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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13

The only comic opera success 81
recent years in unanimously the title
bestowed upon the Merry Widow.
which at the present time Is the rage
in New York. So phenomenal has
been its success that seats are being
sold four weeks in advance and there
is no apparent dimunition in the pop
ular favor.
The Merry Widow is the work of
Franz Lehar OF Vienna, who up to
the writing OF the Merry Widow was
an apparently obscure musician. Crit
les say 1t is genuine comic opera.
with an ineligible and coherent story
The dialogue is brlgh and sparkling.
and one OF he wonders the comedy
does not depend upon recruits from
the vaudeville field with their slap
stick methods.
Carl Lammelle, the well known en-
tertainer, Will give two performances
OF the Merry Widow at the Grand on
Saturday. March II.
The latest device in the moving pie
ture line, the cameragraph. is used by
Mr.. Lammelle in displaying the life
motion pictures, and the tuneful mu-
sic of Die Lustige Wittwe" will ac-
company the performance. The ia
nous waltz about which ever yone is
talking, is feature of the perform
ance.
IN addition. othello. Classmates,
DR.. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde. a Russian
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13

Take Depot car direct for Roller
Rink.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13

SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13

No musical play of recent years
has met with greater measure Of
success than His Honor, the Mayor
which comes to this city at the Grand
opera house March IS. His Hon
or. the Mayor" has record of SIS;
months in Chicago. and five months
in New York, in the latter city break
ing all formerrecords at two houses,
New York andrwallacks. This sue
cessrul business Is not alone due to
the excellence of the music, which
was written by Julian Edwards and
Alfred e. Aarons, but to the fact that
there is laughter interpreted with
melody. The comedy in His Honor,
the Mayor" is particularly strong,
with the result that an evenings en-
tertainment is provided that does
not tax ones mentality too severity,
The company is the strongest that
could be gathered together, with such
players as Harry Kelly, Madelyn Mar
shall, Bobby Barry. william W. Black
Hugh Fay, Arthur Ernest, Catherine
Tanner. John H. Pratt and George
Fox
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13
NOTICE

Having been appointer receiver OF
Post Produce Company, hereby give
notice to all persons knowing them
selves to be indebted to said firm to
pay the same to me at once at my
office in Farmers Bank. Ciarksburg,
w. Va, and all persons have claims
against said firm, win please present
same for adjustment
COLLIN A. LAWSON,
Receiver
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13
A Pleasant Physlc.

When you want pleasant physic
give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv-
tablets a trial. They are mild and
gentle in their action and always
produce a pleasant cathartic effect.
call at any dealers drug store for a
free sample bottle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13

Mr.. John Rlha, OF vining. Ia,
says, 81 have been selling Dewitt's
Kidney and Bladder Pills for about
a year and they giev better satisfac-
ton than any pill l ever sold.
have used them myself with fine re-
suits. Sold by druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13
SWEET MELODY FLOUR

Just little cascasweet is all that
is necessary to give your baby when
1t is cross and peevish. Cascasweet
drugs and is highly recommended by
mothers everywhere. Sold by all
druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13
SWEET MELODY FLOUR
Lame Shoulder.

Whether resulting from a sprain
or from rheumatic pains, there is
nothing so good for a lame shoulder
as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Apply
1t freely and rub the parts vigorously
at each application and quick cure is
certain. For sale by all dealefs.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13
Delicious Chocolate Pie

You should try this recipe: 1
quart milk, / package "oUR-PIE."
Follow directions on package. Each
package makes two pies. Three
kinds, Lemon, Chocolate, custard.
Order from and grocer. Toe.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13

Kennedy's Laxative Cough syrnp
acts gently yet promptly on the bow
els and ailays inflammation at the
same time. II is pleasant to take
Sold by all druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13

Drama, and Way Down East will be
presented. Amatinee and night per-
Torrance will re given Saturday.
each lasting two hours, and the ad-
mission is 10 and 20 cents.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-13
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
LET Us INSURE YOUR SALARY

against sickness and accidents for a
very small monthly premium. Look
at this: For select risk, we will pay
you indemnity for 50 weeks at the
following rates for disability. $500
accidental death. $50 per month acct
dent indemnity, all accidents. $50 Per
month sickness indemnity, all dis
eases for 20 weeks; also a partial in
demnity for 90 weeks for sickness.
Cost you only One Dollar per Month
CHARLES w. WORCESTER.
I. o. o. +. Bldg. Main St, Clarksburr
w. Va. Bell Phone 20SW.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Just now there Ia a deficit In the
city's finances. according to the Comp.
troller, of about 100000.
The big corporation known AZ Swift
& Company makes an Official statement
that 1t has over $lO0,O0OO0O In re.
sources.
The just annual tax on this sum
would be $1.4OO.O0O.
This would wipe out the city's deficit
twice over.
The Assessors only value Swift &
Company at $3.OOO.OOO, the tax on
which Is only $4,000.
This shows yearly loss to the city
Of $1.35S,O 600 on this ono concern alone.
Then there IL J. Ogden Armour.
This man is commonly believed to be
worth long ways over S1OO.O0O,0OO.
He Is said to be the principal owner
OF the stock Of
Armour 4 Company, Of New Jersey.
Armour & Company, Of Chicago.
Armour Car Lines.
Armour Grain Company.
Hammond Packing Company.
G. II. Hammond Company.
Kansas City Electric Light Com.
pany. OF Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City Railway and Light
Company.
Metropolitan Street Railway Com.
pany. OF Kansas City.
National Packing Company.
Stock Yards Savings Bank.
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
Company.
Union Stock Yards Company, of
Omaha (limited).
Besides that he owns much Of the
stock of Schwarzschild & Sulzburger.
and a great deal'O Of the stock Of the
Central Leather Company,
United States Leather Company,
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co., Hutchinson,
Kansas,
Northwestern National Fire Insur-
ance Company, Of Milwaukee, Wis.
Omaha Packing Company,
Prussian National Insurance Com
pany, of Stettin, Germany.
There are some other concerns that
Armour owns stock In, but We pass
them up for the present.
Figuring that he is worth only
S1OO,OOO,OOO the tax on $1OO,OOO,OOO
would be 81 100000 annually.
The Assessors only value Mr.. Ar
mour's personal property at 100000.
The annual tax on 100000 Is only
$500.
The difference between $500 and
81, 100000 10 1897 600
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25
FOR THE PEOPLE TO DEMAND AN ACCOUNT

This would build great many
schools and give great assistance to the
police ana fire departments.
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Why not turn the Board Of Review
over to Armour and Swift3
Swift 4 Company, the great corpora.
tiOn which the assessors only valued
last year Mt 100000, reports that It
has over 500. 100000 In quick assets on
hand this year. Read Its annual re.
port and draw your own conclusions.
The tax rate IL seven per cent on
One.ffth Of the actual cash value.
This would make Swift & Company
legally liable to tax Of 81 100000 a
year. This would help out the other
taxpayers some, II It was paid.
But the kind assessors only value
Swift & Company's $1OO,OOOOOO plant
ut $3,OOOOOO. which makes their an.
nual tax only $4,000.
Quite loss to the city in the diff
ference between $4,000 and 81, 400, 600.
The funny part of 1t Is that In
eliminating the rich fellows the asses
sors could only lind $06,OOO,OOO worth
of personal property In all Chicago last
year. Four millions less than the re-
sources of Swift Il Company.
The annual meeting Of the stOckhOld-
ers of Swift & Company was held ut
the offices Of the company at the Union
Stock Yards January ., 1908.
Treasurer l.. A. Cartons report states
that the turnover or gross business
of the company aggregated $25O!OOO,-
600 during the year.
The financial report shows a surplus
at the close Of the year amounting to
$l5,2OO,OOO. which Is an increase Of
s., SO3,00c compared with the previous
year. These figures, after allowing
about $l,8OO,OOO for depreciation, which
was the amount written of, indicate
earnings Of substantially 1880 per cent
on $4,000, 900 capital stock, out Of
which the company paid Z per cent In
value of each share Of stock Is figured
dividends during the year.
There was an increase OF S6,965, ,005
with the preceding year, and the book
In the value of quick assets compared
The financial report for the year end
at $3.50.
cd Sept. 2S, 1907, compares with the
preceding year as follows:
| RESOURCES.
| 1907. 1906.
Cash 80. ....$ 3,35S,991 8 3,19O,G92
Acc'ts receivable 31,992,070 29,330,S8l
Inv'ty (cattle,
sheep. hogs,
and product
on handy -. A,736,56a 91.33a, ,SH
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25


The Board Of Review should sum.
mon the following well.known citizens
and interrogate them with reference
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor.
porations owned in Chicago, which they
have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift.
John A. Sp0Or.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to be public.spirited.
They should both be willing to help
In this matter.
They can. N they will. help a great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour Is a director In the To-
lowing corporations and the Board OF
Review, II 1t wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each, or what
Chlcagoans do own 1t, as 1t is taxable: (:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company.
Central Leather Company,
G. II. Hammond Company.
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company.
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Rail.
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co., Hutchinson.
Kansas
Northwestern National Fire Insur.
ance Company Of Milwaukee, Wis.
Omaha Packing Company.
Prussian National Insurance Com.
pany of Etettin, Germany.
Mr.. Louis +. Swift b a director In
the following. How much stock does
he own? At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable infor.
nation:
Union Stock Yards. Chicago.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, McNeill 4 Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Loui6 National Stock Yards Com
pany.
swifts Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
HolMs oe'd stosaes Company.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

In whose name does Mr.. Armour
hold all his stock? Speaking Of his
election as director Of the Illinois Cen.
tral, the Chicago Tribune Of March Z,
1908, said:
~. Ogden Armour was nominated to
succeed Mr.. Titus, assistant to Presi.
dent Harahan, who was elected ut the
stockholders meeting last week to sue.
ceed Stuyvesant Fish and to hold until
Mr.. Armour could transfer to his own
name on the books OF the company H.
linOls Central stock held by him, and
SO become stOckhOlder of record with
u clear title to the Office OF director,
Mr.. Armour will be elected at the reg
ular meeting of the board on March
TO-"
ApropOs Of this election, the Chicago
Tribune on February 20 paid the fol-
lowing well-deserved tribute to Mr. Ar
m0ur, his widening influence" and the
"almost fabulous value" OF his great
Industry:
ut Is a recognition on the part OF
Mr.. Hartman of the widening influence
which Mr.. Armour has In the CONNER
cial ana Industrial life Of the country.
1t will not be an entire departure for
Mr.. Armour to take an active interest
In the management Of great railroad
property, for he has long been finan.
clally Interested In the st. Paul road.
The Armour packing interests have
been associated with railroad affairs.
"As president of Armour & Co. he has
doubled the value Of the property,
fact which may appear startling to
those knowing the great values repre-.
sented in 1t when his father, p. d. Ar
mour, was at its head. At the present
time he controls not only this great In.
dustry of almost fabulous value, but IL
widening his interests constantly, enter.
Ing new fields and becoming a factor
In them. His connection with the I'LL
nois Central railroad will be only an.
other step In this direction"
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Some of the tax dodgers will wake
up one OF these 6ne days to discover
that Chicago 10 not 40 uncivilised @
they think II IL
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Board Of Review what Chicagoans own
this stock, as he Is the secretary and
treasurer of the company. The taxa.
tlon Of this stock In Chicago would
add $l05,0 900 per annum to the revenue
OF the people. A total Of $525, 900 for
five years. Call Mr.. McRoberts by all
means, gentlemen of the Board of Re.
view.
Congress should at once add to the
meat inspection law these three pro-
visions:
PACKERS should be obliged 10
bear all the expense attached to In
spection.
PACKERS should be obliged 10
print date of canning on the labels sf
all canned goods.
3-All meat In transit should be In.
spected by the government.
What interest derives the greatest
benefit from the sewerage system 4
Chicago? The packing interest OF
course. 1t pours a perfect ocean Of
filth into the sewers leading to the
south branch Of the river. Why was
the great 30th street sewer built at a
cost to the people Of millions of dol.
lars? 1t was built to relieve the South
Branch of filth from the packing
houses. And yet the packing interests
have not paid that twenty millions Of
back taxes into the peoples treasury
and evidently do not intend to pay up.
When the Beef Trust can openly
defy the United States Supreme Court
and stay out II jail, do you wonder
that there are men called anarchishj
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Is only taxed on one.hfrh Of 100000
and who Is reputed to be worth over
500, ,0OO, 900 In personal property.
%S
Read about Armour, Swift, McRob-
erts and the rest Of the gang on pages
., 3 and 0.
There Is going to be the biggest scan.
dal over tax matters that the town
has ever faced.
The most awful thing in the history
OF this Republic from its foundation
10 the present time, Is the open, ia
grant defiance by the Beef Trust OF
the permanent injunction granted
against II by the Supreme Court Of the
United States. II the Supreme Court
can be fouted by mult-milllonaire
law-breakers, what has become Of our
Government!
Swift & Company, that great cor.
poratlon which reported over 92OOO,'
600 OF personal property in its posses
sion last New Years eve, has been as
sessed b. the Board OF Assessors on
but s3,0dS,1RO.
Armour's Dodgerlne Is highly recon-
nlended for use in the taxing season.
The Union Stock Yards Company, OF
Omaha, (Limited) Is corporation
owned in Chicago. 1t is capitalized for
S7.SO0,0O0 and our esteemed fellow
citizen, Samuel McRoberts 10 one OF
the directors. Mr.. McROberts would
probably be only too glad to tell the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Illinois Cattle Company.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San Francisco Land 4 I'm.
provement Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
EwlftS Fertillser Works.
Western Meat Company.
ARMo0R'S WAYS
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Totals ......$72,3oO,634 65,35i, 100
J.. \. Carton, treasurer, said to the
stockholders:
"Besldes paying you per cent upon
your stock during the year and adding
an additional property value of over
s. to each share. we have charged of
to depreciation more than $1,6OO,O0O
"The turnover was accomplished by
our packing plants, supplemented by
$40 branch or distributing houses In
the United States, and nfty.four dlstri.
buting houses In foreign countries.
This turnover exceeds $780, 100000 In
value. and was greater, both In tom
mage and value per unit, than any pre-
vious year in the history Of the com.
pany."
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Eighty-ave thousand wage earners
OF Chicago have been notified to pay
assessments on their personal prop.
erty, and accompanying the notifica.
tion a statement Is made that the tax
rate on personal property has been
raised over 81 on every hundred dol
lars of valuation.
OF course this does not apply to the
multi-milllonaire tax dodgers who have
SO much influence with the assessors
They escape lightly, and the burden
falls ON the poor.
The tables Of rates for the various
parts Of the counv's personal propas0
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

There Is going to be the biggest scan
dal over tax matters that the tow
has ever faced.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Some of the tax dodgers will wake
up one OF these 6ne days to discover
that Chicago 10 not a. uncivilizsd @
they think II ID.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Is only taxed on one.6frh Of 100000
and who Is reputed to be worth over
500, 600, 900 In personal property.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

Read about Armour, Swift McRob-
erts and the rest OF the gang on pages
., 3 and 0.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

When the Beef Trust can openly
defy the United States Supreme Court
and stay out II Jail, do you wonder
that there are men called anarchisDj !
The midland journal., 1908-06-26
State Of Maryland
THE WAMsLEY MURDER.

Chestertown Especially To thor
oughly satisfy himself that Capt. j.
T.. Wamsley, whose remains were
found among the ruins OF. his burned
home, in Morgnec, was a victim Of
foul play States Attorney William w. !.
Beck ordered Health Officer HI. G.!
Shippers to exhume the remains and
examine the scalp.
At the preliminary hearing before
Magistrate Toud some weeks ago
Major Robinson, colored, who was
implicated in the murder charge,
made confession in which he charg-
ed that Horace Hynson, also colored !.
who is held for murder, had told him
that he (Hynson) had killed Captain
Walmsley with baseball bat, had
poured col oil over his body and had
set fire to the house to cover up the
crime.
In an effort to prove the truth of
Robinson's confession, DIR. Shippers
made thorough examination of the
scalp, and found deep frature onl
the skull, which was pronounced the
immediate cause of Captain Walms-
ley's death.
The testimony of the health officer
will have great bearing upon the out
come of the trial at the approaching
term of court.
The midland journal., 1908-06-26
Inspection OF Nurseries.

Berlin Especially. - Orlando Har-
rison, of Berlin, has returned from
Milwaukee, where he attended the
annual convention of the American
Association of Nurserymen. His re-
port on a national inspection law was
unanimously adopted by the conven-.
tion. Such law, he urged, would be-
standard for all the States to be-
guided by, and he recommended that
all the States amend their inspection
laws so as to conforms to the general
law. State inspections and govern
ment inspections. he said, were not
desirable, and he favored such law
as would enable the Secretary of Ag-
ricu1ture to conduct the inspection
of nurseries through the State OH
cials. He advocated some definite,
arrangement for the inspection of
imported stock.
The midland journal., 1908-06-26
SHOE BLAcKJNz NOT USED.

'It used to be-" said the economical
girl, 'that we blacked over our last
years natural color straw hat and
so made a new straw hat of 1t with
the blacking, but mot nov, not Dow,
when we can buy material specially
prepared for this purpose and in any
color.
.'It used to be that we could do our
hats over only in black, but now we
can make them any color we want.
I'm doing this ONE in black because
want it black.
Then why don't black it more
carefully around the sides OF the
crown? There are whole lot Of
places there, you say, where the white
shows still?
why, that's because I'm going to
trim this hat all around the crown
and sew the trimming on, and then
the white won't show, and I'm afraid
if put on too much Of that stuff
there / won't have enough left in
the bottle to finish the brim New
York Sun.
The midland journal., 1908-06-26
AS OTHERS SEE US.

One of London's dressmakers re-
garded as a great authority over
there-ha just returned from visit
to this country, and bears witness to
the superior dressing of American,
women.
"The most averagely endower Amer
lean woman" says this authority,
.shas a style and chic immeasurably
above that of our average suburban
and provincial woman.
"At present the cult Of the former
is the exceedingly severe but perfect
ly cut tailor-made, which is conclud-
ed by AN equally carefully Thought
out and executed shirt blouse, with a
particular emphasis laid on the color
finish.
Among notable points of the ele-
gante over the Atlantic are beauti-
full feet, beautifully shod
"Not as of yore, with long, mar
row, square finished toes, but shoes
perfectly proportioned, the heels mot
too high and rather broad. They are
such well-bred looking boots and
shoes!"
The midland journal., 1908-06-26
Agricultural Pest in France.

So great have been the ravages
caused by the dodder - a leafless,
twining, parasitic plant-that a de-
cree has been issued by the French
President prohibiting it's importation
into the country. 1t is a veritable
agricultural scourge, attacking and
destroying hops. vines, clover, peas.
tomatoes and many other kinds of
agricultural produce. Once having
POUNDS its way into any district. it is
most difficult to get rid of, and con-
stitutes a permanent source of anx-
iety to the farmer. Cutting down,
burning and poison have all been
tried with unsatisfactory results
London Globe.
The midland journal., 1908-06-26
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mttle Things. and many friendship
withers through sheer neglect.
Hearts are alienated because each
is waiting for some great occasion
for displaying affection The great
spiritual value of friendship is the
opportunity 1t affords for service, and
II these are neglected It Is only TO
be expected that the gift should be
taken from us.
Friendship which begins with SEN
timent will not live and thrive on
sentiment. There must be loyalty,
which finds expression in service. It
is not the greatness of the help or
the intrinsic value of the gift which
gives dts worth, but the evidence it
is Of love and thoughtfulness.
Attention to detail is the secret
of success in every sphere of life,
and little kindnesses, little acts of
comsiderateness, little condolences, are
all that most of us are called on TO
perform and they are all that are
needed to keep friendship sweet.
If we never show our kind feel.
ing what guarantee has our friend, or
even ourself, that it exists?
If there has come to US the miracle
of friendship, If there is a soul to
which our soul has been drawn, it
is SURELY worth while being loyal and
true.-Lillian Whiting.
The midland journal., 1908-06-26
MRS. CHARLES KAUFMAN DEAD.

Baltimore Especially Mrs. Charles
kaufman, who, before her marriage,
year ago, to. Mr.. Kaufman, Of Bos-
ton, was the widow of Col. Alexander
Brown, the Baltimore banker, died
at the Hebrew Hospital from a stroke
of apoplexy.
Their recent marriage caused a.
sensation because of the wealth OF
Mrs. Brown and the disparity in their
ages, she being sixty-six years old
and Kaufman thirty-two years her
Junior. Two weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Kaufman returned from six weeks,
trip to Europe. she having been in
poor health for some months.
1t is believed that Mrs. Kaufman
has left the bulk of her large fortune
to her husband.