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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-21
~, ReP s.,t, Of, q the condition Of

soothes itching SKIN. Heals cuts
or burns without a scar. Cures
piles. eczema. salt rheum, any Itch
ing. Doan's Ointment. Your drug
glst sells It,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-21
SWEET MELODY -FOUR.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Charles Charchey and Efle T..
Swager.
George N. Wise and Alma B. Ever.
James w. shaiEer and Title f.
Lake.
John W. Swanson and Anna Robey.
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FRANk WISE. Alias asKEr.r,

Better known MS dog merchant,
Owner OF the famous Water ST.
Kennels. Register Beegles now
on sale at City Stables. Corner
Fourth SITS. and Traders Alley.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
LETTER TO WILL II. COLE,
CIarksburg, W. Va.

Dear Sir: The cost Of gallon OF
paint pnt-on is about IS, no matter
what paint you buy.
am .,n1I..z T,,rao nat - I'm
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-21
NO. 1H2n.
Report of the condition of

Report OF the condition of
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL
BANK OF WEST VIRGINIA
at Clarksburg, in the State or West
Virginia, at the close Of business,
May IA, 1908.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-21
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

MELIaGAs
The only flour ] ever had any luck with
Is Gold Medal Flour. LUCINDA.
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IOtal ...........$ 943, 4SO,26
State of West Virginia. County of
Harrison, IS:
l, w. II. Lewis, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnIy
swear that the above statement Is
true to the best Of my knowledge
and belief.
w. II. LEWIS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 21st day OF May, 1908.
D. b. CARPER, Notary Public.
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
u. DAVIDSON.
GEO. l.. DUNCAN,
T. w. HARRISON,
Directors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-21

The strongest paint is the one that
takes least gallons; least gallons to
buy; least gallons to paint; and the
strongest paint is the one. that wears
longest
These lessons are useful.
Yours truly,
.23 F. w. DEVoE & CO.
p. s.-Cost & Holden Co. sell our
paint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
STILL KNOCKING.

Tn the following editorial The In- disnapolis Star finds occasion for the display of some 6f that marrow spleen which, still dominates some people up North. It says:
 The resolution offered in Congress Sgyova5sp eg sss sr1 fsF ,Ss erection In Washington of q statue of General Robert D. Lee should not be adopted. The resolution expresses
 es tha woas sns n sH'a marked degree toward plotting forever from the minds and thoughts of the citizens of the nation the late unfor- that the Oklahoma gentleman has small understanding of the true situation. General Lee was personally much loved. and extravagant euloEies con cerning him were indulged in year or so ago at the time of the celebra- ton of the centennial of his birth. but In so far as these came from men Confederate cause they were expres. sions of personal regard wholly. and did not condone his lack of loyalty to the country he had sworn to defend or his acceptance Of leadership among its enemies. That course was fatal de- feet fin his record which can not be overlooked or condoned at least while men i've Wno IOuBDt on tne other Siue in that war and who believe that Americans owe duty to the Union.
 There is little hope that a statue of Lee will be placed in a position of honor in Washington as long as there remains on earth a sufficient number of those who. like The Star. cannot conquer prejudice and sectional hate. The Oklahoma Congressman deserves credit for his good intentions. but we fear he is ahead of Northern sentiment. Whatever may be thought or said of General Lees action in throwing in his fortunes with the South all fair minded men will admit that the great est soldier in all respects that this country has produced was actuated by the highest sense of duty, and that as s man of strict honor and genuine patriotism he could have done noth- ing else. Whatever may have been his private feelings on the subject, and however much he may have re- gretted the necessity of choosing be- tween the Union and the confederacy, he never had occasion to reproach himself for his choice nor do we be- lieve he ever did so.
 We think The Star is looking through prejudiced glasses when it declares that the kindly expressions from Northern people on the anniver- sary of Lees birthday, "were express sions of personal regard wholly" Many of the handsome eulogies spoken or written were for the soldier as well as for the man. and were from men who honored him for his course in war and peace. The present genera tion may not see his statue erected in washington, but it will be there some day and no figure there win do more credit to America and Americans than will se that of Robert Edward Lee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
HsiIstones end CaterpilIars.

'NhOuGoI6 I1cIAlQ.
 An army of 10000 900 caterptllafs has appeared in the Krugerdorp district which recently suffered severely from a hailstorm.
 old colonists connect the visitation with the recent fall of hail. and thev recall instances where plaques of in senets have invariably followed a phe- nomenal storm.
 It is suggested that the stones carry soma germ which is launched into life when the melting process begins, and farmers who have penetrated deeply in to the mysteries of the veldt trace the periodical visitations of huge swarms nf butterflies and moths, and even of the dreaded tick to the evolution of a germ in the hailstorm deposited on the ground.
 Venerable Free Staters now resident In the district have vivid memories of frightful storms in the late sos and in the early '70's. when similar cater pillar plaques devastated the crops in the conquered territory. and they also recall the interesting fact that when the black insects arrived the locusts disappeared.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
FAIRBANKS SPRINGS SURPRISE.
His Declaration for Early Tariff Reyis-
 ion Move to Beat Taft.

His Declaration for Early Tariff Reyis-
 ion Move to Beat Taft.
 Washington Special to The New York
 Times.
 The astonishment among Republl- cans here at the letter of Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks coming out for early tariff revision is equaled only by the glee with which the Democrats have received his announcement that they are likely to carry the next House, In all his long record in politics Fair banks has never made a statement so nearly unequiVocal as this pronuncia mento in favor of early action on the tarih.
 What has brought about this sud- den conversion is a mystery for which only one explanation has appeared as yet among the Republicans. That is his desire to beat Secretary Taft, who has declared for revision at an extra session to be called immediately after the inauguration of the next President. The Democrats are jubilantiy assert ing that it was a near-vision of hand writing on the wall which induced this abandonment of the stand-pat ranks which Fairbanks has adorned for so
 The assaults on the stand d-patters have become so numerous and vigor- near to consternation in their camp. The fight for free wood pulp which has been made by the newspaper pub fishers has had a good deal to do with this situation. The stand pa leaders in the House have been flooded with telegrams on this subject in the last few days, and that is form of expression of public sentiment which usually extorts attention from the
 But they are afraid to undertake any legislation on wood pulp alone lest some wicked Democrat should tack on to their bill an amendment which would open up the whole range of tarin legislation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
VENEZUELAN TROUBLE.
One writer's Views of the GovernnAent
 Af CamfrA

Julius Chambers in Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Venezuelan government is the rottenest in Central or South America. It isn't any better than that of Santo Domingo, in the West Indie. Most of the people are worse than half-breeds; they unite all the evil traits of the na- tive Indian tribes with an admixture of Spanish and African bloods.
 The Venezuelans, hold the same re- lation to the twentieth century that the Mexicans did to the first half of the nineteenth.
 We may expect to hear something vigorous from the White House if re- ports that the mail of Minister Russell and orders sent to Commander Hood et the Tacoma have been withheld or tempered with in the Venezuelan post office are true. The charge is so seri- ous tkat 1t Is hardly credible. Such an act would be casus beili with England. Frnace or Germany.
 President Castro. a blue-gum negro, I am told, is not inclined to explain or apologize. He believes that a war with the United States would be like a con test between a cat and a Ash, in which Venezuela (the cat) is sure to win.
 He forgetS that England and this country have on several occasions, dealt with similar situations. An in- vasion of the mountain fastnesses of the country isn't necessary. Caracas, the capital, stands a mile high among the mountains and an invading army that set out to march thither would undertake ool-hardy enterprise. Such an advance into an enemy's coun- try could only be likened to several disastrous attempts that British India commanders have made to penetrate to Cabul by way of the Khyber Pass.
 The main highway to Caracas has as many angles therein as has the ancient entrance to the Alhammra, through the Gate of Justice, Each and every turn In the road is fortified, could be strengthened at a days notice and made almost impregnable.
 What may happen will be the seiz- ure of Venezuelas best port-prefer- ably La Guaira because 1t Is the ont- let of Caracas--or Puerto Cabello. q city of the same size. farther to the westward on the Caribbean coast. and the administration of the custom houses until the Castro zovernment comes to terms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
SITUATION IN OHIO.
The Taft Forces Seeking to Make
 Peace With Foraker. Washington Special to New York

The Taft Forces Seeking te Make
 Peace With F0raker.
 Washington Special to New York
 Railizing that Ohio will be Demo- cratic this fall, meaning the loss of twenty-three electoral votes to the Re- publicans. unless the situation there Improves greatly, friends of Secretary gun overtures looking to terminat- ing the factional fight. If any agree ment Is reached the basis will have to be that all opposition to the nom- tnation of Secretary Taft by Foraker Is withdrawn and the Taft faction in dorses Foraker as his own successor for the United States Senate.
 Senator Foraker was willing to com promise several times last spring and summer, but all proposals were re- aker's opposition to the administra, :, tton and to Secretary Taft on account of the Brownsville episode. Since then the troubles of the Secretary of War ened revolt of the negro voters has become reality the fight between the factions has become more bitter. and to cap the climax the last State Convention nominated State ticket which 1t Is said will surely be defeated and will doubly insure the carrying of ticket.
 Representative Grant Mauser, a Re- publican of the Thirteenth District. in which Sandusky Is situated. announced tonight that he would not be a cam didate for renomination He has twice carried the district, but sees no chance of carrying 1t this year unless Foraker and Taft get together. He said that the two factions ought to compromise at once. because a continuance of the fight might mean the loss of the eoun- try to the Republican Party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
HERE'S A DREAMER.

There's fellow up in Nevada who is evidently suffering from brainstorm or something of the kind, for he has gotten an idea into his hesd that is about as practical as making cheese out of moonbeanis. He is advertising for 15o women to colonize an island near Honolulu. and assures them that they are to be in absolute control and boss everything on the place. This dreamer, as The Sacramento Bee ob- serves. will probably not get many women to answer his advertisement. An Adamless Eden would be about as attractive to normal feniininity as a Sunday newspaper without any fashion page. It Is easy as one-two-three for a woman to run an island with men. There would be no fun .n running it without men, and the job would be as difficult as it is unproftable. The only natural way to bring about the adver- tiser's dream is to let men run the is- land, and then let the women run the men. just as they do everywhere eise." This thing of an Adamless Eden has been dreamed of many times and by many dreamers. but it has never work ed and never will, any more than an Eveless Eden. Adam wasn't satisfied without an Eve. and we hardly think | Eve would have been content without an Adam. They were necessary to each other now and always will be, and when any man sets himself the task of changing the designs of the Almighty he is bound to fail.
 This Nevada fellow must be weak in the upper story if he thinks his pledge that the women shall control everything will attract any great num- Der of them. Who are they to boss and control? each other? Well.
 wouldn't you like to see them at it? Does the man really think colony of | real American women would submit to be bossed by their own sex? If he does he has another robust think due him. If he gets 160 of them on the island there'l be 14s bosses. at the
 lowest estimate, and if things weru
 not extremely interesting in less than
 three months we miss our guess. As
 to that matter. If there were men there
 it would make little difference, for the
 women would boss them. just as they
 do anywhere else. No; this man with
 wheels in his head may as well look
 for some other outlet for his airy no-
 tions. A colony of women and no men
 is "agin' natur'."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06

unityr' said the wise man of Israel, but there's precious little of that sort of dwelling among the Repubiican brethren. Those who keep up with the news do not need to be told that the administration is trying to force the nomination of Taft. While 1t may be true that Roosevelt does not in 90 many words issue orders to his party to give the nomination to his secre- tary 1t is just as true that his office holders of the Republican persuasion all over the country are displaying the "pernicious activity" of which Mir. Cleveland spoke, and are making it ef- fective wherever they can possibly do so. This Is what Mir. wardman conn plained of, and it is what the Kansas City paper and many others object to. Have they not good cause to resent such fnterference9
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
ATTACKS TAFT BOOMERS.
GeseraI woodfora Criticises Plan
 Csmpafkn Tn New York. NAvv Yarl fysrata

Gesernl woodford Crfdcises Plan ei
 Csmpaikn Tn New York.
 New York Herald.
 Although tny profess to b. indtf- ferent to the campaign being made in New York State by the folio Sers oi Secretary Taft. members of the Hughes League are nevertheless much upset over the matter and feel that the Tsf, men are not following out the program outlined by Secretary Taft three months ago
 The Taft men openly admit that they are seeking to get the New York State delegation to vote for Taft on the second or third ballot, notwithstandIns the fact that the Hughes men are work ing desperately to have the New York State delegation instructed to vote for Hughes from start to finish.
 Stewart l.. woodford. president of the Hughes League of the United states. yesterday made his first argu- ment concerning the work of the Tatt men, and he made it plain that he does not approve of what has been and Is sbejng done
 T think" he said. that my genial friend, the Secretary of War, must have changed his tactics since he wrote to Mir. Parsons, chairman of the Repub- lican County Committee that he did not want the Hughes movement in New York at all interfered with, but hoped New York would give its, great Gov ernor loyal and united support.
 T am not much surprised and not at all disappointed. The Secretary 6 friends have set danger signal on a craft that evidently is in distress. Ev- erybody knows Wall Street wants Taft, fearing that if it don't get Taft 1t may have the President for another term. Of course, this does President Roosevelt great injustice. because he has said and repeated that he will neither be candidate nor accept res nomination.
 q am sorry Wall Street friends have such poor opinion of the Presidents veracity. I know Mir. Roosevelt to De brave and truthful and never will do him the injustice to believe he Is de- ceiving the American people. He is not. The people rely on his assurances Wall Street need not be scared nor give to Taft's candidacy the money the Street has not yet rendered to the can- didacy of Governor Hughes. My friends. the enemy, must be badly scared
 Despite the fact that they are using Hughes as their slogan, members of the Republican Executive Committee look with much favor upon the work of the Taft enthusiasts. Privately, they de- clare their work will make it much easier than 1t otherwise would be foi the New York delegate to switch from | Hughes to Taft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1908.

We who live down here are so much in the habit of looking on Alaska as part of the Arctic regions. and of al- luding to it as "the frozen North" that we feel some surprise when we read this from a paper published in Valdez. under date of March 4:
 While the prairie States of the Mid de West, the North Atlantic States, and the British Isles have been rocked In the cradle of the blizzard. with trains stalled in snowdrifts and telegraph men have walked the streets without overcoats and grumbling because the soft weather threatened to destroy the trail before the freight for summer through. Some time in the far distant future the people who know it all will begin to know something about Alas ka.
 We do not profess to know 1t all. and are free to confess that we really do not know a great deal about Alaska. but this item from the Valdez paper is something of surprise, though we hardly believe that what it says of that particular point will apply with any thing like accuracy to the country in general. If we have our geography on straight Valdez is located somewhere on the southern coast of the Territory and it may be that the ocean currents have something to do with the moder- ate temperature described above. At any rate. there seems to be some DOT tion of Alaska that the term frozen North" doesn't fit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
A Curleas Collection.

Tit-Bits
 The most curious collection of boots shoes and slippers is stated to pc fine possession of an Englishman. MT Roach smith. Besides specimens of ev' cry successive age. beginning with tne boots of a bishop in 721 A. D., he na' several to which an historic or roman. tic interest is attached--e. G., the snoe' of most of the besuties of Charles IT court, including the Duchess or Cieve, land. the Countess of Muskerry, ane la belle Hamilton tafterward Comtess' de 0rammont). with those of Miss Jen. nings and Miss Stewart (the orisina of the Britania on the guineal. stolen according to the labels, by Rochester and Kiilgrew. There is an entire com. partment devoted to some of the shoes crowped by the Societe desPetits Pieds, over which the member with the small. est foot presided till she was displaced
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
This Date in Eiistory
APRIL e.

APRIL c. 1fse-Mahomet II besieged constanti- nople. t52o-Raphael, the celebrated painter. died. Born 14s3 17s5--Mrs Meta Heusser, German song writer. born. Died Jan 2. 1878. ls03-Alexander SIidell Mackenzie, United States naval officer, born in New York City. Died at Tar rytown, N. r.. Sept. IS. 1s4s. fso7-John Cochran, Surgeon General in the American Revolutionary war, died in Palatine, N. Y. Born Sept. 1, 1730. 1si4---Napoieon Bonaparte sent in exile to Island of Elba. is4T-Covent Garden Theatre. London. opened for Italian opera. fs55-Planet Gree discovered by M Chacornac. is62--Gen. Albert s. Johnston of the Confederate army killed at Shi- loh. Born 1903. I808--First national encannpment of the c. A. R. met at Indianapolis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
This L My 47th Birthday
ALFRED PRAGA.

Alfred Praga. founder and President of the British Society of Miniaturists and who is regarded as one of the ablest living opponents of the delicate art of miniature painting, was born in Liverpool. April 6, 1881. His father intended him for the medical profess sion, but medicine failed 10 appeal to him and he soon drifted away from 1t famous art school in South Kensington and later pursued his studies in Ant
 vert and Paris. His miniatures soon
 became the vogue, and the restoration to popularity of this method of DOT trafture Is greatly due to him. Re gently MT. Praga completed portrait of King Edward. Other noted per l sonaEes who have sat to him for min.
 iAture or small portraits include Prin. cess Henry of Pless, Lord Alverstont and the late Sir Henry Irving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
Coatumea Worth Fortunes.

LUWWUN
 Dresses may cost anything one likes to spend. but there are in existence certain garments which are easily the record" in point of price.
 The Queen of Siam owns what is perhaps the most costly dress in the world. It is a silken robe of State. tho fabric being completely concealed hy an embroidery of diamonds, em- eraIds, rubies. and sapphires Its worth is estimated at 100000 pounds.
 Another valuable dress is the prop erty of the Grand Duchess xania, the czar's sister. Her hiRhness owns a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
Woodmen of World.

Huntsville. April 5.-(Spec.al. )-Dis- tr:ct Deputy J. M. Mash of the Woodmen of the World, has instituted a new lodge in Meridianville with a good sized membership. J. M. Hampton was elected Past Councillor; J. c. Chambers Council Commander; J. W. Smith. A.l- visor Lieutenant; c. L. Thompson, Banker; Clarence Thompson, Clerk; F. W. Hampton, Escort; T. c. Brooks, Watchman; N. L. Strong, Sentry; J. G, Chambers. Physician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
What Maae CuIIman.

GadSden JOurnaI
 Plant corn and hay. potatoes and truck, and ease up on the cotton crop. This is the wide-open road to better times for the farmer. We are not drawing on our imagination for this advice, it has been demonstrated in dif- ferent rarts of the State to be abso- lutely sound. There is no more pros porous section of the State than Gull man county. and the prosperity of those farmers Is based on potatoes and strawberries. While many other things are produced, these are grown there as the main crops and bring in the bulk of the money that is rapidly making the people of that country in- dependent. Moreover. Culln1an county up to few years ago was considered one of the poorest in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06

Russian national costume. which. iron, cap to slippers. is incrusted with pre- eioue stones. The weight of the com. pIste out6t is 90 heavy that 1t Is almost unbearabls.
 Another Russian princess has wrap made of silver-fox fur. The collar alone is worth thousands of pounds while the whole garments worth must be estimated at its own weight tn gold. 4aH i.ts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06

They are calling this "the do-noth- ing Congress" and 1t seems deter mined to make good it's claim to the title. After all it might be better for the country if 1t would continue to do nothing rather than do some things it is trying to accomplish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
New Executive Committee All Taft Men.

The disintegration of the Dick For aker machine in Ohio was completed toaay when the new Republican Execu- campaign was selected without even a complimentary mention of Senator Charles A. Dick. who has conducted the State campaigns for many years The State Executive Committee will be headed this year by Henry A. Williams of Columbus, who is at present assist ant to A. I. Vorys. at the Taft head quarters The twenty-one executive new men and none of them is identified with the Dick interests. It is a strong Taft organization from beginning to end.