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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
5000 BACHELORS
a NORTHWEST ARE LOOKING FOR
WIVES.

Spokane, Wash, May so.-There
isno buster man in the Pacific north
west today than Levi Grant Monroe,
secretary of the Spokane chamber Of
commerce, who, at the instance Of
Rev. D. D. Vaughn, pastor of the
Hilsted Street institutional church,
Chicago, consented to forward letters
from bachelors in the inland empire
tothe loye-hungry girls and women
connected with DR.. vaughn's congre-
s.sion.
When it was announced that there
me fully 1000 fairly well-to-do
young bachelors in the inland empire
4 vas believed that the figures were
beng crowded, but Monroe is ready
to testify under oath there are at
least $4,000 in the northwest, and,
he added, there are more than FIVE
times that number of eligible young
women east of the Missouri river.
This estimate is based upon the
sheafs of letters that have come to
his desk during the last FIVE days.
They are from New England, the
south, middle west, and east. with a
sprinkling from the eastern provinces
IN Canada.
The impression prevails at the
chamber of commerce quarters that
the Chicago minister has started
something.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
FOR GAME SUNDAY.

Manager Herschel, of the Profs,
is at present in correspondence with
the managers of the Point Pleasant
base ball team and the Guyandotte
team for game next Sunday. The
Point Pleasant team is a fast bunch,
having defeated the Greys at the
Island week ago Sunday. The
Guyandottes have also made a record
for themselves here by reason OF
several close games which they play
ed. ---Parkersburg Dispatch-News.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
PENNIES BUILD CHURCH.

Up at Mason City the Methodist
people are about to begin the con-
struction of a fine new church. For
several years the pupils of the Sun
day school have been contributing
pennies to fund for that purpose,
and on May 90 will turn over to the
building committee the neat sum Of
$500. This shows what patience
and persistence will accomplish, and
speaks volumns for the little town.
On the day the money is turned over
there will be speechmaking and re-
joicing.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
HEAVENS, WHAT NEXT!
METALIzED TOADS WILL Be USED BY
WOMEN AS HATPIN HEADS.

Toads for hatpins promise to dis
place the metalized roses and other
ornaments. a manufacturing firm
in Waukegan, H., has accepted an
order from Chicago millinery jobbing
house for $4,000 metalized toads.
By the same chemical process where
by rosebuds are turned into metal,
the toads first killed by gas fumes
and then impaled upon long pin,
will be turned to metal.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
LETART

S. T. Brown and wife were visiting
Ad Brown and wife last week.
chas Grimm has returned from
Huntington where he had cancer
removed.
John Grimm was visiting Charles
Grimm Sunday.
Win Boston has informed the peo-
pie here that the Advents are going
to hold their annual Conference at
this place. This means about one
hundred and fifty preachers and about
three hundred visitors. This will take
place in September.
Clark Arnott has barge load of
bank props loaded on the bottom of
the river. He may loose the whole
barge load.
James stokley was calling on
friends in town Sunday.
VIM. Hudson and wife went to
White Church Sunday to decorate
his father and mothers grave.
John Black is very poorly at this
writing.
Edward Brinker and wife is visi-
ting friends at Central City.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
LNCOLN-CAPEHART.

Miss Alice capehart and DR.. WAL
ter Lincoln, of Philadelphia, will be
married tomorrow at the homo of
the brides father, Hon. James Cape
hart.
The ceremony will be private,
just immediate friends of the family
and relatives will be present.
Rev. J. H. Gibbons, pastor of
Christ Church, will oficiate.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
LITERARY COCKTAILS
THEY GO TOGETHER.

THEY GO TOGETHER.
Use headwork," urged the man
ager ofthe department store.
Eyes, sir" said the salesman.
For instance, if lady buys some
lawn it ought to be easy to sell her
some hose. Houston Chronicle.
ANALYTICAL.
Your husband is of studious
turn of mind, isn't he::'
''Yes, indeed. Whenever we have
hash he isn't satisfied unless he
knows everything that is in t.
Detroit Free Press.
SANCTUARY.
The Teacher Why do you make
mischief so that ! have to keep you
after school every night
The Pupil-Becuz dere's big kid
lnyin' for me outside. "-Cleveland
Leader.
81 see those exclusive cars for
ladies on the New York elevated
were not success"
mo; they weren't exclusive
enough. Individual cars would be
the thing" -Pittsburg Post.
ARCH ERROR.
Printers errors are always fun
N.Y." said General p. P. Parker, OF
the Arizona G. A. R., And III
never forget one that was made over
Decoration-Day sermon some years
ago in Phoenix.
The Monday morning report OF
this sermon began:
4" Rev. DR.. John Blank creased
the pulpit on the occasion and SC
on.
!" 'Graced, of course, is what wa.
meant.
An old darby wanted to join .
fashionable church, and the minister,
knowing it was hardly the thing tc
do and not wanting to hurt his feel,
ings, told him to go home and pray
over it. In few days the darky
came back.
well, what do you think of it by
this time;s asked the preacher.
well, sah," replied the colorec
man. "Ah prayed an prayed an d,
good Lawd, he says to me, Rastus
All wouldn't boddcr NAH haid abou
dat no mo. Alive been trying t.
git into dat chu'ch mahse'f for d,
las twenty yeahs an All amt done
had no luck.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
RIVER NEWS

A(~''CAA AAsAo
his position on the ]. B. Lewis and
gone into business at Racine. Harry
is considered an excellent towboat
pilot and is son of Capt. Dor De-
wolfof Pomeroy ferryboat Champion.
Capt. Dor was considered one of the
best pilots between Pomeroy and
Louisville when he was towboating.
He has not been in good health for
several years.
Competition in the steamboat BUSH
ness is about the warmest it has
been for several years between Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and Kanawha
river points, and, if reports are to lie
believed it will be much warmer te-
fore the atmosphere ,cools. Compe-
titiOn is sometimes the life of trade.
The snas boat F. A. Woodruff
passed here Sunday on her way down
the Ohio.
Markle's Show boat Sunny
South" went out of the Kanawha
Sunday on her way to Huntington
where they showed Monday night.
The J, T. Hatfield went to Pom
eroy Monday; she came in from
Cincinnati Sunday night.
The towboat j, B. Levi, had a new
sheet put in one other boilers by the
Gallipolis Boiler Works. Gee. Bar
ton superintendent the job. The
Lewis is one of the best of the Kama
wha River towboats.
1t is reported that the R. c. &c.
will have the Lucille Rowland toweG
from Memphis to PIT. Pleasant, where
the boat will be taken out on Gard
ners docks and be caulked. Water.
ways Journal.
This is the boat that will be usec
by Gallipolis parties as a wharfboat
The Campbells Creek Coal Com,
pany will soon begin the construct.
Jon of another towboat at their boat
yard at Dana to replace the W. B
Calderwood. The new steamer vii
be modern in every detail and will
carry the machinery of the Calder.
wood which will be wrecked. The
D. 7. Lane, the last boat built by
the Campbells Greek Co., has in the
last year proved herself to be worthy
of the name borne by the old D. T
Lane.
The Pittsburg Gazette-Times says
The short rises in the rivers of the
past few weeks has enabled coal in
terests to bring in a large number o
empty coal-carrying craft from the
landings along the lower Ohio anc
Mississippi Rivers. 1t was STATED
yesterday that more than 1000
empty coal boats were in the harbo
or at the mines. Over 500 barge.
and 10 freight and model barge.
were also included in the arrivals
Two of the lower Ohio towboats, tn,
Sam Brown and the Cruiser, have ar
rived, each bringing heavy tows o
empty crafts which will further in,
crease the available supply for load
! inr
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02
THE CHURCHES
CHRIST CHURCH.

CHRIST CHURCH.
Service at Christ Church tonight
at S o'clock.
Choir practice after service.
Service Sunday II a. m. and S
p. m.
Administration of the Holy Com
munion at II o'clock service.
You are invited.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02

Miss Ora Eckard, of Flat Rock,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Gibson.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02

Gen. John Mccausland and son
Sam, from up Kanawha, are in the
city on business.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02

Work on the Monument has been
temporarily suspended on account of
a strike in the granite quarries.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02

Mr., ]. A. Hall, of Brighton, was
pleasant caller at this Office last
Friday.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02

S. T. Brown and wife were visiting
Ad Brown and wife last week.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-02

Chas Grimm has returned from
Huntington where he had cancer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
SAME OLD STORY
 ABOUT SINNERS Mills Cry Short Time But Buy
 Everything In Sight
CONSUMPTION IS HEAVY
Foreign Spinners Are Even Now Tax ing More American Cotton Than They Did Last Year, But
 Talk of Curtaiment

New Orleans, November 14.-(Special J. spnners' takings of American grown cotton for the week tell the same old story: Plenty of talk of short time" and of mills shutting down. but little actual "do." Of course, it would be absurd to think of such a thing, but if the rate of 9660OO per week could be kept up there would be needed to fill out year something like 100000 bales. Now, as there may not be room enough for them to take 12, ,000 bales without bringing the visible at the end of the year to ni1 such a calculation is signifi cant of what spinners are doing for the supply of their future wants. Surely there could be no better sign that the actual stuff is not tagging by the way side for want of bona .fide buyers for consumption.
 The real magnitude of the weeks talk ings was not fully appreciated in some directions because they run against com parison of 461, GOO for last year It was forgotten that for a year when every thing was big-bigger than ever before known in the history of cotton-461 900 loomed up as the heaviest of all the weeks and the largest recorded for any similar period. Even last year, with all of it's "bigness,' there were but three weeks that exceeded 100000, and not many that reached 366,0O0 Perhaps a glance at the way spinners have been taking cotton from week to week since the com mencement of the season will best Illus trate the true inwardness of the situa- ton.
 Here are MT. Hesters figures in thou sands:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
.BENNER'S DECREE
 MADE PERMANENT Opinion Rendered on EnsIey's
 Recent Petition TO BE APPEALED AT ONCE Outlook Now Is That Greater Birming- ham Measure Will Be Passed on
 By Supreme Court Within
 Next Two Weeks.
TO BE APPEALED AT ONCE

Chancellor A. H. Benners has handed down decree permanently sustaining the injunction recently filed by Ensley against putting into effect the Greater Birmingham act. This decree followed the completion of the arguments in the case. In addition to the decree Judge Benners also handed down an opinion.
 An appeal of this case will be taken to the supreme court and will be sub mitted next week on the call for Jeff ferson county But little defense was offered by the Greater Birmingham counsel, who claim that the matter has already been settled in the case which they took up in Montgomery county some time ago and which has already been passed upon by a member of the su- preme court, who sustained the lower courts refusal to grant the Injunction. Felix F.. Blackburn of the counsel for Ensley stated yesterday that the Mont gomery case will not effect or have any bearing whatever on this case Or the appeal taken.
 The opinion handed down by Chancel- Tor Bennersereads:
 J. B. Simpson vs City of Ensley ct al. In chancery, Jefferson county, Alabama. Fall term, 1909 Opinion.
 While II IS nor required that any oplh- ion of this court shall be rendered with it's decrees and such upon appeal will not be considered for any purpose, the importance and novelty of the questions involved may make the following not amiss:
 The Greater Birmingham act is held by this court not to be an act to alter and re-arrange it's boundaries, so far as con- cerns Ensley, and this bears upon the (a) caption, (b) notice and Co publication.
 The new boundaries of an oblong en- larged city touches no points of It's old boundaries for two-thirds of it's perl meter; as to territory included by said two thirds of new boundary CEnsley be- ing such), 1t is held to be bill to sub stitute,'' and not to alter or arrange boundaries.
 If Ensley, two miles from the old lines, why not Bessemer, F miles, or Tusca- loosa, 50 miles? Therefore, publication as required by section 1O6 of constitution 1901, is held necessary. This is held not to be affrmatively shown by the journal. It is further held that the legislative de- termination that it so appeared does not relieve the court of now determining as Judicial question by an inspection of the Journal what affirmatively appears. It is further considered that the affidavit incorporated in the Tarrant protest was spread upon the Journal and is proper matter for consideration In determining what affirmatively appears.
 ALFRED II. BENNERS,
 Nov. 13, 1909. Chancellor.
 Nov. 13 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
BACK POLL TAXES ARE BEING PAID UP Rumor Says Garber Is to Make
 Ruling HAS IMPORTANT EFFECT Reports From Colbert County Say Impression Prevails That Poll Tax Payments Made Now
 Will Be Sustained.

Indicating the extremes to which the amenders seem to be going on the eve of the election, the report has gone out from Colbert and other counties that there has begun sudden movement to pay poll taxes in reputed anticipation of an opin- ion, from a very high legal source, mak- ing eligible all men who pay long-delayed poll taxes on any day before the election and register either Friday or Saturday preceding the election. Zone of these re- ports-from Colbert county-was to the ef feet that the payers of poll tax are act ing on a rumor that the attorney general was going to hold to this effect.
 Investigation by long distance at local headquarters tends to confirm the wide spread movement to pay poll taxes. Of course, there are many men paying their polls now with the hope of voting only in the general election of candidates next year. But the report is persistent that the majority are paying up the taxes, relying on an expected opinion of the attorney general opening the polls to them on No vember 20.
 It will be recalled that just after the amendment was submitted to the people by the legislature and the campaign was fairly under way. Attorney General Gar Der rendered a semi official opinion on those who will be qualified to vote on the amendment That opinion excluded, with out question, all who had not paid their poll taxes prior to February l. 1909, except those over 45 years of age and others who do not have to pay poll taxes at all
 Whether the attorney general has ruled so or not, it is here considered that on Friday and Saturday preceding the elec- ton on the amendment, the registration books will be open all day in the court house of all counties for the registration of all who for number of reasons were not qualified or were not physically able to register during the regular period last year. Those who can register on the Fri day and Saturday preceding the election, and who can vote without paying any poll taxes are: Young men who have be- come of age (21 years) since October l last and men who were 45 years old when they came to Alabama and have resided here two years preceding November 26 or 27.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
FOOTBALL CLAIMS
 ANOTHER VICTIM Archer Christian Dies As Re- suit of Injury In Game ALL GAMES CANCELLED University of Virginia and Georgetown University Will Play No More
 Games ThIs Season on Ac-
 count of Players Death.
ALL GAMES CANCELLED

Washington, November 14-Football has claimed another victim in Archer Chris tian. the 1s-year-old left halfbaca of the University of Virginia team, whose in- jury in the game with Georgetown uni versity yesterday afternoon was followed by his death at Georgetown university hospital today. The body was taken to Richmond this afternoon for burial
 An autopsy disclosed that deah was due to cerebral hemorrhage, following concussion.
 Profoundly stirred by the fatality the district coroner has sworn a special jury of prominent citizens, whose duty 1t will be to suggest. If possible, some modifica- tion of the rougher features of the game. and to look into the question of alleged police brutality and indifference follow ing the accident.
 In addition to the alleged indifference of the police following the accident, it Is charged that Andrew Christian, a brother of the injured man, clad in a football suit. while endeavorng to &C., company the patrol wagon in which his brother had been lalu, was roughly mis- treated by the policemen, the latter striking him and showing him off the rear step. This matter also will be looked into thoroughly by the police de- partment.
 This morning in the university chapel the entire undergraduate body knelt and prayed for the repose of the soul of young Christian.
 The death of Christian has put an end to all football playing by Georgetown and Virginia for this season. Today President Joseph Himmel of Georgetown sent the following dispatch to Alder- men. nesdent of the University of Vir- ginia:%
 T regret exceedingly the sad misfor- tune that occurred here yesterday. As an earnest indication of our sympathy we have cancelled all football engage ments.''
 Virginia also has cancelled the remain ing games of her schedule and disbanded her team.
 It was said today that Mrs. Christian always was fearful regarding the fate of her son, having had a premoniton that he would be injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Viralnia Team pisbanded.

Charlottesville, Va. November 14.- President Aldermen of the University Of Virginia tonight telegraphed to President TIimmel of Georgetown university as fol- lows.
 'I am greatly touched by your tee- gram and by your sympathetic action in cancelling remaining football engage ments. Our team, out of respect for their comrade, will dsband for season."
 Telegrams of sympathy were received today from athletic associations of Georgetown and the University of North Carolina, and a sympathetic letter from General Nichols, superintendent of the Virginia Military institute.
 There is diligent inquiry from a dis tance as to the future of football at the university, but President Aldermen and all others seemed unwilling to discuss the matter.
 News of Christians injury reached the university at 10 o'clock last night and brought to an abrupt end the celebra- ton of the victory. The utmost quiet prevailed during the remainder of the night and today. Tonight the regular services at the university chapel were in the nature of an unofficial memorial tribute to young Christian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
NEWS FORECAST
 FOR THE WEEK

Tho fall meeting of suffragettes. far mers, deep waterways organizations. secret societies, scientists and other or ganized bodies make the week most con- ventional, so far as forecast of the news is concerned. There remain, how ever, developments of the week previous which promise to prove more interesting than the original news.
 These include much-awaited details of damage by storm in Jamaica and Hayti. which have been practically cut off from the world for over week. In Nicaragua. a revolution continues and driblets of in- formation as to the true situation leak painfully out
 Investigation of the great Illinois mine disaster will engage much attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
Human Hearts.

Any play that teaches great moral les son is bound to do good to 8 community. In such play as Human Hearts," which will be shown at the Jefferson theatre Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee. the contrast between virtue and vice is sharply drawn. The author has not minced matters in draw ing his characters. and as the incidents of the play are based on real occur ences, he has not had to draw upon his imagination to invent motive for 'Hu- man Hearts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

sumed; and to give effect to design so unjust and so unreasonable would require the support Of the most direct and ex- plicit affirmative declaration of such in tent"
 There are certainly no express, direct affirmative words in the amendment giv- ing the legislature the power to deny to the people the common right to keep such beverages in the home, and as that power is not expressly and affirmatively given in the amendment 1t could not exist at all even if the amendment should be adopted.
 Nor did say that the amendment would have to conform to the prohibition stat utes as Judge Coleman assumes when he expressed the hope that the consti- tuition would never have to conform to the present prohibition statutes, which of course would have been an absurd statement if | had made it. My position was that in construing the amendment the court would not be confined to It's language alone, but would also look to former constitutions and to contempora- neous history, and that is generally recognized rule of construction for con stitutons. Therefore, in construing this amendment the prohibition statutes passed about the same time, and then in force would be part of that contempora- neous history to which the court would look in arriving at the meaning Of the amendment and in doing that 1t would appear that one of the statutes expressly authorized the serving of the prohibited beverages in the home. and that would be a fact the court would consider in passing on the meaning of the word "places" in the amendment; and the court would not give a meaning to the amendment which would destroy part of the statute unless there was an ir- reconciable conflict, and that no con fiict would be irreconcilable which the court could by any reasonable construc- tion avoid
 The supreme court of Alabama. in an opinion delivered by Judge Brickell, said: "A new constitutional provision adopted by people already having well defined institutions and systems of law must not be construed as intended to abolish the former system except in so far as it is in manifest repugnance to the new constitution. and in determining the real scope and meaning of the new provision 1t must be read in the light of the for mer law and the existing system
 This is all contended for on this prop osition and I am amply supported by this decision w. s. BLOOMINGTON.
 Tuscaloosa. November II. 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Body ArrIves At Richmond.

Richmond, Va. November 1A-The body of Archer Christian, the University of Virginia football player, arrived here from Washington this evening accom- panied by the young mans parents. his brother and Rev. H. Christian, JE, rep resentatives of the Georgetown football team, and the Georgetown Athletic asso- ciation, and a number of University of Virginia students The body was taken to the family home on West Franklin street amid every evidence of grief and sympathy from the community, which has been profoundly shocked by the tragedy. Young Christians people are of the highest social standing in Richmond. His father is one of the most prominent business men of the city.
 The funeral will take place Tuesday morning next at Il o'clock from the St. Paul's Episcopal church. this city.