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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

'NesgGscaS people are dcsasaErsat
deai Ii 1sasing tust nov oa vhatth ey
eoald save3dme had ssar adaHtna
henions DO .iekst but they must !
men,her! that lie whisltey people are
Just a. likely % DO The wrong taing
NEXT year a. this. end lose again, no
matter what seeming advantage they
may have IN the beginning They will
have less money BY another year than.
they had this year and the temperance
people will gain many friends before
the election comes around. The West
Yirginian desires to assure the tenn |.
pera1ce people that It Is in this fight
to finish and Will stand with them
and by them till tho final battle Is won.
It is proud OF the victory won this
year and certainly does appreciate
the many good things that have been:
said iabout It by the people whose
opinion It counts as worth something.
The curses Of the liquor people don't
worry 1t even q little but waen It has
the support Of such people as have
rallied to itB standard In this fight.
It Is nice to- be unpopular with a
certain class OF people. It makes q
person feel like his course Is really
worth while. The liquor, advocates are
50 loud in their talk about putting
i"for and against" on this year, claim:
Ing the vote shows they would have
won. now let us see how sincere they
] are by what they win 90 next year
T, The temperance people wanted a vote
on the question this year and they
will welcome a vote on 1t next year
VIII we get it? That remains to be
seen. In the meantime, let no stone
remain unturned by the believers In
a dry town and Victory will again be
! ours.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

smc Democrats nfe d.spesed %
.estuclse nj: Rtses ios Hsshdravins
from the ticket In the Fifth ward.
rather than Do as sbain and Wathsr-
wal, wax aid a. the Second and Third stay
on the ticket and beia willing saeri.
dee. II seems to a di%sinterested ind.
.yidual that q man would feel better
to withdraw than to make;a race and I'd
get a mere handful OF votes. as was
the case with snain and Watherwax.
Really, what made the wet Democrats
sore at Riggs was because the dry
people got together for once, Il thing
the whiskey people thought they alone
could do. But the case In the Fifth.
ward is only a starter in that sort OF
procedure and before Fairnont ever
gets license again. the liquor people
will have to ride down the united tenn.
perance forces. The fight for a con.
tinued dry town Is on and there will be
no retreat or division Of the temper.
ance voters: a h
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22
Edit Cue Given.

Editor West Virglnlan:
It seems that there Is a divinity
thut shapes our; ends, let the plg'head.
ed ballot commissioners rough them
hew how they they will. The learned ~
gentlemen constituting this commits.
sion, with their faces in the dust. fawn-
Ing before the booze devil for what.
ever privileges and emoluments might
be handed to them in return for cruel
flying tie right Of franchise so much
priced by the Anglo-Saxon race-de.
librrately said 10 the people Of Fair,
mont: "You shall not vote on the aues.
ton Of license this year" They, in
effect snid, the people have not sense
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

II the election Of two Democrats
out Of six makes The Democratic pa.
per use headline type two inches high,
what sort OF a shine would It likely
have cut had one or two more Demo-
Gratis been elected? There are some
things that make a fellow smile wheth
er he feels tickled or not.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22
HARD TO FIGURE OUT.

IIP1It1 "
There are a few things In connec'
ton with the fight on Saturday willcn
are somewhat hard to understand,
The Democratic paper has been say.
Ing many things about the Republi'
can leaders Of the Fourth ward and
their alleged throw down Of Mr.. Linn,
the Republican candidate for council
man, but 1t has had nothing Whatever
to say OF tie Republican leaders IN
the Second and Third wards who
treacherously knitted the Republican
majority ever received by q Republic
Mr.. Linn was elected by the largest
majority ever received by a Republic
chr candidate in the Fourth ward. II
the Republicans deserted him. then
the Democrats must have flocked to
MIN In great numbers. Did theS? Was
the editor Of the Times one OF tiem?
But what about the 13 votes for Mr..
Watherwax in Chairman Brownfield's
ward and the % for Mr.. Shain In Mar
eel Jollifrs ward? The Times Is 81.
lent rs to the hypocritical stunt pulled
off by these great Republican wheel
horses. Why? Because they we're
wet and the paper was wet, therefore
what these Republicans did was right
III the eyes Of the Democratic paper.
MIR. Watherwax must feel Tint he had
bully support from his committeeman
and the city chairman.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22
A "Christian'
ANSWER OF LADY MISSIONARY
PUZZLED HER TEACHER
AN EDUCATED eRAHMlN.

A lady missionary In India while
learning the Hindu language. had oc.
casion to study for some time at a
Presbyterian school. The teacher
tpundit) was an educated Brahmin,
and u convert to Christianity through
Presbyterian missionaries. One day
he said TO his pupil; I have been told
that you were not a Presbyterian,
Are YOU ~ Methodist? "No." Are you
n Baptist::' mo" "rhen what art you?
All the missionaries I know are Pres.
byterianst or Methodlsts or Baptists,
Eplscopalians." II nm none Of these,
| am only a Christian" She then ran
another gauntlet Of questions as to
lNr church membership, but stead.
fastly declared: II belong only to the
Church of Christ. Or Church OF God"
Her teacher was surprised and puz.
zled. He knew tnat there were several
sects Of Christians. and had assumed
TINT cv9ry Christian. OF course, be.
longed to some one OF them: but now
he had met one who declared that she
was "only n Christian" lie was silent
for n few moments, and then said; "t
like this" | must see you again and
hear more about It."
Attend the Central Christian
Church Revival now in progress and
near more about 1t.
Want advertise THAT "opportlln.
ity" YOU are able to offer to someone
..ttk . ,ttt1a ,,aaav D., lnvouf |IlEtLt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

Wholesale liquor dealers and whis-
key representatives generally were
here on Saturday helping the whis-
keyttes. Ex-senator Jake Suiler. OF
Wheeling. and Harry Clark, Of Pitts.
burg. were OH the ground doing their
best. They heard the result with sad.
ness on Saturday night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

lNrHH.~ ~ 49,. a Ff.A .HN|.H 70 :
Poor old Times. It Is 50 sore It can't
turn over without groaning. II that
paper had received one-third Of the
letters and one-tenth Of the praise that
the West v~irginIan has from the de.
cent. respectable people Of Fairmont
for It's attitude in this campaign It
would be beside Itself with vanity.
The West Virginian has no sore spots
and It Is proud Of the fact that what It
worked hardest for was achieved for
there will be no saloons In Fairmont
during this year OF our Lord 1909.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

Lords prayer, that all thltIbelicyeIon
Hin might be one. WeShayeh lived
hear the apologies for division 30 Tie
family of God grow fainter md fainter
and in m%ultituaes Of Sinstances die
away. In; the great counciltat Phila.
delphla many Of the greatest lntellec
tual and spiritual giants q the church
expressed themselves as Wearysof the
weakness and wastefulness and lsola
tton aud sInfulness Of sectariand iyis
ions and hungry for felloWshlpLandu n-
ion in Christ; movements here there
and yonder are springlng aps that on
look to the reunion Of ChrIstendomssButs
Is Christian union in itself the consnma
ton deervoutly to be wished2s Is chris.
tim union the one "far off'F o. nea7
divine event toward which The whele
creation moves? II chrlsttan&unio
the end in view or the means 70 TIE
end? is Christian union the goal 70
ward which we have been pressing. sor
an incident, necessary and glorious on
the way? \ Es5 3SIS 4 M
i fear we forgeta part$andEthe main
part Of our saYlor's prayer that the
world may believe. That was hhe
great crushing burden on The heart 81
our Lord the union 81 al who should
believe on$ Him q means ID the end
How 1t exalts the s%tibjectBofsC christian
union into dignity and lmportahce
realize that there Is g tmostsyitalS COZ
nectIon between the sunity of2 Chris.
tIanss and the faith q the world!
Lenders Of Christian thought and
work are everywhere recognizing div.
sions in the 2cnurch as theS chief shtnds
rance III, the Christian conq1est 81 tho
world: The plan 81 Christian union
must be large enough comprehensive
enough, Inclusive enough; have
enough catholtclty and universally 70
take in ali Christians and bring the
whole mighty army o. God Intos Zine
The eya~ngelization Of tai world attss
for the; unity Of Gods people Aallnited
church will evangellze the world IN
this generation. ;S.sS
We must concentrate onSessentlals.
on fundamentals. nothing must be
made 4 test ofmembership or fellow
ship in the church that chrsttheSh head
q the church has not made condis
ton Of salvation, andallsthls means
that We! must come To- no book but tas
Bible, have no creed bit Ghrist, acs
knowledge no nance but thu divine,
ma Ike no plea; but the Gospel:
We are nearer each other than ellr
fathers: were, and our children Will
keep up the conyerging maret!
skirmishins that rreeeiss the;dseisiss
battle has begun. 5ectar!anisn Ism
It's last ditch. M
"0ur Of the shadows ~ night
The world rolls Into light;
1t is day;break eyerywhere
1t Is coming; The Union % GhrisS
tlans is coming! The eyangelisations of
the world Is coming.
The e%yaneellst's entire ~dlsconrse
was a mighty plea for q Reunited
Church as the Preparation ior Carts
tianIzed World.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

Some people are wondering whether
the 90 votes Harvey Shain got were
due to Harvey's popularity or the
backing OF Marcel Jolliff. Mr.. snain
had the credit Of being Marcel's can.
anti that Is probably tie reason
for the big vote.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

leiInscRfPTtON9 T
i#AspRYSToWN.

THE antt.license ~ aQVoealts Ae
much reason for thankfulness at the
sturnS I'll events On Saturday whereby
Fairmont viii Be dry agar. for one
more gear. the Lord confused the
plans OF the liquor men and secured
temperance members Of council on
guard. The refusal Of the ballot com:
nissloners to place for and against
IN the ticket. and that, too, at the
instance 6fSthe vets, made the fight on
4hee Individual csouncilmen by wards,
and Us the drys needel but two coun-
cilmen In order TO win, great was the
rejoicing 81 the temperance camp
when Sc became known positively that
Morgan and Brand Of the First and
FIFTH wardsshad gone in with hand
some majorttles. The vets who con-
trolledSt the party machinery made the
Issue ward fight, hence the fact that
there will be a sufi Client number. OF
dry men on council to defeat license
sisSyery gratifying There are six mem
bers 81 the incoming council who VIII
Refuse to vote for license, namely.
HAL; Carroll, Robinson, Morgan,
Brand and Linn. Mr.. Linn has been
classed8 as favorable to license, but
NJ can be- said positively that he viii
not under any circumstances vote for
license. He made that promise to the
toficlal board Of the NJ. j. church Of
which he isa member and he re.
Sc,eiytead many votes on the strength Of
that declaration. AS Mr.. Linn is a
man Of honor and integrity. it does
him great injustice TO say that he Will
vote for llcense.5 He will not vote for
license. That eau be counted on alb.
solutely. With these six votes whica
Will not be- IN favor Of license and with
tie mayor against it also. there Is no
possible show for license in FaIrmont
this year.
Theaend having been accomplished
forSwhich the Temperance men so dill.
gently worked, and the Christian wo'
men So arlently prayed, there was
general satisfaction among the good
people of the city everywhere yester.
day THE church services were well
Sattended and the faces Of tie minis.
%terssbieamed with delight because Fair.
mont would have another twelve
months without Its hell holes. The
anxious mothers md loving sisters
waited at home on Saturday night for
thegIews and more taan one was seen
to shout aloud for Joy when word
reached taem that the town would
again be dry. Mothers whose sons had
worked and voted for license candi.
dates on Saturday were thrilled with
10Y when they learned that the wet
candidates for whom their sons labor
mad lost; wives OF men who were
sinithe hands or the liquor men all day
were pleased beyond measure at the
%scneerlng news md sisters rejoiced
shsn they found that their brothers
would not be subjected to the places
D Temptation they themselves ha.
voted for: 50, taking It all in all.
there rs much rejoicing in Falrnlont
THAT license is doomed for another
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22
NExTYEAR.i

Thestemperance forces OF Falrmont
ought to begingrlght AZ, once to gtt an
organization Of faithful workers in
each warlSfor the campaign next year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

Want advertise it--'hat %"opportun.
,ty" YOU are able to Offer to someone
with a little money TO invest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-22

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
Keeps in Touch with Former
Home.

The following letter shows how the
REPORTER fulfills one very impor-
tant office, furnishing the mediums
through which former residents of
Somerset may keep fresh in mind the
scenes Of their youth, and, though
separated from them, retain the ac-
quaintance of their former friends
and neighbors. The writer of this
letter arrived in Skowhegan, Monday
evening, and is passing the present
week in Athens:
Boston, Aug. u. 1909.
SOMERSET REPORTER, Skowhegan, Ne.
Gentlemen
Enclosed please find check
the amount of which you will place
to my credit. This is the 37th consec-
utiye year that have taken the RE
PORTER covering the entire period of
my absence from my old home in
Athens. Through the REPORTER L
have kept in touch with the two
towns that love, Athens and Show
hogan. SkoWhegan is one of the best
towns in the State and Maine the
best State in the Union.
Yours Sincerely,
Albert Fellows,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
Comrades of 40 Take Carriage
Drive.


John Weston and E. 0. Harris
passed last week in a carriage drive
TO the upper Kennebec. Both are
now around So years of age, and they
are the sole survivors of the Califor-
MIA party which sailed around Cape
Horn, in the ship, James a. Thomp-
son of Bath, IN the gold seeking days
of 1919. They were mining partners
in California and after their return,
have lived much of the time as near
neighbors on farms within half a mile
of each other on the Norridgewock
road. Their journey of last week
took them few miles above The
Forks and they hope to get some
blueberrIes, Mr.. Weston having made
successful berrying trips in that Sec
tion before, but they found none in
quantities suitable to reward them
for an attempt at picking.
The writer once worked for Mr..
Harris in haying. 1t was in the days
of his youth and he recalls that the
price was 60 cents a Gay and board.
In directing the work Mr.. Harris was
wont to use certain nautical terms
like "put that forkful further aft"
'make fast the reins, {" "drive over to
starboard,o etc. On rare occasions
when things went wrong, there were
other terms of an emphatic nature,
supposed to be necessary in the man.
agement of ship and, withal, not
wholly confined to the mariners vo-
cabulary, which indicated that MIR.
Harris had seen service on the high
seas. The writer can now account
for this on the theory that, on his
long trip around Cape Horn, he must
have participated in the management
of the vessel enough to acquire the
style of speech which he afterwards
used on the farm. Mr.. Harris, like
his neighbor and his former partner,
Mr.. Weston, was a successful farmer
and the writer has no doubt he was
an efficient seaman for such time as
he may have followed that occupa.
ton.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26

1t appears to be well settled that
the constitutionality of the new cor
poration tax is to be tested just as
soon as an effort is made to collect it.
This announcement does not at all
jar the Presi dent. Mr.. Taft, himself a
lawyer and father of the corporation
tax idea, is thoroughly convinced that
the tax will stand any test that may
be applied to it. Attorney General
Wickersham and Secretary Root,
both lawyers, elaborated on the
corporation tax provision of the tar
if bill and the measure as enacted,
they believe, will survive any at
tempt to nullify 1t.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
MANY Sheep Killed by Dogs.

Frank L. King, whose farm is stu
ated on the East Madison road, about
two miles from Skowhegan, owns a
flock of So grade Hampshire Downs,
said to be the equal of any in the
county. Dogs got after them on
Wednesday of last week, killing eight
and biting Is more. All of the flock
were more or less injured by the
chasing and fright. They were in
the Kennedy pasture, nearby, and
other sheep belonging to j. Board
man Davis were killed, presumably
by the same dogs, and one owned by
Geo. Brooks, these being from fiocks
pastured for their owners by Mr..
King. One of the dogs, shot by a
rifle in the hands of M. j. Kennedy,
seemed to get his just deserts, but the
others escaped.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
Kendall Snow Bound Over.

Robert Kendall Snow was given a
hearing, Friday morning. The his
tory of the case has already appeared
in this paper. The warrant charged
him with extortion. He plead not
guilty, waived examination and was
bound over in the sum of $1,000 for
appearance before the grand jury at
the September term of the Supreme
court which will be held next month.
The chances are that the court will be
asked to send him to the asylum in Au
gusta for the insane, that lie may be
placed under observation. Many are
of the opinion that he is not right
mentally.
Bonds have not as yet been fur
nlshed and Snow is for the present
detained at Somerset Jail.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26

In the progress of electricity, they
are practising now to establish wireless
telephones. The census of electrical
industries shows some figures that
are almost startling. More than fif-
teen million miles of single wire are
used by the people of the United
States in communicating with each
other over the various telephone and
telegraph systems. OF this number
II, 1896, 1863 miles are operated by the
telephone systems and 2,072,s51 miles
by the telegraph companies. The
length Of single wire would encircle
the earth at the equator more than
six hundred times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26

The smallest boy in Augusta and
perhaps in Kennebec county is Mas.
ter Joseph Phillip Blanchard, Jr., of
Northern avenue, says the Journal.
The young man is but few days old,
having been born Monday, and is one
of twins, but while his little sister
who accompanied him on his advent
into the world weighs six pounds, the
best that he could do at birth was to
tip the scales at an even pound. The
attending physician says that Joseph
is the smallest baby he had ever seen
born alive. An idea of the young
mans diminutive size may be had
from the fact that an ordinary finger
ring has been slipped on over one of
his hands and to the shoulder and
over one of his feet and to the groin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26

One of these days when an old
soldier of the civil war journeys to
Washington and visits the capitol, in
wandering through the hall of stat
uary, his eye may rest upon the
statue of Jefferson Davis. This will
be the likeness of the same jefferson
Davis, whom he used to sing about
while marching in the ranks, "We'll
hang Jeff Davis on sour apple tree. "
Wouldn't the old soldier tn nix that
the limit had about been reached in
the exercise Of magnanimity? But
the State of Mississippi seems to be
on just that thing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
WaterYille's Great Fair.

The Central Maine Fair at Water
vile comes next week, August 81 to
September inclusive.
The Fair will be held for four days
only this year and all the attractions
put into that time.
The coliseum that was wrecked last
winter has been reconstructed and
the management has endeavored this
year to have everything exceed for
mer standards. They have great
list of attractions and an attractive
programme for each day.
The Broadwicks, famous French
Balloonists, the flying Wilson's in
Breakaway Ladder acts, Nelson's
guideless wonder and baseball by the
Taconnets and Fairfields are part of
the extra attractions.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
IsLANp AvENuE C0NsRgaNrIoNAL.

ISLAND AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL.
BENJAMiS b. MERaiLl. Pastor,
Residence 10 Main Street
Telephone 1878.
Morning worship at 1915 with sermon by
the pastor. Sabbath School at IL. Chris.
tan Endeavor Union meeting at the Bethany
Baptist church at 6.
Praise and prayer service at 7.
Rev. Robert Morris will preach Sunday
morning in exchange with the pastor.
Prayer meeting tonight at 7.So.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
ROBERT NORRIS, Pastor,
Residence, u Main ST.,
The usual praise and prayer service will
occur at 7 O'Clock Sunday evening.
CENTENARY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. Fred A. Leitch, Phi. D. Minister.
Residence, IS Island Avenue.
No meetings except the 7 O'Clock service
Sunday evening for the rest of August.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
The Christian Science Society will hold
their Sunday service, during the summer, in
the Universalist church, corner North and
Leavitt streets, at 1915 a. m, and the
Wednesday evening services at Madison
avenue, corner Russell street, at 7.3o. Sub
ject, "Christ Jesus" The public is cordially
invited.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
Prize Winners at Scion Centennial

The committees charged with the
responsibility of making awards in
the various competitions of the CEN
tennial celebration, held at Scion last
week, have announced their decision
as follows:
Double Team-Royal Neighbors,
1st.
Single Team-two old gentlemen,
1st., T. G. Jones, |. F. Davis,
Half mile run-Elwyn Starbird, LIST;
Malon Whipple, I'd.
Quarter mile runACarrol Jones,
1st; Ned McIntire, End.
One hundred yd. dash-Robert
Wilmington, 1st.; Ned McIntire, End.
Three legged race-Willie Tuscan
and Malon Whipple, 1st.; Robert
Wilmington and Charlie Wilmington,
I'd.
Forty yd. dash-Clyde Witham, LIST;
Mason Ray, I'd.
Potato race-WiIlie Tuscan, 1st;
Omar Badger, I'd.
Sack Willie Tuscan, 1st.;
Malon Whipple, I'd.
Pig race-Robert Wilmington, 1st.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-08-26
George AIDES Manicure.

OF all the type, drawn by George
AIDE, now recognized as Americas
greatest humorist none has hit the
popular fancy better than his mani
cure, which he introduced in short
comedy, with the mayor of western
town as the other principal character.
In it the Mayors son while at college
fell in love with the village manicure,
and when he returned home, the
woman followed him and tried to ex-
tort money from the father. The
manner in which AIDE worked out the
situation, showing the humorous side
of it, even though dealing with an
adventures is one of the very best
things he has ever done. The sketch
is called "The Maid and the Mani
cure" and will be presented at
Keith's Boston Theater next week by
Edwin Holt and company.