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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-05-27

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[. Angora Wool
! Aprons
4 Applique Trimming
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Hand Bags
: Band Trimmings
9 Barrels
I Beads
4 Bath Towels
L Belts
I Bins Tape
4 Bleached Muslin
|. Battenburg Braids
: Featherstitch Braid
Dress Braid
Beltings
= Bust Forms
Bustles
: Buttons
= Battings
I Bone Hair Pins
4 Carpet Warp
= Collars
! Collar Buttons
4 Corset
4 Crashes
= Cretonnes
Crinolines
3 Crochet Silks
. Crochet Cotton
\ Curtains
3 Curtain Cloth
Y Denims
I Draper Cloth
Dresser Scarfs
4 Dress Trimmings
! Dimities
4 Embroideries
{ Embroidered Corset Covers
! Embroidered Swiss
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
70 Get His Moneys Worth.

In village near Edinburgh there
lived an old baker and his son. Their
trade was In a flourishlng condition,
but unfortunately in the midst Of their
prosperity the old man, who had once
been great drinker, turned insane.
The son, who was renowned for his
love Of money, was forced TO put him
In lunatic asylum and, according to
the terms Of the establishment, to pay
fee for three months In advance,
amounting to f30 The old man was
scarcely in fortnight however,
dghen he died, The son. thinking to
Faise an action against the establish
ment for the recovery of the. as he
termed IL, unused money, inquired of
IN old lawyer who was a bit of wag
whether he thought 1t would be pru-
lent TO try to recover the money or
not, The chip Of the law, putting on
grave face, replied seriously, "D'ye no
think it wad be best to gang and put
In the rest o the time yersep?"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
Whsre Hppnotlsm Failed.


When Daysey Mayme Appleton re-
turned recently from a party where
the Influence Of several minds over one
had been the evenings entertainment
and told her mother how six girls,
with their minds bent on one thought,
had made man stand on bis head
another man at their silent command
had tried on woman's hat and an
other man had tried to eat water with
a fork. 1t put a suggestion into Mrs.
Lysander John Appleton's brain. That
evening when Lysander John came
home his wife and four daughters sat
In circle with their hands covering
their faces and their heads bowed. To
all his Inquiries they said nothing, and
ct last, fearing they had gone mad, he
sent for the doctor. 1--WE concentrat-
cd our minds on the thought that Ly-
sander John must give us So each, and
instead of that we have a doctor bill
TO pay" sobbed Mrs. Appleton. "and
they said 1t would be particularly easy
to work II the mans mind was a
blank. k.'-Atchison Globe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
WASHINGTON
SIDE LICH13

railroads In the o>6dntrY, recommend
ed their adeagffon by the roads. and
they willf go into effect at once.
1pF'sne course of it's investigations.
tie committee unearthed an as
founding condition of affairs. 1t
round that big shipping interests
had substituted violation of demur-
rage rules for the old habit Of de-
manding rebates and that by re-
Iusing to pay demurrage charges.
they maintained a supremacy over
other shippers who were forced to
return cars on time or pay the con-
sequences. The private car was
being used, the committee found.
practically to eliminate smaller shin
pers who owned their own cars.
In the old days, the steel inter-
ests OF Pittsburg had been able to
amass millions of dollars annually
by exacting rebates from the rail-
roads on pain of diverting their
traffic or building their own line
The committee found that the steel
barons of today had varied the pro-
gram slightly by refusing to return
empty cars one time or to pay any
charge for keeping them overtime.
In one cass steel foundry diver
ted its traffic, amounting to several
hundred thousands of dollars year
to another line, because railroad
insisted on collection of demur@
rage charge of $3.50. The common
practice was for the railroads to
charge this up to weather and
punching of cars" rather than risk
losing the traffic of the big fellows.
This has all been swept away by
the new code, which provides briefly:
I'd All private cars in railroad SER
vice are to be subject to demurrage
rules. (2)s Forty-eight hours free
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
UNIFORM RULES.


Washington, Dec. 17--On the first
day of December, q uniform set Of
demurrage rules, which will do
more to prevent discrimination be-.
tween shippers and to give the smEi1i
man a chance. than any 0thfer act
since the passage Of the anti-rebate
law. will be (Edftorss< Change tense
IL you print thiss story on or after
December 1-5F put into effect on
more thezh two hundred thousand
railroad IN the United
Sstates. The adoption of the rules.
which, by agreement among the rail-
roads and state railroad commits
sions, will be made uniform all over
the United States, is the first real
piece OF constructive regulation of
railroads ever done by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and
the credit of the accomplishment is
due largely to Commissioner Frank
lin X. Lane, of California, whom
President Roosevelt once described
as 1.-THE best man on the Interstate
Commerce Commission"
The rules were adopter at Wash
ington recently by the National AS
sociation of Railway Commissions,
composed of the Federal and State
railway commissions and which is
purely an advisory body, having no
existence under the law They were
threshed' out by committee which
worked for a year, holding meetings
In various large commercial centers
to which both shippers and railroad
men were invited. Commissioners
Lane was chairman of the commit
tee.
After the adoption of the de-
murrage code by the Association,
the traffic managers of the biggest
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
Rtouaht Down the House.

On one occasion, when Arthur Rob-
erts, the English actor, was perform
ing the part Of Captain Crosstree in
the burlesque Of "Black Eyed SUSAN
at Glasgow he converted an awkward
contretemps into hit. In one of the
scenes Crosstree entered supposed to
be inebrIated and staggered about the
stage In doing so MFR. Roberts acci-
dentally came In contact with the
scenery Of the inn, bringing the whole
set down. The curtain had to be low
cred, and the yiyacious comedian
came to the front and said, "Ladies
and gentlemen, you see when we come
to Glasgow we always bring down the
honse.n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17

Wrecks on the coast Of Cornwall,
England were once a source Of reve-
nue. to the natives. A writer says
that in the local dialect "the folks on
the coast taich their children to zay
In their prayers night times, God bless
father an mother an zend ship Ia
Bhore wore mornin''" The Cornish
folk were great smugglers too. The
Rev. r. S. Hawker had In his service
rs man Of all work old Tristram Pen
tire, the last Of the smugglers. One
day he made to the vicar this notable
confession: "Well, sir, do think,
when come to look back and to con-
slider what lives we used TO live
drunk all night and idle abed all day,
cursing, swearing, fighting. gambling,
lying and always prepared to shoot
the gauger-I do really believe, sir. we
surely was in ein!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17


One Of the most. extraordinary catas-
trophies that nave befallen vessels Of
the Uljt<ed States destroyed the sloop
.s'z.,r-af Oneida in 1860. She was bound
homeward, with jolly ships COM
pany. eager to see wives and sweet
hearts and native land once more,
when not far out of port she was
struck by the British steamer Bombay
coming In. The stem Of the Bombay
cut off the stern Of the One The
ship was sinking rapidly, an ms Of
distress were Immediately fired, but
the Bombay steamed on her way and
left the vessel to her doom. She went
down, and all but one or two of her
crew were drowned. The captain Of
the Bombay gave no other reason for
his conduct than that he had Lady
Eyre, the wife of distinguished Brit
ish satrap, on board and did not wish
to disturb her nerves with scenes of
shipwreck. He was mobbed when he
reached Yokohama, dismissed from
the service, socially tabooed from that
time on and died in disgrace a year or
two later.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17

owed for loading Or
III commodities, but one
ira viii be allowed when cars
held for re-consignment, switch
ing orders or inspection. (9) IN
dustries owning their own tracks
and switching engines will not be
allowed any extra time. (4) At the
expiration OF free time charge of
a day or fraction will be exacted.
(5) No railroad can refund demur-
rage charges unless weather. condi-
tions are such that the freight Will
be damaged by loading or unloading
or unless 1t Is impossible for the
shipper to get to the car. CD Ship
pers can average their demurrage
charges at the end of each calendar
month by receiving credit for the
cars they have loaded or unloaded
before the expiration of the free
time.
Among the most fragrant abuses
that the committee remedies by the
new code are those of shippers using
cars for warehouses while waiting
for rise in prices under the guise
of holding cars for reconsignment.
1t was found that five or seven days
country for re-consfgnment. The
so-called Industrial Rule. which
gave shippers who own their own
tracks and engines more time than
the ordinary shipper to load and un-
load cars was abolished because 1t
was utilized to freeze out less
wealthy shippers.
The vast Importance of having a
code of demurrage rules that is uni
form all over the country will, in
the opinion of railroad experts, rem
der repetition of the car shortage
OF 1907 impossible, and may even
clean out the empty cars from New
England, the Grave Yard of Cars" j
when the West is bowling for trans
portation to get it's produce to mar
ket
In concluding it's report, the COM
mittee said, Car service rules are
used to no small extent as a means
by which favored shippers secure pn-t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
The Generous Barber.

Here. sayi Be bit more careful
with that razor. That's the second
time you've cut me-
aWell, well, SO 1t is. But therel l
ulways deduct ha'penny for every
ts Why, it's nothing for man to
49, Of here having won fourpence
Dif meH-London Tatler.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17

lawful concessions IN some sec.
tiona OF the country where the fafl-|
ure to enforce demurrage rules has
been particularly notorious. the rail-
roads are carrying on their books
at the present time uncollected de-
murrage charges in the amount of
hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
iuhs BE on Ones Nose.

sDont get down in the mouth, old
man." said the optimist Look on the
bright side of things"
That's all very we'll" mournfully re-
piled the sufferer. but what is the
bright side Of Il aumboilT'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17
nelated.

II understand That FraiIman has
come to the conclusion to contest his
Mife's wills
.Well. what is there courageous
about that7 She's dead, isn't sheY'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-17

An anchor to windward- an ad In
lhe EVENING NEWS.
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Realty Transfers.

M. Hardman to S. w. McClune
house and lot in town of Grants
vile, consideration $4,000.
p. M. Woodford, ct al, to S.
M. Gamer. 2 acres and 43 poles,
lying between Pine creek and
Barnes Run, consideration $50. 65
J. M. Hamilton, Commission
er, to Mary j. Duffield, 1-2 acre,
West Fork, consideration $500.
Nancy Wayne to S. H. Wayne,
80 acres, Rush run, considera ton
800.
Sis a nd Grant Richards to Roy
E. and Lura Hersman, % acres,
mouth of Wolf run, consideration
$125.
A. j. Ball and wife to c. Con-
molly and G.. C. Nutter, 3 square
poles, West Fork, to be used for
cemetery purposes only, consid-
GRAFTON $40.
E. w. Gamer and wife to J.
N. Gamer, 9acres, Sherman dis
trict, consideration $135.
j. B. Woodford and wife to
John L. and Mary E. Evans, q
acres, Daniels run, consideration
81.
w. J. Tapp to Park Bowser,
undivided Is interest in lease
hold and production on 100 acres
of land near Big Springs, consid-
eration$2812.50
w. j. Tapp to A. H. Jackson.
undivided 1-8 interest in lease
hold and production on 100 acres
of land near Big Springs, consid-
GRAFTON $2812.50.
Henry Roberts and wife to
Grant Roberts, 66 acres, Pine
creek, consideration 500.
j. M. Hamilton and S. P. Bell,
Comrs., to c. A. Jarvis, C. w.
Ayers and Bee Hopkins, 90 Sd
acres, White Oak Fork, consid-
GRAFTON $487. so.
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. -. - IN @ II. Z "a.
poo,,+ho 1.-The KIM You Have kNaYs ejag1i
Signature af A<zNzZAIz@Sx

If yon would have safe yet certain
Cough Remedy in the home, try DR..
Shoe? s-at least once. it is thoroughly
unlike any other Cough preparation. It's
taste will be entirely new to you--nless
it is already your favorite Cough Remedy.
No opium. Chloroform, or any other stup-
flying ingredients are used. The tender
leaves Of harmless, lung healing noun
famous shrub give to Dr. Shops Cough
Remedy its wonderful curative properties
1t is truly most certain and Trustworthy
prescription. Sold by The Dye Pharma.
cy.
Fred Gamer returned from Pan
kersburg whe he has been at
tending the Mountain State Bus
mess college, a few days ago,
and will visit his parents for q
while at White Pine.
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Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
mercantile co-partnership hereto
fore existing between the under
signed under the firm name of
Mollahan q Duffield, doing bust
ness at Minnora, w. Va, has
been dissolved by mutual consent
All debts due the said late firm
has been placed in the hands of
Bee Hopkins, a justice of Cal
houn county for collection, an all
parties owing money to the said
late firm are requested to make
settlement with him at once.
Also all persons Having paper
in banks which has been endors-
ed by the said late firm are here
by notified that payment thereof
is expected at maturity and that
the members of the said late firm
will neither individually or as a
firm endorse renewal notes.
Dated this 22nd day of January
1909.
R. P. MoLLAHAN,
L. r. DUFFIELD.
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ALBERT SMITH

On the End inst Albert
Smith was appointed post
master for this place, by the
Postmaster General, in lieu
to DR.. A. j. Pickering, the
present incumbent.
Mr.. Smith, who is we'll
known to a majority Of our
readers, is a rising young
lawyer, with the prospects
for a very bright future be-
fore him. He led the fight
for the Republican party in
this county last fall, being
chairman of their executive
committee, and we presume
it is in reward for his service
that this appointment was
made.
DR.. Pickering, the retiring
Postmaster has made a good
official, and so far as we
know has given perfect sat
isfaction to the patrons of
Chis office. He has held The
position for several years.
Mr.. Smith will take charge
of the office in a very snort
time. We do not know yet
where the office will be To-
Gated.
Here's wishing the new
Postmaster success.
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Audy Vanhorn and Levi J.
Morris. who have been working
on a saw mill near the mouth of
Cedar creek for some time, are
visiting home folks near here.
If you your lips would keep from
slips,
Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom
you speak,
And how and when, and where.
In sickness, if certain hidden nerve
goes wrong then the organ that this nerve
CONTROLS will also surely fail 1t may be a
stomach nerve, or it may have given sup
port and strength and support to the heart
or kidneys. 1t was DIR. Shoop that first
pointed to this vital truth. DR.. Shoop's
Restorative was not made to dose the stoln-
ach nor to temporarily stimulate tie heart
or kidneys. That old fashioned method is
all wrong Dr. Shops Restorative goes
directly to these failing inside nerves.
The remarkable success of this prescription
demonstrates The wisdom Of treating the
actual cause of these failing organs, and it
is indeed easy to prove. a simple five or
ten days test will surely tell Try it once
and see. Sold by The Dye Pharmacy.
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Business interests, as well as per-
sons of affairs, interested in the de
velopment and prosperity Of our
state are overwhelmed with aston
isment, and a sentiment akin TO de
spair, over the evident determine
ton OF the present state administra-
ton to materially add to the bur
dens Of the people by driving the
Legislature to the imposition cf all
manner of additional taxation. The
machine creates the extravagences.
and then demands that taxes be
LAID to meet them. Experience does
not teach them either wisdom or
prudence, or economy. The career
of recklessness long since begun is
being extended until necessary and
useless expenditures partaking of
the nature of statutory or leghlized
graft has become the rule instead Of
the exception Any scheme to pur-
loin money from the state treasury
is con sidered moral and honest. And
the deyising Of new schems for such
/ purposes amt the putting of them
into effect has come to be regarded
as an administrative duty. The
travelling COMMISSIONS appointed
two yeats ago, authorized to act in
vacation, will cost the state some
fifty thousand dollars and their
work is unfinished, as admitted by
them, and therefore nothing worthy
of mention has been accomplished.
Whether there was reason for the
appointment Of these commissions
in the first instance need not now
be discussed 1t is too late foi
that, but ,hoy have not accomplish
ed the work they sea ont to do, anl
consequently they were useless
oXtayagance on tho state treasury
stands as fact without furtbo
statement So e. happens tina
there must be additional revenues
And the bothersome question is
where are they 10 come from r.,
meet the ascertained treasury short.
ages several messages arc beng
considered One is TO increase th,
saloon license 60 $1,000 a year An
other is 60 put license tax ON ma
ny kinds of business that do not re
Quiro a license at tins tmo An
other is for the state TO retain 5 pc
cent of oll the county, school, dis
tiict and municipal taxes collect
Z from public corporations through
s the Auditors Office And yet an
other is to lay a so-callcd Icons
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Photographer Ewing has been
in our vacinity for some time.
Tom Stevens, of Philips run,
was an early city visitor Satur-
day.
w. A. Thornton, of Creston,
was here on business a day or
so recently.
j. M. Smith, of Cabots factory
was transacting business in town
Thursday.
O. E. Smith and c.. H. Grad
dock each put up a nice lot of
ice during the recent cold spell.
Al Kimble came to town Thurs
day with a load of grist for the
mill. He was driving a fine yoke
of young oxen.
The family of DR.. G. O. Hop
kins left Saturday morning on
the Clarence for Creston. We
do not know where they will To-
cate.
Roscoe Hardman has sold his
famous herf ord bull Marmaduke 9Th
aud a fine bunch of heifers TO Okey
Beall, of Burnt House. Mr. Hard.
man recently purchased the fine
bull Beau Brummel who is noted
rs being the finest in the state.
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GREAT MUSIC OFFER.

Send us the names of three or more
performers ON The piano or organ and
twenty five cents in silver or postage
stamps and we win mail you postpaid Our
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March Manila and the latest popular song.
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WANTED.

a soliciting agent in Calhoun County for
the Sodthern States NJ utual Life Insurance
Company OF Charleston, West Virginia
A fine opportunity GDd good contract to
men OF character. Address s. f. Ora the,
General Agent, 600 Union Trust Building
Parkershurg, W. Va.
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tax on coal mining, on oil and on
natural gas. The license on these
latter three subjects is to be rs fol-
lows: One per cent on the gross
receipts of all the coal mined IN the
state; one and one-half per cent on
all the oil produced, and two per
oent on the gas. These licenses
nre to be based upon the ''gross re
ceipts from all sources" and are to
be in addition tie all the other taxes
these interests are are required to
pay. If the bills contemplating
these new license taxes should be-
come laws the consumers of these
particular subjects will have to pay
the license. The consumer is the
ultimate paymaster Of all the bur
dens put upon corporations. But
the machine mast be kept going,
and the people must pay the fiddler
And the people seem to like it for
they keep on putting she same fam
ily of politicians back into Office at
each recurring election. And so
long as the voters select their Off
GERS according to their pai tianship
and their prejudice so long must
the unleash their pocket books
when the tax collector comes
around. - Sentinel.
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DEA &c get Immediate relief from
J EAAS r., Shops Magic Ointment.

Ere Stump, of this place, is
now working on a drilling we'll in
Richie county, near Petroleum.
He contemplates leaving soon
British Columbia, where he will
work for an oil company.
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O n - IT, Ia K A.
Bears tbs =, The Kind You Have Always BOugi
Signature at M/zHAzzzn

Mr. and Mrs Alien Hardman, ST.
and Mrs, McClung, we've guests at
the home of Mrs. and Mrs. S. w.
McClung Sunday. This is the
first time Mr.. Hardman has been
able to come up to town for several
months aud his many friends are
pleased to see him out again.
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Look for the coupon now put In each
% C ent package of DR.. Shops Health
Coffee imitatian. A clever p cent silvered
"No Drip" Coffee strainer offered on this
Coupon. Besides you get 90 large Guns of
DR.. Shops Health Coffee for % cents and
the coffee will certainly please you. Sold
by The Dye Pharmacy.