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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-08

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MON oNGAHEEAs vALEEyS
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The first tournament for the season
of the Monongaheia valley Sports.
mems League viii be held Int the Rec
reation Rods and Gun GLIB traps ut
Morsantown next Friday. The league
is now composed OF gun clubs OF Fair
mont, Grafton. Clarksburg shinnstcn,
Warrington, Littleton. Jaeksonburg
and Morgantown. REPRESENTATIVES.
from each OF the eight clubs OF the
league Will be- present and sparti cipate
in the shooting. The first Of the sen
sons series will be a strong drawing
card and preparations are being made
for the entertainment of q large NUNS
Der Of visitors. ~ 81 g
# In addition to the amateurs there
will be a large number Of experts
present enough to form d. completes
team. Among the experts will be u.
G. Wells OF the American Powder
Mills Company: John r. Taylor. Of the
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.; Il.
H. steyent,i OF the u. NJ. C.S Co.. and
the Reming ton Arms Co Harry Kalfs
Ter, Of the Peters Cartridg &c GO. ]. ana
Luther Squires, sof the DUP onts COM
pany. q 81
AID of these men have made high
scores at the traps and mann 81 HEN
hold records I'M the big tournamentssof
the country Kahler, who isa known AZ
THE Boy Wonde err I. Won the: hpnorsl at
the leage shoot In i Fairmont few
years ago. AT that time he was only
173years of age.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-08


is a list OF the who have the
Circuit Court during the years. showing length
time each held said office:
lnmcs O. Watson tprl 16. 1912 June 80 1852.
holnas U Watson July j. 252 TO June 10, 1863
Robert H. Lott June 20, 1863. December 81 1878.
g I. Snh January, 1878 December 1890.
L. b. Parrish january 1908, whose
airy j, 1909. 5s54ell1s9
In addition to showing what distinguished citizens have held
tins important and honored that
also shows that there
since the formation of Marion the Clerk
than one term The
eed clerk The proceedings
particular and important the people; they
and recorded in legal technical precise re-
qlles therefore than good clerk ordinary
must know how prepare not only
He the custodian and keeper
the papers in I'LL the civil and criminal
enough not TO permit any records to be lost
That the Office OF Clerk dt the
efficiently conducted during term Of Office; and that
pacs ut least avoaby with that Of worthy predecessors
setWly refer all who TO know the
the bench to the members the without
party and TO and all who have had
Office $50
<I-T5S ~ B. PARRISH,
&ss5 Present Clerk of the Circuit intermediates
&4 Courts, and Candidate for the Nominal
5&s ton for Said Office at the Re-
publican Primary Elec- sszs
So ton, April II, 1908
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29

three Wall street brokers to make a
personal fight against me, notwith-
standing the president in his answer to
Mr.. Bryan's telegram abandoned his
charge about Ohio Standard Oil cases
yet by all the means at the command
Of the government and the millions OF
Hearst and his Wall street allies, they
persist in vicious, unwarranted and
untruthful attacks on me. Personally
welcome their attack and shall meet
It with all the vigor at my command
shall treat all as private citizens and
subject to the penalties Of the law
which they merit.
I'm this l know l shall have the aid
Of my neighbors at home for all proper
purposes, but my time must be free
from other demands here. Again my
heart is full of hope for the election of
Bryan and Kern. Honest government
and rule by the people are at stake and
important beyond any battle at the
polls in the last generation Is the pend
ing contest
II would not for one moment con-
slider remaining in any way connected
with the committee; therefore, hereby
tender my resignation as treasurer of
the Democratic national committee,
that not the slightest contest of my
own could in any way be used by the
president to cloud the sky and shield
our opponents from discussing the real
issues and laying bare the Republican
duplicity to the people.
Sincerely yours,
&C. N. Haskell"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
Mistellantuus Rrading.
CAUSE OF BLOODY MURRAlN.
Plausible Explanation of Facts That
Have Puzzled Cattle Owners.

HaN0 FuZZIed SaICIe OWneTS.
Written for The Yorkville Enquirer:
This disease has existed in South
Carolina for several years, and even
now causes the annual loss Of more
cattle than all other cattle diseases.
AS far back as the oldest inhabitants
can remember it was known that cat
tie from northern states succumbed to
the disease when brought south. This
cause was then unknown, but the
deaths were attributed to change Of
climate and food. 1t has since been
shown, however that these factors had
absolutely nothing to do with the out
breaks, which were caused by the "fe-
yer tick" After this discovery, the
disease was called tick fever" and is
now known by that name.
To persons who can remember when
every cow carried large numbers Of
ticks, and yet seemed in perfect health,
this assertion seems false, but the
seeming contradiction can easily be ex-
planned. Before the stock law was
passed, cattle ran at large, and practi-
cally every animal was infested with
ticks. AS a result, the young calves
were infested and suffered very mild
attacks of tick fever which rendered
them immune for life.
Calves and young cattle under eigh-
teen months of age seldom succumb to
the disease: in fact, the attacks are
usually overlooked, owing to their mild
ness. This is also true Of northern
calves, and If they are imported before
they reach the age of eighteen months,
they usually survive. Since the pas
sage Of the stock law, most Of our
plantations have become free from ticks,
and the cattle raised there, (never hav-
ing been exposed to the fever tick),
are as susceptible as northern cattle.
A typical example Of this was seen
at Anderson, S. c., in 1905, when over
forty head of cattle died as a direct
result of the importation Of one ticky
COW from Georgia. This condition Of
premises in our state accounts for the
severe annual loss due to the fever
tick, and shows the Importance and
necessity Of eradicating the pest from
our state.-M. Ray Powers, State
Veterinarian
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
NO. 7S.

due on a loan Of $4,000 obtained by
in 1898 while promoting the Detroit
and Lima Northern. The suit is on
judgment obtained against Haskell in
the supreme court Of New York coun-
ty. Haskell in his answer admits bor-
rowing the money, but says the secur-
tiles in the case are still owned by the
company, and not by Loder, and he
pleads also the statute Of limitation.
During the past week in Muskogee,
Judgment was rendered against Has
kell and Ira L. Reeves for $500 for at
torney fees due H. c. Meacham Of Fort
Smith, Ark, in obtaining a franchise
there for an electric railway promoted
by Haskell and others.
In June Of last year suits were insti-
tuted by the government against twen-
ty-eight business men Of Muskogee, in
Guiding Haskell, for the recovery Of
town lots alleged to have been secured
from the Creek Indian nation by frau
dulent means.
While Haskell was a resident Of
Muskogee in 1907 the city tax collec-
tor made affidavit that Haskell refus-
ed to give a list Of property for tax
alton, and that the city officers were
compelled to make an arbitrary state
ment Of $1,000, which Haskell permit
ted to go unchallenged.
Former Attorney General Frank s.
Monnett Of Ohio, came to Oklahoma
City during Haskell's campaign for
governor, and on September IL, in the
Oklahoma City convention hall, he
made two-hours' speech, in which he
said:
Charlie Haskell has stood in my
judicial district first as young lawyer
and then as a contractor. He went up
against such men as Calvin Brice and
Sam Thomas, and he asked no odds or
a politician. Mr.. Sheets has said that
If 1 came here I would tell you what
occurred In regard to the Standard
OIL bribery matter, and I am only too
glad to tell it. He has charged Char
lie Haskell, or says that I have
charged him, through one Squires, with
something which I have ever since tried
to give him an opportunity to straight
en- out From the very first moment
the charge was made Haskell stood
ready to straighten 1t out, but Sheets
told you, and the records show, that
the case was dismissed before he ever
had chance to testify. The charge
was made on the answer Of Squires.
When they asked him whom he repre-
sented he said Frank Rockefeller and
Haskell" We named those just as he
gave them, and the name Of Haskell
appeared, Haskell, Of Cleveland.
Now, there is another Haskell in
Cleveland. l don't remember his ini-
tials, but his name was Haskell. He
lived in that city and he was often
there. He was connected with the
Rockefeller crowd and 1t was very easy
to confuse the two Charlie Haskell
was not living In Ohio then; he was
living In New York, and the moment
he heard that the charge was made
against him he offered to come back
and face the charge; and Charlie Has
kell was the only one of the bunch
who ever was. Haskell deHied that he
had any connection with that charge,
but we didn't get a chance to have
him testify, because Of the fact that
the case was dismissed, and not because
he was not ready to come"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
A Youno Man and His Mother.

A young man, a graduate Of one Of
our leading universities, put an end to
his life last Tuesday in a Philadelphia
lodging house. He had no money and
was out of work. A letter found be-
side his body, addressed to his mother,
begged her forgiveness and Gods for
wasted life. The news dispatch Ia
conically says, His mother was in
formed of his death and Is expected
from New York tonight"
Instead Of writing that letter to his
mother and giving his wrecked life
back to the mercy Of God, that young
man should have prayed to God and
gone home to his mother. He may
have had no money and no work-he
had his mother AS long as he had her
he had incalculable riches. He may
have drifted, vagrant and derelict,
down to the gates of hell; her mother
love would follow after him and find
him there. Filled with the husks that
swine rejected, a tatterdemalion, re-
turning from a far countryside would
have welcomed-not the prodigal son,
but her son, the son Of her loving life
and living love.
A son may forget that his mother
loves him, but his mother does not for
get She will go as far as to the foot
Of the gallows tree with him, and after
that will intercede with heaven. For
she went to the very gate Of death for
him when he came into the world-and
when he comes to die, however shame
full in the eyes Of man may be his exit
from the world, her soul goes with him
as he goes, and speaks to God for him.
philadelphia Ledger
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
VIEWS ABOUT CRIMINALS.
Said to Be Changing, and Likely to
Change More.

Said to Be Changing, and Likely to
Change More.
II think we are going to see a radi-
cal change Of view during the next dec
ade on the criminal" said Rev. DR..
James Morton Dodge Of Milwaukee,
Wis, to New York Telegram re-
porter.
Judicial authorities are already In
clined to deal very leniently with the
criminal The idea Of the indeter-
inmate sentence is spreading rapidly,
but this scheme has its defects and its
limitations.
"One Of the serious defects, 1t seems
to me, is the treatment Of all offenders
under the same general heading. This
is no better than our present system.
I'VE have our penal institutions fill
ed with men and women who represent
all classes Of criminals. They are
serving their sentences in the same
way They are regarded in the same
light in the eyes Of the law. The man
who is behind the bars for his first Of
fense is paying the same penalty as the
man who is serving his fourth, fifth or
sixth sentence.
They are both to be liberated on the
same basis. The habitual or confirmed
and hardened criminal returns to his
old haunts and takes up with his pro-
fessional pals in crime. The man who
has served his first sentence returns to
liberty, possibly intending to live a
better life.
These two classes should be separ-
ated while they are in prison. Every
chance should be given the first Of
fender Who is strong enough to say
he will never sin again? The law should
make repeated crime greater offense
than 1t does at present"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
Mr.. Roosevelt In Reply.

Washington, Sept q. President
Roosevelt late tonight made reply to
William ]. Bryan's recent speech in
which he maintained that the Demo-
cratic party and platform were not
getting a square deaW in the cam
paign that the presidents professions
of fair treatment entitled them to. Mr..
Roosevelts reply deals particularly
with Mr.. Bryans assertion that the ad-
ministration has been neither sincere
nor effective in the prosecution OF
trusts. Mr.. Roosevelt combats this
charge with characteristic emphasis,
and sets forth in detail what has been
done under his direction toward curb
ing the tendency Of capital to central
lie with a view to destroying competi-
ton. The presidents letter in part fol-
lows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
Text of the Letter.

Dear Sir: l have seen your letter
published in this mornings papers. AS
to most of what you say about me per-
sonally do not regard any answer as
necessary. When you say that / am
unfair to your platform you reiterate
quoted, with my hearty approval, Gov
ernor Hughes in my first letter; and,
these, therefore, it is also unnecessary
to answer You have not answered the
Hughes speech; and in my Judgment
YOU do we'll not to make the attempt.
You say that your platform declares in
favor of the vigorous enforcement OF
the law against guilty trust magnates
and officials, and that the platform up
on which Mr.. Taft stands makes no
such declaration. 1t was not necessary.
That platform approved the policies of
this administration and promised to
continue them: and here, as usual,
have only to compare your works with
the deeds Of the administration and of
Mr.. Taft. You merely promise in your
platform that you intend to do just
what this administration has actually
done and is doing.
Deeds and Words Contrasted.
To show the difference between deeds
and words | will compare the record
of this administration with the record
of one of your most prominent support
ers at the moment, Mr.. Olney, attorney
general under the last Democratic ad-
ministratiOn. While Mr.. Olney was
attorney general no cases whatever
were brought, under the antitrust law
against combinations Of capital, the
only new cases which he brought be-
ing directed against combinations OF
workingmen. During that entire ad-
ministration the only cases brought
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
Knew of No Suit.

Il could have no knowledge Of the
suit to which you refer when he was
appointed chairman of the resolutions
committee of the Democratic national
convention. because the suit was be-
gun while he was at Denver and as a
matter of fact did not know anything
of the nature of the suit until after he
was made treasurer Of the national
committee. and no fair-minded person
can decide upon the merits Of your
charge without an examination of the
provisions Of the enabling act, passed
by a Republican congress and the pro-
visions Of license franchise issued to
. the oil company by your admnistra-
tion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-29
Campaign Publicity.

But there is another fact which
raises presumption in favor of our
party and against your party. | re-
ferred to it i'm my former letter to
you, but you inadvertently overlook
ed it in your reply. and the members
of your cabinet called in for cOnsulta-
ton, evidently did not notice it.
stated that we had not knowingly re-
ceived a dollar from any Of those con-
nected with a corporation known as
trust. and that any money so receiv-
ed would be returned as soon as we re-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
IN FRONT OF ENGINE PILOT
Mrs. Jim Townes Of Monthalia Falls
in Front Of Moving Train.

Lockart, Xh& July 1.-The
Texas passeng1 vain came very near
killing Mrs. JIM Shes of Monthalia
Gonzales county ads. night at
this station. MI, 'o~Hes acdl dlappan-
led by her fz-year-old daughter, ar
rived here over the Sap from Con-
zales on their way to Waco.
They went to the Katy station and
as the train was approaching the sta
ton Mrs. Townes was either showed
onto the engine or fell in front of it,
it is not known just how she got on
the track, for the first thing the
people knew of it she was down In
front of the pilot and was dragged
some fifteen or twenty feet The fact
that she was not killed is due to the
quick work of Arch Allen and James
Storey, who pulled her out from un-
der the train.
Mrs. Townes suffered great
many bruises. the worst ones being
on the arm and head and her back
was 50 badly wrenched that she is
unable to move Her husband reach
ed here by private conveyance dur
ing the night. Mrs. Townes is about
40 years Of age and weighs about
It's pounds and is the wife of a
prominent citizen of Gonzales coun-
ty.
That she was not instantly killed
is looked upon by those who wit
messed the accident as miracle.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
Negro Girl Back to Race.

New York, July 1.-After four
teen years of treatment as a white
child, little Christian Woodyear, he
famous negro girl adopted by YRS.
Elizabeth Grannis, president OF he
National League for Christian p Ri
ty. will shortly go back to her n ce
as a student at Booker WashingtO s
Tuskegee Institute. The attempt of
Mrs. Grannis to place her little
brown-skinned baby" on social
equality with her white playmates
has failed and little Christian will
hereafter sail through life under
her natural colors. Christian became
nationally famous when her playful
antics resulted in the disruption OF
the congregation of which Mrs. Gran
mis- is a member.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
YANKEE CAVALRY
GOES TO BORDER
Advance Guard Of Two Troops
Leaves San Antonio fol
Del Rio.
TO PATROL THE BOUNDARY
Soldiers Are Likely to Be on Active
Duty All Standardization Re-
pulses Assailants After
Sharp Fight.

San Antonio, July In compli-
ance with orders received from the
war department, two troops of the
Third cavalry, formerly stationed at
Fort Clark, left San Antonio by rail
for Del Rio at O'Clock last night.
The troops were under command of
First Lieutenant Cullen and Second
Lieutenant Boone. In all there were
six officers, eightynine enliste.--..AtSen, n,
112 horses and mules. They carried
with them ten days forage and ten
days rations.
IN accordance with instructions
received by Lieutenant Hunter Har-
ris, now in charge of the quarter
masters department, Fort Sam
Houston, in the absence of Chief
Quartermaster Colonel R. R. Stew
ems, who is located at Leon Springs
reservation, arrangements have been
made for rations for as many troops
ns may be sent to the border by Gen.
Meyer.
Y The enforcement of the neutrality
lays bet ween the United States and
Mexico. as far as the United States
is concerned, will be carried out to
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
T|LDEN GOODE
IS SHOT DEAD
Many Rurors Are Afloat and
Feeling at Ben Hur Is
Running High.
MARRIED IN FORT WORTH
Vile Of Deceased Was Widow with
One Child-Three Negroes Have
Been Detained by Sheriffs
Department.

Groesbeck, Texas, July 1.--Tilden
Goode, white, aged 80 years, was
shot and killed at his home while in
bed at Ben Hur, fourteen miles west
of this place The weapon used was
double -barrelled shotgun.
Sheriff Pritchard was soon at the
scene and arrested Virgil Baird, Joe
Dorsey and Dee Isadore, all negroes,
and placed them in the county jail
Mr.. Goode was a prominent far
mer and was thought well of by his
neighbors.
The three negroes refuse to make
any statement other than denying
that they know or had anything to
do with the killing, notwithstanding
that they have been put through the
sweat box Mr. Goode married wi
dow with one child in Fort Worth
about three years ago. The sheriff's S
depart and the grand jury are
doing all in their power to find out
the guilty parties, as this is one of
the blackest crimes ever committed
in this county.
Many rumors are afloat concern
ing the circumstances and cause of
the killing and great excitement pre-
walls in the community where the
crime was committed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
HONK! HONK! LO HAS AUTO!
Red Bubble Wagons Becoming Pop
ular With the Indians.


Bartlesville. Okla, July NO
longer is the hearse, with its waving
black plumes, the favorite vehicle Of
the aborigines in these parts. Sam
Bo5b, mixed-blood Cherokee, who
has become wealthy through his
ownership of oil lands, has set the
fashion by buying six-cylinder
touring car, and now every red skin
in this section who has the price is
considering the indulgence of SINH
ar fancy
For many years the ownership of
a hearse, in which to take the squaws
and papooses out driving, has been
considered the acme of putocratic
display by the Indians of the -Four
Hundred. Many such somber We
hicles have been sold to the Indians,
to be used as carriages. Now the
style is changing, and nothing less
than red devil wagon will admit
to the inner circles of redskin socie-
ty. Automobile manufacturers will
do well to sit up and take notice
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
Army Wants Doctors.

Washington, July by the re-
cent act of congress providing for
the reorganization and enlargement
of the medical corps of the army, ef-
fectiye today, there are forty-four va
cancies in the grade of first lieuten-
ants.
Officials of the war department
point out that this is an excellent
opportunity for youg physicians and
surgeons, who. if they pass the eX-
animation, will receive at the outset
the commission and pay of a first
lieutenant in the army.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01

A citizens meeting was held at
Ennis Tuesday to set in motion
plans to entertain Parsons Brigade
reunion, to be held there August 8
and 6. DR.. J. C. Loggins was chair
man of the meeting, and 7. H. Col
lier, secretary. A committee to CO.
operate with a committee of veter-
ans was appointed, as follows: P.
Freeman, w. D, Farris, n. L. Wor-
lev. 10 w. Allison, w. E. Bradley,
Lee Caldwell, j. Baldridge and ]. S.
Hardy
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
Adopt New Rulings.

Washington, July 1.-As the re-
suit of new ruling adopted by the
Cuban government on and after to-
day every master of a vessel arriv-
ing in Cuba must. Immediately upon
landing. send by registered mail to
the Cuban auditor at Havana, a true
copy, In Spanish. of the manifest Of
his vessel. Neglect to comply with
this rule will entail a heavy fine
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
Nav Save Murderer,

Harrisburg, Pa, July IA re-
hearing in the case of Mike Holka,
under sentence of death for the muir
der of Policeman J. E. Meehan, will
be held today by the board of par
dons. The Austrian ambassador has
and will attempt to secure a commu-
tation of sentence to life imprison-
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
Reduce Electric Rates.

Boston, July IA reduction OF
rates of from Is cents to 12 cents
per kilowatt hour was made by the
Edison Light and Power company to-
day, upon the recommendation of the
gas and electric light commission. A
further reduction will be demanded
by the commission within a year
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-01
Three New Golfers.

Washington, July Bids will
be opened at the navy department
today for three new steam colliers,
to carry 7 200 tons of dead weight
and to cost not more than $4,000
each. The vessels must be turned
over to the government complete.