this is how it happened.
Two fellows living in the little
town of Perry, had occasion to
make trip out in the country
one day and they made the trip
in their automobile. The place
to which they wished to 60 was
a little beyond Mr.. Jones place
and they had made the trip all
right, accomplished their mis-
sion, and were on their way back
to town, when just as they had
reached Mr.. Jones' place, their
automobile broke down and
would 90 no further. Both of
them got out and examined The
machine carefully, outside, in
side and "under side" and found
that they could not get it in run
ming shape with the tools they
had, so they decided to borrow a
horse and buggy from Mr.. Jones
and drive to town and get ma
chinist to come out and repair
it. Well, before they had got
ten out of sight, Mr.. Jones and
his son decided they would see
what was the trouble and in the
meantime, learn something
OF The working of the ma.
chine, and they began to
WlnNer" and prank" with it
ana suddenly, one OF them struck
something that turned The power
on and off it went down across
the field like streak OF creased
lightning and while the ter
ribly surprised man and son were
wondering if the "plegged" thing
would ever stop, it ran into
very wet place in the field
and became "mired up" Well,
they saw they had played thun
der already and they decided it
wouldn't do to leave it there so
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04
Happenings in Georgia.

Happenings in Georgia.
Farewell Shot at Republic
cans--Maconites Heard
Fine Campaign Speeches.
Georgia's and Cardinals
State Fairs--A Georgia
Farmers Amusing Ex-
perience with a Red Devil.
Editor Lancaster News:
Ere this reaches the press, the
election will be over and we
will know whether or not the
"Great Commoner", the "peer-
less" leader OF the Democratic
hosts has won. We sincerely
hope that he will and the pros
poets at this time seem very
bright. If he does not get the
labor vote this time, after such
faithful promises from them,
and after such panic, directly
traceable 10 Republican admin.
istration, when the price of cot
ton is low, the cost of living is
high, thousands of men are out
of employment, for all of which
the Republican party is largely,
ifnot entirely responsible, then it
looks like the people do not want
a change and the Democrats will
have good reason to feel discour-
aged, and somewhat inclined to
give up the fight.
We have had some very fine
speeches during the campaign.
About the first of the month
Hon. John w. Kern, Democra.
tic candidate for Vice President,
came to Macon and addressed a
large audience on the issues OF
the campaign. He has remark
ably clear voice, which could be
easily heard in any part of the
auditorium, and he was loudly
aprlauded as he told in an e,o
quent manner of the extrava-
gance and "robbery" of the pres
ent administration, the "big
stick methods of Mr.. Roosevelt
and of Mr.. Tafts strong adher.
ence to "my policies" and many
other things about the Re-
publican party He praised Mr..
Bryan, saying he was not only a
great leader, but a noble, reli-
gious character as we'll, which
really makes him the great lead
er that he is. He said he was
exceedingly proud to be running
on the ticket with Bryan, and
was very sorry that Mr.. L. +
Watson and Hon. John Temple
Graves, whose writings he had
read and admired for years,
would not be present when the
Democrats met in convention at
ter the election to celebrate the
election OF Mr.. Bryan About
ten days ago Gov. Hoke Smith,
who has been touring the west :,
in the interest OF the Democratic
ticket, made an address here.
He made one of those splendid,
eloquent speeches like he always
makes and was greatly applaud
ed by the large crowd present.
The big stale tair is now ON in
this city and the crowds are flock
ing in daily. We have not yet
been to the fair grounds, but we
have heard that this is the best
fair which has ever been held in
Macon, and we have mad some
good ones. The races are said TO
be very fine, over two hundred
very last horses having been
entered. The agricultural dis
plays are also said to be fine.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04
Election in the County Yes
terday.

So far rs heard from the election in
the county yesterday passed Oft quietly,
probably halt the registered vote being
polled, although the figures are not yet
obtainabie. At Lancaster C. III. the
vote w as as follows.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-11-04

Mrs. John r. Clyburn, now OF Harts-
vile, is on visit to Lancaster, her for,
mer home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-15
Sounds Possible, but Not Likely.

Sounds Possible, but Not Likely.
awe thought Of u novel effect fol
nay new melodrama."
"What is it?"
"The villain lights cigar during the
snowstorm, TINS setting the snowstorm
Efre."-Washington Herald.
Making cinnamon" Canaries.
~Cinnamon canaries are the best
known of a mare handful of instances
where it is possible to change the color
Of a bird or animal by food. The trick
has long been known to fanciers, and
each claims to have his own secret for
working the miracle. but the process Is
really simple and consists in abundant
ly sprinkling the birds food with red
pepper. 1t is a troublesome process,
for large number of birds either re-
fuse to eat or suffer from deranged
digestion. Even of those who take the
diet not more than third or half
will show the color effects. The only
inducement to the fanciers to produce
this curious change is that once SO
altered these birds have an artificial
value. Dealers will tell you that in adj
aition to the red pepper they give 9TH
er red articles of food, such as tomato
skins, slices of beet and the skins OF
red apples or cranberries. But this is
merely an innocent fallacy, based on
the idea that the coloring matter of the
food is transferred bodily to the feath-
ers.-Collier's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-15
Queer Feedino,

"Come and watch me feed my star
fish"
The curator of the aquarium led the
reporter to a tank where a half dozen
starfish tripped over the sandy bottom
on slim brown fingers.
Scrub time, boys" he said, and he
dropped into the tank six mussels.
The fish ran to the mussels. Each ap-
piled his stomach to the hinge at the
back of the shell. Silence and immo
bility ensued.
'"The gastric juice Of the starfish,"
said the curator, "is now melting the
hinges of flesh that hold the mussel
shells together. All, look, there's one
melted now There's another. It's the
most powerful gastric juice in the
world"
One by one. their hinges destroyed.
the mussel shells opened, and into the
openings the starfish thrust their stOm-
achs. More silence, more immobilIty.
Then, little plumper at the heart,
the starfish went tripping daintily off,
but the mussel shells lay open and
empty on the sand.-Cincinnati En-
Quirer