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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
APPLE FESTIVAL
TO BE CELEBRATED IN THE HILLS OF
BERKELEY.

TIE Be%;e!er County Horticultural
Societt /, aow preparing for cele-
bration to ,e held November 4 and 5
in honor OF The apple harvest. Berk-
ley comfy IL now in the midst of her
apple harvest and is shipping barrels
of fine Vest Virginia apples to the
market. of t:is country and Europe.
At the coming exhibition prizes are
to be awarded apple growers, the chief
of these being silver loving cup to
the grower showing the best pack in
boxes. Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture Hays will make an address on
Thursday afternoon, November 4.
Athletic contests Friday morning will
decide the best man" among the
laborers and in the afternoon a big
parade will be given in which will be
many floats symbolic of the apple in
dustry. A great apple ball. will
close the celebration Friday night.
Though a county affair, interest near
ly statewide has been aroused in
Berkeley county's celebration.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
JOHN MILLER'S PUTNAM DEMOCRAT.

The Citizens's Committee has no
regrets after the closing Sunday of
the greatest celebration known in
the history of that hustling little
city. 1t no longer remains theory,
but fact, that the Point is able to en-
terrain any assemblage that may
come within her gates. What we
said about the citizens on former
occasions has been verified on this.
They just will make one feel so near
ly at home that its hard to tear
away. The Democrat took the time
to celebrate with these good citizens
and the President would not have
been more royalty entertained. First
J. E. Frazier, representing the Point
Pleasant Grocery Co., Editor War
rem Whaley, Chas. Jones, the prince
of good fellows, Col. and Homer
Smith, Ed. L. Arlington, and
score of others. There were between
$4,000 and 10000 visitors, and we
saw but one plain drunk. Consider
ing the size of it, it was the most
representative crowd of true Ameri-
cans we lever saw at one and the
same time.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
RIPLEY, JACKSON CO.. MOUNTAINEER

We had The pleasure ofwitnessing
the Point Pleasant celebration and
dedication of the magnificent monu-
ment that marks the first battle and
the first victory of the American Col
lOnists in the Revolutionary War. The
weather was ideal; the city was elab-
.orately decorated in patriotic colors
and eyergreens. with banners, stream
er, and the fagof the free floating in
.midair over her streets and entwined
in patriotic luster about her many
happy homes and business places.
The procession on Saturday was a
great feature of the occasion. The
procession was headed by long line
of fine looking men, members ofthe
Masonic order. followed by the K. of
p's., Odd Fellows, citizens, and last
but not least, teachers and pupils of
the public school. They were form
ed in columns, ten abreast, in colors
of white scarlet. The attendance
Saturday was the largest ever seen
in Point Pleasant.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
PEARY VS.. COOK
IF THE SAME RULES ARE APPLIED TO
PEARY AND COOK THEY PRODUCE
THE SAME RESULTS.

The long-heralded attack by Peary
upon the credibility of DR.. Cook has
been launched, with all the prestige
that can be given to it by the en-
dorsement of the so-called Peary
Arctic Club. Careful analysis of
Peary's proofs show that they de-
pend entirely upon the veracity of
certain Eskimos and of Peary and his
associates. If the same rules are APP
piled to Peary and Cook, they pro-
duce the same results. DR.. Cook
claims to have reached the pole with
two Eskimos as companions. Mr..
Peary claims to have reached it with
one colored man as a companion.
Neither Eskimo boys nor the colored
cook are competent scientific wit
nesses. The personal evidence, there
fore, which Mr.. Peary brings to as
sail DR.. Cooks veracity is no higher
or better than the personal evidence
on which they both rely for proof of
their achievements. 1t seems to be
agreed by Arctic explorers that the
Eskimos are not especially truthful,
and that for triAe they can be in
duced to testify any way or every
way. On the whole, therefore, the
personal evidence as factor in the
controversy is not highly valuable.
Between the records of DR.. Cook
and Commander Peary, however,
there is remarkable resemblance
which tends to confirm the claims of
both so far as reaching the pole is
concerned. The conditions of their
journeys, the time consumed, thena-
ture of the ice, and other observa-
tons entirely agree. 1t is vely i'm,
probable that DR.. Cook could have
manufactured these observations if
he had not been over substantially
the same frozen wastes that Peary
was. Scientific Investigators may
find some way to disprovc or discred-
it the story of DR.. Cook, but if the
broadside delivered by Commander
Peary is the heaviest ammunition he
has in store, the public will not be
inclined to discredit the Brooklyn
physician or doubt his claims
Wheeling IntelIisencer.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
WHAT THE WAYNE COUNTYNEWSSA SAYS.
same time

The celebration of the first bat
tie of the American Revolution =
the Battle of Point Pleasant, trans
pired last week in that pretty little
West Virginia city at the junction of
the Great Kanawha and Ohio rivers,
whose name and fame appear in all
histories of these United States as
the spot where the forces of the
of the American aborigines received
their most crushing defeat in last
vain attempt to turn back the tide
of advance of the pioneers. On a
public square in the city of Point
Pleasant there stands complete a
towering battle monument-the lar
gest it is said West of the Alleghan-
ies-built by the people of the state
to commemorate to posterity the
deeds of the hardy Virginia legions
who saved to the colonies the terri
tory which they might have lost had
they not been victorious in the bat
tie. 1t was at Point Pleasant that
the Virginia troops under the COM
mand of General Andrew Lewis de-
feated the allied armies of the In
dams and crushed their power.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
DEAD
OBITUARY OF MR. PETER S. COUCH

VDlLUhhl UT Nh. fEIEh y. IUUIn.
In the quiet little Concord church
yard overlooking the river that he
loved, where the autumn leaves were
Aecked with gold and crimson, on the
18th of October, 1909, was laid to
rest all that was mortal of Peter Steen-
bergen Couch. This closing scene
was in harmony with life that was
beautifulin its simplicity, gentleness,
and sincerity.
In the old Couch homestead on the
Kanawba he was born May so, 1872,
and here, tenderly cared for to the
end by his devoted wife, he died
October l6, 1909.
He received his scholastic educa-
ton at Buffalo Academy and at Wash
ington College, cannonsburg, Pa,
but his knowledge gained in schools
was only the foundation of that
broader knowledge which during all
his maturer life elected the surprise
of those with whom he mingled.
While, through his early training,
his taste for the classics was developed
to a remarkable extent, yet an equal
ly strong natural inclination drew
him to the field and forest, and he
acquired so true knowledge of the
wide outdoors that it IS to be re-
GREETED that the results of his obser-
vations of natural life were not given
to the world in book form. In ad.
dition to this cultured mind he pos.
sessed heart of such sympathy and
tenderness that he won as friends al
with whom he came in contact, and
although he held no public Office, hi,
influence as citizen was widely felt.
With his wife, who was Miss Mary
Katherine Eastman, he made his
home center ofhospitality for young
and old. To one who has enjoyed
this hospitality, the beautiful ole
home, with its perfume of flower
and its shade of forest trees, will re
main a picture undimmed through
the coming years. Here the grey
squirrel played unafraid, and tn.
feathered songster poured forth it
wealth of melody.
Amid such surroundings he passed
his life. Always a christian at hear
and man of moral worth, in hi
later years he identified himself viii
the Point Pleasant Presbyterian
Church. His faith in risen LORI
enabled him to rise triumphant owe
the suferings of his latter days, anc
gave him peace in the closing hour
of life.
We feel that,
After life's ftfal fever
He sleeps we'll.
H,oDN
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Transatlantic Travel Turns.

There has come a turn in the tide
Of transatlantic travel. and It is now
moving westward. The $4,000 first
and second cabin passengers who
went eastward since the beginning Of
he year are landing In New York.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20

Have you been button-holed by the
wise man who can sit down with a
pencil and an old envelope and de-
monstrate just how both Peary and
Cook could have faxed up their
north pole stories: Well, ifyou have
not, he is on your trail and he will
get you sooner or later. And when
you do get together, go as far as you
like.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20

The iokesmith sat at a table. On
ms hands he rested his head, ani
after trying to think think this n
what he said: "Alas, my brain
tanks empty! All thoughts seem to
have fed. It's funny l can't remem.
Der the Jokes I think of in bed"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
Acnnltal proeeedlnn.

This is a case for suspended judg-
ment. my dear" observed the artistic
young husband. as he paused. in the
new home. on the stepladder with a
picture in his arms. for it is really
hanging matter"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20

WANTED, a RooMER.-Any one de-
string large, comfortable room with
gas, electric lights and use of bath,
will please apply to Mrs. J. NJ. H.
Beale. Gentleman preferred.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
A Real One.

MY Uncle Hiram" remarked little
Benny. says the only yeller peril he
hRs any dread Of is the newsboy what
a%ays wakes him up at six O'Clock
reg'ler. an spIles his mornfn' uan.s
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21

per cent ed valorem. Sup
pose a ton OF print paper is
valued at $40. The specific
duty is 49, rs plus % per cent
Of $40, which is $40, making
the total duty on a ton Of the
above stated 1875. Thus
it will be seen that instead
of a decrease it has been
more tn an doubled.
What is true of these ar
ticles taken as illustration is
true. of every Item in the du
table list consisting OF more
than four. thousand items.
The WOODEN schedule, on spe-
cific duties is the same as the
Dingley law, to which must
be added the 25 per cent ad
valorem duty, which makes
an enormous raise in the tar
if on WOODEN goods
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
Southwestern Louisiana In
dustrial Institute.

Lafayctte, La, January 20, 1909,
Editor Sentinel, Thibodaax, La,
Dear Please inform yoal
readers that our second term will be-
[gin next Monday, the 25th inst.
New student will come on that day
land On Feb. l. We now have $50
students, the largest number We ever
had, and more are coming. We
have 8, from your Parish, and. are
FanxIous for more;-gir!s preferred,
as W. haven't man, girls (hut those
we have are the finest ia the State J
You may also mention that we
have so. 800, to spend in new build
Fings and. equipment. Steam heat
will be installed in the young Iadies''
'two-story BRICK dormitory !; a mod
ern barn will be built a complete
system OF hot and cold water show
er baths for the young men Will he
pnt III, and the balance will he OK
pended for a modern two story brick
arts and, crafts building with full
equipment.
The general. pubic has no idea
what an extensive aud complete Or
ganlz''ion and equl:rm-nt we have.
And the great thing is, 1t belongs to
the State, and. is free to all. Please
tea,.them about it. Tell them 10
cone see-or, If they can't conh.
send for the "ilnstrated p:ctures"t
Yours truly,
+. l.. Stephens, President
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21

, K
! the box u,...l III. ,n'sies - " 80 2 :
| nnuEier # god alsi e"ntytsht ines
from the qualified jnrors OF the Par'sn
as have been taks.p from the box and
erased from the list so as to keep tue
number Of names IN the general We
nire box and on the jury list at the
original standard of three hundred
contained therein, each OF said names
SO placed ii the general yenire box
having been written by the Clerk on
seperate slip Of paper together with
the number Of the ward or. place OF
residence Of such person.
And Immediately after completing
saie yenire list, we selected there
from the name Of the following citi-
zens, good and competent men pos
sessing the qualification to serve as
grand jurors prescribed by Section of
SAID Act taken from different parts OF
the parish Is fa1as practicable to serve
rs Grand Jurdlg at the session of
Court beginning Monday, Sept. 13,
1909 and until discharged according
to law.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
Shows Decrease Of Ten Mil
lion.
State Asses neet Falls Of That Much
F,om Last Year

Baton huge, La, Aug. 9~-The
assessments Of the state of Louisiana
for the ydar 1909. compared to the
assessments of 1908, show a decrease
in values of $10,768,S98
These figures are shown from the
abstracts that have oecn returned to
the state board Of equalization and
are made up erom the table compiled
by Secretary Cnrley.
The first district parish of Orleans,
shows a decrease of $6,544,39I, apa
the parilhNof Calcas,eu comes next
with a decrease of s6,O77,O42.
The decrease ia Orleans parish is
due to, the recent act exempting
mortgage notes from taxation, while
the $4,000, 900 decrease 10 Calcasieu
ia due to a compromise Of the assess
'ment on the sulphur mines of that
parish Vernon parish shows over a
s2.000,0O0 decrease IN its assess.
ment.
Ten million decrease was larger
than was first expected, and it will
be difficult for the board of equaliza-
ton, in view of the general condi-
tons throughout the state. to raise
assessments sufficient to offset this
decrease az the assessments now
stand. The following is the assess
,neat By parishes :.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21

! But the people may want
to. hear from the president on
this subject. He is, it is said,
Ito tell the people about
things he hopes to accomplish
next session in the way of
monetary legislation. The
people will be interested in
that, too. But they may
want to know if our none
tary laws are to be revised to
suit the fnanciers even AS the
tariff law was revised (up-
ward). to suit the tariff ba-
rons.-Commoner.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
THE PEOPLE MAY
WANT TO KIN oW.

| An associated Press, dis
Lpatch from Washington says
that at the suggestion of :sev-
:eral republican congressman
from the west the president
has consented not to mention
|:the tariff question on his
western trip. In the sama
dispatch Senator Dolliver is
quoted as saying: "ffhis bill
will be judged by what it
contains, not by what is now
said about it. When the peo-
pie discover what is in it
there will be trouble a plenty
- : -. + /
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
JURY. LIST.
Tue STATE OF LOUISIANA
Goth Judicial District Court
Parish of Lafourche

Il Be it known and remembered. tina,
on this Twelfth day Of the month Of
|Angnst, in the year of our Lord, One
thousand, niue hundred, and nine
| n9O9.)
Pursuant to written notices issued
by the Clerk of Court and addressed
Fand given to each Of said jury Com
missioners, in and for SAID Parish. as
by the said Clerks certificate hereto
annexed more fully appears.
We j. M. Lefort, Henry W: Frost,
IThos. J. Knobloch, Henry Riyiel e
land Edgar 3, Morvant, jury Com
missioners, duly appointed as such
for the parish of Lafourche under
provisions of Act No. 1876 of the Gen.
eral Assembly, approved July 13,
1898, and promulgated by puMica-
ton in the State Official journal on
July 80: 1898 anil al! duly Sworn
and qualified as such Jury Commls-
=sioners, 10 and for the Parish of La
fourche, met at the Clerks Otfice<.in
The town of Thibodaux and in COM
pany with J. LOUIS AUCOIN. Clerk
of Court and ex>officio Jury Com
missioner, duly sworn and qualified
as such.
Then and there in the presence of
Messrs Louis j. Trone and Sidney R.
Cou'on, two good aud competent and
filsnteresled witnesses of lawful age
competent to. read and write the ENG. /
ilsh language, residing in the parish |
OF Lafonrcke, and Summoned by the
Clerk OF Court for the purpose; pro-
ceeded IN accordance with Section 6
OF said Act No. 135 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana of
1898, to examine the genera! yenire
list on file in the Clerks Office, and
having, struck therefrom the names OIL
such grand and petit jurors as having
20 served as well as the names of Others
VINO are known to have died, removed
rom the parish, become exempt or
disqualified to serve as jurors since
helr names were entered thereon
nd the names of those who have died
emoved become exempt disqI1a.ifed
7ere also taken from the general We
Ire box; after which we supplement-
q the original list aud the ballots in
a
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
SECOND WEEK.

Having placrd the names Of The
foregoing thirty persons SO drawn as
petit jurors for the second week OF
the session Of ,onrt in an envelope,
We have signed and sealed the same
and endorsed and labeled it, "List of
Jurors No. e. to serve for the second
week of the session.
After which we proceeded to draw
from the said general venire box the
names OF thirty persons for the third
week of the session of said Court.
beglnning. Monday, September 81,
1909, the names being drawn fon
the box one at the time by Henry Ri
Were one of the Jury Commissioners
in the presence of the other Commits
.sjoners and of the witnesses, and
which names So drawn are as follows:
THIRD WEEK.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
ANOTHER INCREASE.

The most astounding pro
vision in. the Al'drich bill i.
the one which provides. for q
conditional increase of Is pei
cent ad valorem on the 3lst.
Of March next. If this in.
crease goes into effect there
will be a large increase. all
along the line Congressman
Cullop. of Indiana among
others. called attention to
this feature. He says :.
ION the chemical schedule
there her: is 9. a reduction, but or
the important articles Of I'M
iversal consumption in the
necessities of life there is. a
large increase I, zee! On. the
schedule duties there. is an
increase Of 2 per cent over
the Dingley rates. In. other
words, the average specific
duties, in the. Dingley bill
were 45 per cent and in the
Payne-Aldrich bill the aver
age specific duties, are. AZ per
cent. The. bill reported by
the, conference. mittee is
higher than the Payne bill as
originally passed by. the
house.
"But the specific schedule
duties do not constitute the
real rates, and this is where
the public is. being, deceived
about the real tariff. In sec
ton two Of the, bill is. where
the consumer is handed a
good sized lemon. That Sec
ton provides that after the
3lst. day of March, 1910,
there shall be levied, collect
ed and paid OH. all articles
when imported from any
foreign. country into. theE
United States the rates Of |
duty prescribed by the SEIZED {
ales and paragraphs. Of the. a
1utiable list of section enc, a
md in addition thereto Is. y
'er cent ad valorem which n
.atess shall constitute the t,
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Twas a Glorious Victory


There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn
A mans life has been saved, and now
Dr.. Kings New Discovery is the talk
of the town for curing G. V. Pepper
of deadly lung bemorrhages. II could
not work nor set about" lie writes,
land the doctors did me NO good, but,
after using DR.. Kings N.:w Discovery
three weeks, | feel like new mau,
and con do good work again" For
weak, sore or diseased lungs, Coughs
and Colds, Hemyrrllages, Hay Fever,
LaGrippe, Asthma or any Bronchial
affection 1t stands unrivaled. Price
soc. and 100. Trial Bottle free. Sold
and guaranteed BY all Druggists.
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To The Public.
Thlbodanx. La Nav 30 /!

Thlbodanx. La, > Nay 20, 1909
! Notice is hereby given to the pro
perty owners Of the parish of La
fourche that the listing of the pro
perry of said parish has been complet
ed and the est matrd valuation made
.therein by the assessor IN accordance
with the law. and that the said list.
will De exposed in th.. Office of tbs
assessor for inspection and correctlc,
for the term of twenty days, iegin-
nirg On the 10th day of June, 1909.
S j. Fnret,
Assessor.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21

maximum tariff. Of the United
States,'
I This means that in add
ton to the rates fixed in the
more than 1000 specific
schedules there shall be add
led as the tariff IS. per cent OF
1.-THE value of, the articles as
1.-The real tariff On the same
and hence this raises the
average tariff rate to q per
cent, the highest by far ever
levied.
LET US illustrate what is
meant BY this. For instance
take rough lumber, the
cheapest kind: The specific
duty fixed in the schedule is
$l.25 per. thousand, but to
which must be added the Is
Per cent ad valorem duty
provided by said section two.
Suppose such lumber is
valued at $40. per. thousand
feet, 25 per cent Of that value
is $3.50. to. which add the
81. Is, and it would make. the
tariff: on rough lumber. oil
that value 1878 per thousand |
feet. or. lumber valued at
800 a thousand the tariff is /
IS. IS and on lumber valued |
at $30,a thousand it is $780,
''The IDingley rates were
b. a thousand straight.
thus it will be seen there
las been a, very large in
crease in the tariff on lumber T
instead Of a decrease, if the
maximum, rate prevails, and
We believe it will.
Take coal The. Dingley
ates were 81 cents. a ton.
Under the Payne-Aldrich bill
he specific duty is As cents a
on to which must be added T,
he ad valorem duty Of % per :
ent provided for in said sec t
ion, to get the real duty. ,
AXE coal Of the value.of 81 a Il
On, the specific duty is IS a
EMS, ta;ld the ad valorem
uty is rs cents, which y
makes the actual tariff en- Id
oal valued at 81 4 ton, 7O| {;
ents. On coal values, at s2lo
ton the t::rif is o5 cents a =,
~, and 50 on. Instead of o.
7creases here is. a substan- =,
al increase. lli.
ut is also published there ~
IS been a reduction of the 50
lty on print paper from Sc. W
ton to So. rs, but this is not di
fact. Such a reduction is th
ade in the specific duty rel re-,
med in the schedule, but we we
this you must add the 25 ed