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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-21
STATE HOUSE
!. news | J. OF ! A DAY
BUT ONE CHARTER ISSUED BY
SECRETARY OF STATE
ONE NOTARY.

CHARLESTON, May 21.-There
was but one charter issued by the
Secretary OF State yesterday. Local
capital is interested in it. 1t is as fol-
lows:
The Poca Coal Land Company, of
Charleston, with chief works in Kama.
wha county. The purpose Of the COM.
pany is tosdevelop coal landss The
capital stock is 100000 with $500
paid IN. The incorporators are G. S.
Harah, W. w. Parshall. r. E. Umbel.
H. F. Detawiler, A. G. Kali and c. E.
Lenhart. Of Unlontown, and w. A.
ohley. OF Charleston.
A notary commission was issued to
Paul D. Yeager, of. Marlinton. Poca.
hontas county. 3 u
DR.. Hugh A. Barbe, secretary OF
the State board Of health. was a visl-
tor at the State house yesterday. He
is here looking after the interests OF
tho board.
Col. c.. C.. Pierce will go to Buck
harmon for the purpose OF making ar.
engagements for the establishment OF
rifle range there for the use of the
national guard troops in that part o:
the State
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-11
INSIDE HISTORY OF \
PORTUGUESE PLOT
Partisan Newspaper Gives Details of Plot to Capture
King Carlos and Members of the Royal Household
But Which Faed-Pren1ier Frances Activity To-
ward the Plotters Appears to Have Led to Murders

January %, when a provisional gov
eminent was to be proclaimed. but
rance succeeded in foiling the con
spiratOrs- Seniors Bravo, Costa and
Monlz were trapped in the national
HDrdry as they were awaiting the sig
nal and we're placed under arrest
Senior AplOim alone ESCAPED
Franco, then believing it to be a
question of life or death for him. hur-
Tled the minister of justice to Villa
Nlcosa to secure the consent of the
king to the famous decree giving the
premier absolute power to crush the
governments enemies. This meant
death, Punishment or exile for the re-
publican cOnSpiratorS.
1t was too late for collective &C
ton, and, according to the Temps,
the individual revolutionary groups
at once decreed the kings assassina-
ton, selecting BuiCa and his COnfed-
crates to execute the order.
After King ManueIs succession.
the government decided to draw a
veil over the murders as a serious
investigation would compromise too
many persons and PARTIES
The Temps informant is pessimis-
tic over the future. He says that
the sale occupation of leaders of the
reSeneratOrs and prOgre6sists since
they resumed power has been TO re-
main quiet and divide the spOiIs.
Now, he adds. having had division
half and half their electoral machine
has turned out 81 regenerators and
80 prOgreSSiSts.
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A Remedy
Quickly Needed.

The news columns of every paper
frigbtful story or the negro tramp in
criminal assault upon the white
women in lonely country districts or
in suburban sections of the cities,
and the worst of it is that the guilty
scoundrels nearly always escape. Our
whole Southern system of dealing
with this terrible problem is inef-
icient, and unless we can discover
he effective way it will only be a
question of a very few years when
bur white people in the farming dis
tricts will be in a state of seige, with
the men afraid to leave their homes
day or night, and practically the same
rendition will prevail in the suburban
sections
We must have a mounted police in
every county in the South. composed
Of the very highest class of men, re-
CARELESS of cost, and it must be the
duty of these men to patrol every rail-
road track and country road, be in
quick telephone communication with
every part. Of the county, and arrest
every negro. or white man either, an
able to give a good account of him
self and put him where he belongs.
There is really no danger from the
whites, but there is fearful danger
from the negroes, and it is growing
more menacing every hour The
large majority of our negro popula-
ton is industrious and peaceable and
white women are safe from them, but
there is an increasing minority, utter
iy degenerate, capable of any crime,
and if our people are not protected
against them a condition will soon
arise in this section not to De contem-
plated without a shudder.
The mounted rural police must
come soon IL the country and suburb
an districts of the South are TO re-
main habitable by white people. The
safety of one honest white woman is
worth infinitely more than the lives of
all the negro vagabonds in the South.
The problem might be quickly
solved if the law abiding colored peo-
pie would heartily cooperate with the
whites to bring the guilty ones of
their race to justice. but from racial
prejudice, fear of vengeance and other
causes they refuse to do so. and so We
must take the remedy in our own
hands.
Mounted police made up of picked
men of the very highest class, we'll
paid for their services is the only So
lution-and we need that solution
right now.
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to receive such assistance, has been u
demand frequently made at their an
nUai meetings, a6 well as their OFT
repeated and pos tive demand that
the lease system be abolished and that
all state Convi-tS shall be employed
upon a state system Of roads and
county ccnVicts and vagrants by the
county commissioners upon the county
roads.
The question of cheap money by
means of ICuE term bonds at a low
rate Of interest for the construction of
both county and state highways has
always been favored by the aSsOcia-
ton. and to obta N it new laws are
required; and
Whereas, 1t was, by resolution, de-
Cided that an effort should be made
TO call a convention of the county
commissioners who so We'll know the
defects of cur present road laws, ana
other workers in the interest of I'M
proved highways to prepare a suitable
bill in time to be ratified by the peo-
DE at the next primary or general
election. II was he'd that the people
having suffered so much through bad
roads were most competent to pass
the law giving relief
Therefore. as state organizer. have
as directed by resolution continued
the agitation finding a hearty approval
Of the proposed plan for giving TeilHt
70 all our paCr'e. as evidenced by the
unanimous endorsement of the Jack
ernvLIIe Board Of Trade, with its
nearly SEQ business meTbnrS. and tho
DfTvaI hoard Or county '-0H3 8iS@iCnerS,
who i0in in the call f0~ this conv7n-
ton to meet in Jacksonville, April 10
and Il. 1908.
The board e trad not only joins IN
calling this convention, but tenders
the use o. its rooms, and have Sc
cured a redHced rate over all trans
7,o~tariCn lines. C1e one aud One-thlTd
fare Mus % cents fer the round trip.
The county commissioners Of each
county are expected TO attend in a
Hodv and the wide-aw5ke citizens Of
or state should 10 with Us in this
work.
An Interesting and appropriate pro
gram Of entertainment viii he PROVED
ed by the board OF trade and county
com nissiOners-
This convention VIII be thesmOs5 i'm
D0rtant ever held in the interest OF
all our people, Z marks an import
ant change in which the peoples will
PASS their own laws and vote for such
officers as are in hearty accord with
the same All officers and candidates
seeking the votes of the people are
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-11
GOOD ROADS
CONVENTION
IN FLORIDA
Call is Issued for Meeting to
Be Held on April
Is and II.
w WHITE, SECRETARY OF
STATE GOOD ROADS ASSoCIA,
TON, CALLS MEETING AT JACK
SONVILLE-lMPET WILL BE
GIVEN TO WORK OF oRGANIzA-
TON.

The following resolutions. calling at
tention to the convention to be ned
In this city on Apr is and Il, for the
purpose OF taking action toward secur-
ing SCOd roads legislation, should re-
ceive the attention of every person in
Florida In favor OF good roads and
the enactment OF state law that VIII
result in obtaining gOcd roads IN every
county in Florida:
Whereas. At the last annual conve0-
UC1 OF the county commissioners and
Good Roads asSOCiat on Of Florida,
which was held IN the city OF Pensa-
cola en- June IS and 49, 1907, many
resolutions were passed showing ur-
gent need Of legislation uDou this
most important subject, and house
bill No. 5l6, by the 10 mt committees
on public roads and highways, which
provided for system OF state roads
connecting The county site Of each
county with The important center5. Of
the state and the outside world,
which roads would be under the con
trCl OF and bU ii by the state. with
certain suggested improvements, was
unanimously endorsed.
= It was the opinion CT the convention
that at an early date the nationa! gov
eminent would be induced TO assist
the states in the construction of such
system of military and pest roads as
are provided for IN the federal cOnsti-
est possible day, should. be prepared
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-11
VOX POPULI.
A WOMAN'S PLEA FOR
The STREET CAR MEN

Editor Pensacola Journal.
VIII YOU please allow me space in
your VoX Populi column to speak a
few words to the citizens in behalf of
our street car men.
These men have gone out on a strike
for their personal liberty. What right
has the Pensacola Electric company
to suspend a man and not allow him
his liberty while suspended, but re-
quire him to report for roll-call three
times daily and not receive any pay
for his time?
If a. man is required TO give another
man or company his time three times
day, he should be paid for il, wheth-
er he is working or not For are not
his expenses going on while he is su5-
pended. the same as when he Is work
ing? How can he earn a livelihood
elsewhere and have to report at roll
call three times a day, jnst to hold his
job when it pleaSes the manager to
take him on again?
Suppose he is suspended for thirty
days Do his house rent and gro
Gerry bill and other expenses stop?
II not. who will pay it? Will the
boss pay it for him Just because he
comes up and says here" three times
day when his name is called? Nay,
il is too foolish to believe.
We know some of the citizens are
not in sympathy with the strikers, be-
cause they did not give rCtice before
striking. But think minute o.
insult and OyerbearingneSS of the act
imposed on them; imagine yourself in
their place, and see if you would not
have acted as they did. If it was not
nipped in the bud. what could they
expect hut for it 20 he repeated?
Patrick Henry. said: Give me I'D
erty or give me DEATH
Now. are not these men fighting for
liberty? Are We to sit idly by and the
first car that runs out by thugs hop
on it and ride, and, thus desert these
men in their struggle?
No, feHov-citizens. not even if the
car does happen to have big II. S.
put on it in a hurry 10 get Il running.
Wear a Eve Walk" badge and stick
to il. and Walk and continue doing
50 until justice is done these men.
Have You ever ridden on a mail car
on a railroad You know Won haven't.
The same trick was played on strik-
ers in New York and Chicago, and
was not settled in court then. No one
knows how il would have been decd
ed Isn't 1t an appropriate time to
en- the people in regard TO the Legality
of passengers riding on mail cars and
paving fare?
Let's argue the question.
Yours for success.
MRS. CHAS. DRENNON.
S14 Z. Cervantes st.
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BY Associates Press.

Paris, April 10.-The Temps pub
llsheS a history obtained, il says, from
an inside source. of a republican plot
IN Portugal, confirming the existence
PRIOR TO the assassination of King
carlos and the crown prince, of a
Yerltable revolutionary organization
IN which 1t states all the republican
leaders, with the exception of Bernar-
dino MachadO. were involved. New
and interesting details are furnished
concerning the distribution of arms
and bombs and the support in the
army which the revolutionists had Sc
cured.
Inc plan OF the organization was to
take the palace by assault capture
the king and members of the royal
family and hold them as hostages
while a coup was being effected. A
Dlunder on the part of one of the CON
splrators placed some threads of the
plot IN the possession of Premier
Franco, who Immediately dispatched
police forces to the headquarters of
the plotters, resulting in the arrest of
AImerid, Chagas and half a dozen
other leaders.
\ This occurred about the middle of
January last, when the police sur
prlsed the conspiratOrs in sessions and
later found large stores of revolvers,
bombs and ammunition.
This precipitated matters in Lisbon
and few days after another uprising
was checked almost before it had be-
gun. The final coup was planned for
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oIdfashloned enough to hold that the
property holdings of the WeaIfbier
classes, the individual as well as the
corporation, should be taxed in tha
same proportion to it's value as that
of the humblest citizen. If | should
be elected comptroller, l pledge NV
best efforts to bring about this result
that is, that the individual citizen
with small holdings shall bear no
greater proportion of the burden Of
taxation than his more 70 .tunare
brother, who may be the possessor of
many thousands.
Prompt settlements should BIZ made
between state and county on tax GER
ufcates redeemed / will favor legis-
lation that will provide for the clerk
OF the circuit court renting 10 the
mptrOller the states proportion Of
these moneys and turning over to the
county that which belongs TO the
county.
In short, l believe in an econoniS
cal administration of the affairs of
There is too much in
cliroNAi---- 49, L---I------>'r-
ZenShip of the state Taxes should
be expended for what they are col
lected, and every item o. proposed
expenditure, in whatever department,
should be carefully set out, as near
as may be possible, in d budget, and
submitted to the legislature. | am in
favor of the most rigid economy COM
patble with efficient public service.
If chosen, my object would be to
conduct the affairs of the office in
such manner as would be least bur
densome to the people.
T. J. APPLEYARD,
Candidate for Comptroller of the
State of Florida,
Lake City, Fla, April 3, 1908.
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been able to infect the people with
their enthusiasm.
This is not a good sign, and We re
greet to see it, for falling off in pop.
ular interest in our biennial elections
means that we are weary of the game
that eternal vigilance, which is the
price of liberty, is no longer on guard
and that Indifference may let in men
TO govern and tax and represent us
who might be rejected if we were
more appreciative of our duties as a
self-gOverning people.
Even in the county elections there
is a marked lassitude among the peo
| pie, although the candidates are &C
| tive enough, and this may easily be
! more unfortunate for the public inter
est in a personal, practical way than
in the case of the state and congress
sional offices.
We are a self-governing people, and
while we may make mistakes of judg-
ment, natural and excusable, In Sc
lecting public servants remote from
our home environments to discharge
duties far removed from US and not
Immediately affecting us, we can
offer no such excuse in the selection
of our county officers These men
assess and collect our taxes, take care
of the det&ls of our court machin-
cry, enforce the law, and are in
charge OF the records and deeds to
our property. andSare in complete con-
troll OF every function of our home gov
eminent which lies nearest to US and
directly affects for good or evil our
property rights and other material
interests.
We have the fullest opportunity to
know them personally and size I'D
their fitness for the offices they seek.
They are either good, bad or indiffer.
ent, qualified or not qualified, and it
is the duty of every voter to find out
in which class they are. and cast his
vote accordingly.
Don't vote for any man because he
is a clever felIer,' or because he
is a smooth talker, or because he
appeals to your sympath5es as the
head of family which he has to SUP
port. Not one of those reasons is
valid. No man should be voted into a
county office unless he is the best
man ID the field to discharge the du.
ties OF that office and will give the
best service to the public That mo-
tive and that alone should guide the
voter in casting his ballot, and when
any other motive controls in the selec-
ton OF our county officers, good gov
eminent is in peril, and the voter has
himself only to blame.
The misgoverned county deserves
no sympathy, for it has its destiny in
its own keeping and is solely respon-
sible for what misfortunes may come
TO it through corrupt or inefficient
officers.
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officers.

The last hope of the liquor traffic
in Alabama has faded The supreme
court of the state has decided that
the prohibition law which closes every
saloon in that state next January is
constitutional, and that the nine
O'Clock closing law for saloons is also
constitutional. The logic of events is
irresistible. and the will OF the major
ity, backed by supreme court de-
cision. is very fair specimen of that
logic. The liquor traffic might as well
recognize the handwriting of destiny
On the wall and put its house in order
accordingly. On purely economic
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invited to be present and a chance
will be given them to be heard upon
this most important question, the fully
solving of which not only requires tbs
assistance Of the state but the nation.
We ask the press Of the state who
have done so much for good roads To
copy this cal and assist in making
the convention a sue esS.
A S MANN, State Organizer.
J. W. WHITE,
Secretary County Commissioners and
State Good Roads Association.
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The State
and Contradiction.

IL is very evident that we must wait
for the second primary here in Flor
Ida before the masses of the people
will get up any real interest in the
pending state campaign The candi-
dates themselves worthy and cred
liable set of gentlemen-are deeply
absorbed in the issue, and each one
feels that it is the great event of his
Lie, but up to date they have not
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LET THERE BE NO REPETITION
OF YESTERDAYS DISORDER.


generally
Tor any a repettion.of it.
particularly
o
yesterday
terest in nal can be u a
of
all good
Sc %
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grounds, leaving out all moral consid
erations, the modern American saloon
IS doomed. Look to the north as well
as the south to see the stream of ten
dency."
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And the alleged turpentine trust in
Georgia and Florida is now under in
vestisation by the federal authorities.
Let no guilty trust escape.
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Women pray as men vote down
COCO saloons in Illinois" is the eloquent
md suggestive headline in an eastern
paper over a column story of the re-
cent prohibition election in that state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-11

Henry Watterson has just visited
Cuba, sized up the situation, and pro-
nounced the people Of the island unfit
for self-government. We had suspect
ed as much
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-11

This whole country, north and
south, democratic and republican,
hopes that Senator Tillman will soon
recover from his illness and be back
in his old place in the senate We
need his kind in public life,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-11

The Tampa Tribune got off an ex-
cellent April fool canard concerning
the circus elephants in that city,
which we swallowed with gusto and
were strongly tempted to republish
in good faith. But some of the
brethren took Offense and their self
love was so grievously wounded that
they called the Tribune sternly to
account for ourageously imposing
upon the credulty of gentlemen, Sir.
Nothing in it. People must be
amused in this world. and it is I'M
fortunate that every mothers son of
us, and daughters, too, hasn't a we'll
developed sense of humor. Love and
friendship are the best gifts of the
gods. and sometimes we think that
tn capacity for clean and harmless
fun comes next. Who is there among
US who would exchange Mark Twain
as national asset for a carload Of
grave and decorous gentlemen, use
full in their way, but who must sub
nit to a surgical operation to get
joke into their gray matter? OF
Gradgrinds We have more than
enough in this stern and tragic old
world; of Mark Twains all too few.
This country is oppressed with econ
onic, racial, international and other
problems, but above them all towers
the problem of health for the people
who make the nation. In scientific ter
minology, they call it tuberculosis, but
it is known generally as consumption,
name full of dread significance to
the American people. How to stay its
ravases is one Of the serious problems
of our times, for it is an insidious foe
that is entering thousands OF homes
and destroying annually an army of
victims. An effort to control it is be-
ing made. Here are some facts and
figures on the subject that will be in
teresting:
The International Congress on Tu-
berculosis will assemble at Washing
ton on Sept. 81 and remain IN session
for q days, adjourning, it is expected,
on Oct. u. In 1900, the figures show
IHdI 11I,U0J peTSOHS QiSu III The OulIS0
States from consumption, or at the
rate of 1858 for every 100000 of the
immense population of this country.
1t iss expected that every civilized
country on the globe will be represent
ed at the congress to be held at our
national capital. and that in this con-
gress will be brought together the
most eminent workers in this holy
cause.
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MERRITT
TO GIVE PICNIC

At meeting of Canton Merritt No.
l, Patriarchs Militant and Naomi
Lodge No. 10. Rebekah Sisters. he. q
Thursday night. il was decided 10 give
a Joint picnic on some date in the
near future. probably Nav ].
A number Ct committees were APP
pCinted by the lodges TO arrange Tor
the event 1t will be at Magnolia
Bluff.
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When Christian Science began 70
find firm footing in Winchester, the
little son Of A prominent woman, VINO
rad embraced the faith and was urg-
ing others 70 take IL up, was out OF
school one day or two, because OF
sickness When the youngster re
turned. his teacher, VINO was Wen
a1onq in wears and possessed an in
ouirinr mind. engaged the youngstar
IN conversation.
keen SICK joe?
''Yes'm.
What did your mother do for you.
Ioe while YOU ached in bed asked
the teacher. now all expectancy for
the answer
she meuded my trousers, hspS1