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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
Extra Edition.
Tuesday, July I3.
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION.

On last Wednesday night there was
large and enthusiastic meeting of
business men of this city in the hall of
the Virginia Hotel. 1t is needless to
say that no such assembly has ever
taken place here before, at the begin
ming of a local option fight. These
men are certainly not in league with
"thieves" or the "Devil;" they are all
deeply interested in Staunton, and all
that goes to make for the good of this
community. They were all men who
have invested what they have of
means in their various businesses and
eallings, and they are not in sympathy
with infiammatory outbursts, self-as
sumed ''moral' movements, nor gen.
eral agitation. They are however in
sympathy with what is REAL MORAL
ITY and REAL GOOD to the communi-
ty, and they do not believe that what
is called Prohibition by its advocates
has ever really uplifted community
like ours, or that such a community is
not better by the licensing, under
proper supervision, of the sale of intox-
icating liquors. These men for sobrie-
ty and good citizenship would COM
mand the respect of any community,
and measure favorably with any as
sembly upholding opposite views. We
invite no invidious distinctions or
comparisons nor do we desire to lessen
the standing of any assembly met for
a denial of license, or other purposes.
But if the opinions and wishes and be-
liefs of the men of Staunton are to be
taken as to what constitutes good gov
eminent, then the views of that assem-
bly, will measure in moral stature
with most any one ever gathered in
our midst. The resolutions adopted as
the principles of that body are pub
ished in another column.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
Timber Deal in Virginia.

A big timber land deal was closed at
Tazewell, Va, this week between the
Yellow Popular Lumber Company and
c. l.. Ritrer, of West Virginia, by
which Ritter purchased 10000 acres of
timber land lying mostly in Buchanan
county, Va, and also purchased from
the Yellow Popular Lumber Company
its holdings in Buchanan county, in
Guiding all machinery, timber rights,
etc. The total consideration is $500, 600.
New Territory will be opened up by
standard-gauge railroads, one to run
from Doran to Whitewood, distance
of fourteen miles.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
THE TIDE is EBBING.

There is no doubt that for some
reason prohibition is waning. 1t was
at high tide when Staunton voted two
years ago. The wave came very near
riding over the Blue Ridge and engulf-
ing Staunton, but it failed, though
admittedly it cut the earth from the
roots of the trees at the very summit
of that mountain. 1t flowed back
ward after that mighty effort and no
tide has risen so high since and will
not for many a day, we think. The
cause for this is not hard to discover.
Prohibition as means of creating
temperance is failure-a dismal fail
ure. We know it has been and is now
failure in Kansas. 1t produced Mrs.
Nation, but not morality or sobriety,
and even some of our anti-saloon peo-
pie having seen and heard, do not think
much of the wave that fioated her in.
The newspapers say it is a failure in
Maine, Vermont, Georgia and Ala
bama; indeed, in every State where it
has been fairly tried. 1t has just be-
gun to be tried in Tennessee, so we
leave that State out of the discussion.
Usually section must try it to find
what a failure it is, how hollow is its
sound, how deceptive its tenets, how
misguided its teachings. When SEN
sible people are asked to do a thing
they never did before, they inquire,
"Why am 1 to do this?n A reason
must be forthcoming, and not a theory.
Facts must be produced and not an
array of figures. When facts are de-
manded as to the real results they are
not available. When we inquire of
the advocate of prohibition what he
has to show for all the time and money
spent, the agitation wrought, and the
bitterness created, he has nothing but
platitudes to give. When he says
Maine is dry, ask him if he thinks it
is dry. When he says Kansas is dry,
ask him if he really thinks so. If he
says Georgia is cut off from drinking.
request that he visit it with you. If
he says the people who have lived UNI
der prohibition will not change, ask
him about Bristol. If he says bust
ness improves by prohibition, invite
him to Charlottesville. If he says the
churches are better attended in dry
than in wet towns, Inquire which dry
towns. If he tells you that Staunton
is on the downward road to perdition,
it might be well to say that Lot fled
when the doom of Sodom was foretold,
but that you see no Lots changing
their present citizenship or scampering
away with their handbags lest they
be caught in the deluge. There may
be lots of them after the 22nd.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
EXPLAINED.

Ephriam, you have been preaching
for good many years. Have you ever
been able to explain why the Ten Conn
mandments did not contain this com.
mand, "Thou Shalt not Drink Pr
Ya-as, sab; 1 dun splained dat in
NAH sermont las Sunday. You see do
Chil'en O. Israel wus in dry country,
and twant no use fur Moses to n
writin' no laws bout what de CHM
couldn't do; so he jes' writ bout tn; , =.
de chill EN- wus a'doin'.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

As many more men die as the direct
result of a pistol pointed at them and
discharged into their person than die
from delerium tremens, suppose an
stAnti-pistol league" be formed to pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale of pis-
tolls. That would save a few s'dear
ones" at any rate, and is worth a trial.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
Rush of Development in Oil Fields

Parkersburg, w. Va, July Sit has
been been years since there has been
such rush of development in the oil
fields of West Virginia. AS conse-
quence, all the machine shops and oil
well supply shops are being worked 10
the limit.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

If MI. Jordan has never been guilty of
an act OF which he is ashamed, we fear
he either lacks that quality, or is suf-
tering from Cuban fever.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

The agitator is reminded, Matthew
18th chapter 18th verse: ssNot that
which goeth into the mouth defileth
the man, but that which cometh out
of the mouth, this de6leth the man.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

AS men OF professed Temperance
some of our prohibition friey,ds shou
less of that quality at times than an,,
people we ever knew.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

The man who asserts that there is no
politics in local option fight, doth
protest too much, and at the same
time strains the Tenth Commanment.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

Last Thursday Bristol, Va, voted
"Wet" by SO majority, out of a total
vote of S45. Two years ago it went
''Dry' by POI majority.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

The influence of the Bristol, Tennes-
see, prohibition orator cannot be great,
or his voice strong, since it was not felt
or heard half way across the street.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

Some of the efforts to keep Bristol;
Virginia, dry, if we have heard them
correctly, were enough to drive men to
drink.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

Maybe the trouble at Bristol, Virgin
la, came from injecting little too
much ''color'' into the campaign.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

Was it money or morality that
brought Mrs. Nation to our town?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Bach?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everyone kuews of Dr. Kilmer's
SWamp-RoQt, the great kidney, liver Az
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13


bladder remedy, &
cause of its rey De
able health ~ lark,
properties, torine
Root fuiS Swamp
every VI, is almost
coming III in over
pain j. rheumatism,
new 1.-THE back, kid
ap ), liver, bladder
:, i every part of the
Urinary nacSouA II
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Stanton, Va, June 90 1000
James H. Skinner's Ex'orS.

VS..
Fanny Skinner, and al
Pursuant to decree
of Augusta count OF the circuit court
going cause on i, entered In the lore
Der, 1908, l 81 che 18th day OF Septem-
in Stauntc- Lall proceed at my office
N, Va, on the
26th day of July, 1909,
r. make further settlement of the &C
cunts of Joseph A. Waddell and Alex.
IF. Robertson, executors of Jas. b.
Skinner, decd, and of H. M. McIlha-
ny, agent for the real estate
ARMISTEAD G. GORDON.
l6 25 St Master Commissioner.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

Blnghamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp Root.
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamtou, N, Y, on every bottle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

ney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention
reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

Dear Sir:-I am enclosing in this an
official statement concerning the cleo
ton in Bristol, which | will thank you
to publish in your columns.
Yours sincerely,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-13

or baG wafel a. q SCI lding pain in passing it
VI or b baa e'.ess toP owing use of LIQUOR vine
W 1891, aug o ercomes that unp1easant
t nrTuesslsy OF 4ing compelled to 20 often
= ra ossa ths day, and to get up MANY
n.9ss aurtr the night.
oM Root is not recommended for
e eve a1 g but if you have kidney, liver
: Diss" er trouble, it will be found lust
ene iS0 .edy you need. It has been thor
ouse' tested in private practice, and has
prov ed so successful that a special ar
.a1N cement has been made by which all
re- ders of this paper, who have not al
peady tried it, may have sample bottle
sent free by mail, also book telling
more about Swamp-Root, and how 70
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
HE ANNOYED HIS PARENTS.
AIyos Rupin in County Jail for Dis
turbing Peace.

Alyos Rupin. the man who said he
was abused at the poor farm last fall.
is in the county Jail. He is charged
with disturbing the peace.
For Is years Rupin has been worth
less. He is almost an invalid as the
result of using drugs and alcohol to
excess, and he is afflicted with palsy
which closely resembles paralysis. Dur
ing the past ten years he has been a
constant menace to his family. They
give him money and he goes away for
a while, only to return and demand
more. Last year he went to the poor
farm. While there he told pitiful
tale of abuse. Since his discharge
from the poor farm, he has haunted
the home of his parents, who are both
old and feeble. Last night he appear
ed at their house on lower Van Buren,
street and threatened their lives. Fear
ing an attack. the aged couple locked
the door. The son then went to the
coal house, broke off the lock, and
camped for the night. This morning a
complaint was made, and Sheriff Will
kerson took the disturber to the county
Jail.
DR.. A. Rupin, father of the prisoner,
has done everything in his power for
the hayward son. The latter repays
the kindness by continually annoying
his parents, and making threats which
keep them in a state of terror.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
ENTRIES FOR YARD PRIZES.
List Is CompIete-Prizes That Have
Been offered.

The following additional names
complete the list of contestants for
the prizes offered for improvements
of back yards:
G. W. Hart, 1434 Harrison.
H. Humphrey, 1906 Harrison.
J. P. Smith, 1907 Van Buren,.
DR.. T. w. Peers. 1924 Topeka ave.
L. H. Means, 502 Chandler.
P. E. Wiscomb, 434 Lafayette.
I. j. ParIette, S12 Madison.
j. E. Rodemyer, 1900 Tyler.
Mrs. H. E. Bishop, TIA Morris ave.
Mrs. Harry rench, 11o4 Harrison.
Mrs. Lee Forbes, 1924 Tyler
Mrs. Hanson, 1900 Tyler.
Mrs. Geo. Hackney, 901 Monroe.
w. NJ. Fisher, 1925 Mulvane.
G. s. Hill, 1922 Lane.
The committee has visited all yards
entered and made notes of present
conditions and propose going from
time to time during the summer to
note improvements. In all some
thirty or forty blocks are represented
and it is hoped the influence will ex-
tend many fold. AS a rule the yards
| of them are well improved, others
show substantial improvements be-
gun, while others have promised to
clean up. There were some COM
plants of people running across the
| lawns. The annoyance of dogs ana
waste paper being thrown out and
lodging on forbidden ground The
| general spirit however, seemed to be
desire for improvement, and the
feeling that the example 81 each Wen
kept yard will stimulate others to DO
the same. There has been no effort
made to have the women of the fed
Grafton enter this contest, but they
have responded to the request for ad-
ditionaI prizes
The complete prize list Is: Casn,
$4,000: cash, $500; cash, $1,000;
cash, $500; cash. $500; cash. $1.oo.
Poland China pig, hand painted plate,
1 pair silk hose. Y doz. handker-
chiefs, / pair pillows, fern, fern. fern.
house plant, 1 bowl gold f1sh, =! SOU
venir spoon, / doz. hardy shrubs, II
doz shrubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
MAsoNs TO CONFER DEGREES
Unity Chapter VIII Put on Degrees
Fifteenth to Eighteenth.

Unity chapter Rose Croix No. 1. of
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite will confer the degrees of that
body on class of candidates Thurs
day and Friday evenings supper
will be served at the Temple each
evening.
The degrees to be conferred are
from the fifteenth to eighteenth in
elusive and are among the important
degrees of the Scottish Rite. This
will probably be the last time any of
the Scottish Rite degrees Will be
given until the fall reunion in
October when it is expected one of
the largest classes in the history of
the rite in this valley will receive
the degrees. At the October re-
union all of the degrees from the
fourth to thirty-second inclusive will
be given and candidates will be here
from all. over the state to receive
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
MIR DoIMEY IN TROUBLE.
Bank Commissioner Lost His Glasses
and Sent Frantic Telegram.

/ "See depot master. ticket agent or
general manager of Santa Fe. or
anybody, any time, any place, any
send Hotel Cary
The above rather ambiguous tele-
graph message, signed by ]. n. Dol
lev was received at the bank COM
missioner's office at O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. The key to this
cryptogram lies in the fact that when
Mr.. Dolley left on the noon train
Yesterday for Wichita to attend the
bankers state convention he left his
eve glasses in the Harvey eating
house at the Santa Fe depot at To-
peka where he had lunch just before
train time. He sent his 1rantlc
word noted above from Emporla, the
trains first stopping place, to MS
chief lieutenant In the bank COM
missioner's office here.
There was hurrying to and fro in
DolIey's office and cheeks turned pale
that had blushed an hour ago at
their own loneliness. phone mes
sage to the depot located the lost
eve glasses and Capt Albright,
assistant bank commissioner. carried
with him the precious eye glasses
when he left last night for Wichita
to attend the bankers convention
Mr.. Dolley is on the programme
for a speech today before the con-
yention, and as he was to talk from
manuscript the loss of his eye
glasses would have been serious
handicap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
PARENTS FEAR RABIES.
GLADYS Keller, Bitten by Bulldog,
Rushed to Chicago.

It developed last evening that the
supposed mad dog killed by DetecIlve
Hutton yesterday had bitten its little
mistress Sunday afternoon and TINS
morning Gladys Keller, four years old,
accompanied by her father, George
Keller, the owner of the dog, LETT for
the Chicago Pasteur institute on the
4:30 O'Clock Chicago mail in an at
tempt to reach treatment before the
rabies should have inoculated the sys-
tenn of the little girl.
The dog was a playful br1ndle pun
terrier and had always played With the
children. Sunday she had snapped at
little Gladys and made small wound
in her forehead which was scared with
a caustic stick to stop the bleeding
Nothing further was thought OF the
occurrence until the father. George
keller. read in the State Journal of the
killing of his dog as mad Then he
excitedIy telephoned to the chief OF
police at his home to learn where to
find Hutton. Hutton was found and
stated that the dog showed all the signs
purported to be those of mad dog
Through her head was smeared with
blood from her. slain victim at the
time the detective could see that her
tongue and gums were black and
I frot hing and her eyes glazed and uf-
steady. An ATTEMPT was made to see
the dog at the desiccatbng works, but
she had already been cremated
Dogs with rabies don't eat other
dogs as this one did and there is little
likelihood that the animal had rabies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
FACTS ABOUT ToPEKA's MOB.
Epidemic of Inquiries About Hang
ing of Oliphant.

During the past "a hours, Sheriff
Wilkerson has received a number of
telephone calls asking for the date of
the demise of the late Mr.. Oliphant
To stop further inquiries, Wilkerson
desires that these data be printed:
Oliphant, the burglar who murdered
prominent citizen named Rodgers
committed his crime on the night of
June 8. 1889, 20 years ago next week
He attempted to escape, was captured
and placed in the county Jail. On the
following night, June 4, 1889, a large
mob took him from the county Jail
and suspended him to a telephone pole
at the corner of Sixth and Kansas
avenue. The sheriff who attempted to
defend prisoner was A. NJ. Fuller, now
of the postoffice. John Gardner, chief
of police, was knocked down and Sc
riously injured by the mob as he stood
on the Jail steps.
Oliphant was dead when taken from
the pole, and has been dead ever
since that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
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Items for the East Topeka column may
be telephoned to Ind. phone 175L1 :
W. s. Hunter. physician end surgeon.

w. 8. Hunter. physician end surgeon.
office and res. 1119 Eas. sth- Ind. 1868
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Warner of
Wichita, Kansas, are here spending
tlves while OH their way to Chicago,
where they will make their future
home.
The Mistletoe club will meet tomor-
row afternoon with Mrs. j. E. Galloway
at her home, 202 Chandler street.
Miss Nellie Smith of Russell, Kansas,
arrived here yesterday to spend two
weeks visiting her grand parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Galen Smith, and other rela-
tives.
Miss Mary White is able to be out
and around again after several days
| illness with an attack of bronchitis
Miss Elsie Warner has returned to
her home in Oklahoma after spending
several days here the guest of friends
and relatives.
Miss Anna Johnson is spending this
| week with relatives in Lecompton,
Kansas.
Kansas, is here visiting friends for a
few days and on business trip
| Miss Edna Cole has returned from
| Kansas City, where she spent several
days visiting her cousin, Mr.. Harry
| Ray.
! Miss Kate earle of Auburn Kansas.
is here spending several days visiting
| friends.
| Mrs. Frank Townsend and small
daughter have gone to Ellis county,
Kansas, to remain for an extended
/ length of time, on account of the seri-
Gus illness of her mother.
Mr.. John Larson of Cleburne, Texas,
| is here spending a week visiting his
mother, Mrs. Larson of 217 Chandler
street.
Harriet, the small daughter of Mr..
! land Mrs. sGhas. Barryseof 201 Branxsprs
| street, is sick with the measles. The
home is under quarantine. -
MI and Mrs johnson of Barnard,
Kansas, who were called here on ac-
count Of the death of her mother. Mrs.
Laura Brooks Hayes, left last night for
their home in Barnard. Grandpa
Hayes, Mrs Johnsons mother, accom-
panied them home. Mr.. Boyce of Ellis
worth, son-in-law Of Mrs Hayes. left
last night for his home in Ellsworth.
Kansas, and Mr.. and Mrs. A c. HAYES
of Los Angeles, Cal, who came here
for the funeral, left this morning for
Mayetta, Kansas, where they will
spend several days visiting relatives.
Mr.. VIM. Christy of Isl Adams street.
who travels for a barber supply house
of Kansas City, came home several
days ago on account of illness and wss
able yesterday to return to work
Mrs. Melissa Wager of Auburn. Kan
sas, is here spending a week, visiting
her uncles, Mr.. E. D. and Mr.. G. 7.
Mattingly.
wedding of much interest to the
East side took place very quietly last
evening at the home of Rev w. H.
Scrivner, pastor of the Christian
church, when Mr.. Harvey L. Studevant
and Miss Lavenia Miller were united in
marriage. Only relatives and intimate
friends were present. The congratula-
tons and best wishes of their many
friends on the East side are extended
to them. Mr. and Mrs. Studevant will
be at home to their friends at 522 JEFF
ferSOn street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
OPTICIANS ON CARPET.
They Are Being Examined by the
OptOmetry Board Today.

The first sessions of the state
optometry board are in progress today.
The board was appointed by Governor
Stubs under the new law enacted by
the legislature last winter, and COM
posed of J. H. Mosher of Burlington,
H w. Hunt of Burlingame. and Thorn
as Gowenlock of Clay Center.
The board is in session in the educa-
tional room of the Y. M. c. A. build
ing. and every optomerist in the state
is required by law to take an exami-
nation. A diploma is granted to all
who successfully pass the examination
All others will have to get out of the
business. Three sets of twenty ques
lions each are given the opticians. The
examination fees range from So to $15
and the revenue thus secured pays the
expenses of the board. The board will
be in session today and tomorrow.
The chief feature of the Wednesday
afternoon session of the -c0nventiof
was stereopticon lecture by DR.. S. w.
Lane, president of the Southwestern
of great interest to those present, as
the physiological phase of the work
was taken up and illustrated in detail
on the screen. In the evening DR..
Lane explained to a few interested
hearers points of the business.
The speakers of the afternoon were
Carl J. Kicker of Emporia. on "Sug-
gestions." and W. ]. Lewis, whose sub
ject was "Ramblers."
DR.. Lane opened the session this
morning with an instructive chalk talk
on the fitting of glasses, Strengthening
of cross eyes with lenses without the
application of the knife, and general
diseases of the eye.
The opticians were in session until
noon today At the afternoon meeting
the Jewellers took charge of affairs,
Mayor William Green giving an ad-
dress of welcome to both the opticians
and jewellers.