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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-05
Lost Fer AL en- Races.

Anna Trafford, widow, of 80 Dean
street, Brooklyn, was before Magis-
trate Tighe il New York city on
Thursday, charged with stealing two
loaves of bread and a bottle Of milk.
Three years ago Mrs. Trafford had
$4,000. She says she lost it all Oh the
race-tracks and in poolrooms.
John TcaMord, her husband, was a
Peruvion mining promoter. When he
died, in 1906, he left her fortune in
money and securities. She told Mag
istcate Tighe that she tried to forget
her sorrow by seeking the gayety Of
the race racks. and she almost never
Won.
When race-track betting was cut off
Mrs. Trafford said that she tried to get
her money back by betting in pool
rooms. She only had $4,000 lett a
year ago. She lost this betting on tn e
California and southern races
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-05

Irvine Ky, April . .-Dcac;1 I:aEgts,
charged with the murder Of his father,
Judge James Hargis, was today Sell
fenced to lie Imprisonment
The defendant showed no emotion
when the verdict was rendered. Neith
er did his mother and sister, by whom
he sat. This was the second trial Of
Hargis for this crime. The first re-
suited in mistrial. United States
Senator ". O. Bradley headed the
counsel fer the defense in beth trials.
The murder of Judge Hargis by lis
son, Beach, occurred il the Judges
store at jackson, BreatAitt county, Oh
February S, 1903.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-05
mot So Daa As That

Under the above caption the Au-
nusta Chronicle Oh Sunday printed the
following in its editorial columns,
which Will be Of peculiar interest 70
many of cur readers who have been
told the Some thinG-that prohibition
in Georgia IS "howiin:ss farce:'
IL. Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
statewide prohibition IS tioWlln%
farce. The larger cities and towns
are fIlcu with ''near-Oeef' saloons,
which almost, without prc:snse o.
concea!inent, sell 70 al ccmccs any
thing alcoholic for which tle appA-
cant can pay"~~ s.. Louis Times.
"Genyiy, there! gently! We don /
know how it is II Alabama and lis
sissippi; DuI, certainly. promotion -
aot a "howi;ng farce" in Georgia.
70 be s,lr%, in the larger cities il Is not
all than it should be; 5Uo there &Ee
many anii-prohibitio"i5-3 who aye
! rayiC.iT coming to INC conclusion tnaS
! ii is I; sight :yc,tor ,hEn tne open t"~"
rro.o, Is .re Gnc2 kne>' =.
AND t5i: is nc; t;@rtGdin- D:oi.ia!-
tion III "pliuciyi4,@ bat i m~*cI ) 3l;.E-
! ING lllo .actS about proAibl:lr.ll II ;>Tf!t-
tIcG.
'.As 10 gile "ncac beer saloons, that
! -, OF course. WiDt.;ng At the q" 70 i
certain extent. s:v@-1 II V" left oI
| the "near' ;;nt merely called them
seer saloons' they Wouldn't be aHy-
thing Ike as bad nine open nar:ooms
out Uf every ten used 20 be. Common
sense--,o say nothing Of experience
teaches Us that.
The truth Of the matter is, il these
near-bccr saloons would Only conhnc
themselves to beer, they would prob
; ably go OF unmo!ested indefinitely, tCi
public sentiment has never yet been
worked up to The pitch OF ccndemnlng
the sale OF beer 80 anything like the
extent that it condemns the sale OF
whiskey.
No, prohibition wasn't all that it
ought TO be-neitler is the open bar
room. But as lor.g as some people
! keep on insisting that the latter IS d
sort ST sacred institution, then just so
long vii! other people run to extremes,
and vote fer absolute prohibition.
| Wnen, as g matter or fact, the open
and legal sale Of the lighter beverages
beer and light wines-is d better
proposition, for all concerned, than
| either. The only pubic issue, by the
way, cn which Georgia's present gov
ernor ever "got right''-and he chang
! ed on it over night"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-05
News Paragraphs.

Pope Plus is opposed to women in
politics.
The Georgia Steel Company has re-
organized.
Patten, like the bird, fees to the
mountains.
II like to speculate; it's a great
game" says Patten.
"Move onr' is an order Castro does
not appear to relish.
It is doomsday for the small "bulls"
in the wheat corner"
When wheat first hit the toboggan
it fell cents without pause.
And King Patten said cheaper wheat
was a thing of the past.
The black Hole of Calcutta has its
counterparts story of Sebastopol.
The full pound loaf of bread is re-
ported to be myth in New York.
Harmon in 1922 is the slogan
adopted at an Ohio Jefferson day ban
quet.
Query: Is it Secretary Wilson or
"King" Patten who is the ''joke OF
the country?''
81 want to forget wheat, said Patten.
There are others who would like to
forget it.
The more you trust man the more
it scares hin. to be asked to trust you.
In lot Of marriages the woman i'm
agines that she still loves, and the
man that he once did.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-05
4 Scalded Bows shrieks

Mortified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria
Taylor, OF Nebo, Ky, who writes that,
when all though5 he would die, Buck :
lens Arnica Salve wholly cured him.
Infallible for Burns, Scalas, Cuts, Corns,
Wounds, Bruises. Cur.s Fever-Sores,
Boils, Skin Eruptions, Chilbiains, Chap
ped Hands. Soon routes Piles. 25c. at
Kaufman Drug Co., Derricll's Drug
Store, Sandel Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-05
Kills Her Foe of 20 Years.

"The most merciless enemy had for
20 years. declares Mrs. James Duncan,
of Haynesville, Me-, was Dyspepsia. !
suffered intensely after eating or drink
ins and could scarcely sleep. After
many remedies had failed and several
doctors gave ME up. I tried Electric
Bitters, which cured me completely.
Now I can eat anything. I am 70 years
old and am onerjoyed to get my health
and strength back again " For lndi-
gestion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney
Trouble, Lame Back, Female Com
plants, it's unegualed. Only SOC. at
Kaufman Drug Co., Derrick's Drug
Store, Sandel Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-05

Send US your orders for job printing
envelopes, note and letter heads, legal
blanks, cards, etc. All work execut-
ed promptly AMI in first class order.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
is Ordered on Railroads BY
Interstate Commerce
! Commission.
FOUR CENTS TAKEN
Off a Hundred Pounds in
West Virginia and ans
Other States.

WASHINGTON D. c.. Doc. s.-An
order was Issued todageby the Inter-
state Commerce Commission requiring
railways from the Central Trafiic AS
ISOLATION territory 70 charge no more
than twenty-one cents hundred
pounds for Transportation of fire
brick, building brick aud paving brick
Ito points in the Eastern Trunk Line
territory during the two years begin
ming on the first of February next s
The case was bro dght before the
commission over a .year ago. by.manu-
facturers Of various Kinds Of brick in
Ohio. Kentucky, and West Virginia.
The rate heretofore has been an aver
age of Twenty-Five csnts a hundred
pounds.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
MR.. CHAFFIN COMING
He Will Deliver Three Tenn
perance Addresses Here
Next Sunday.

Under the management of Edward
w. Mills. of Fairmont. who is the
state organizer for the Prohibition
party Eugene w. Chaffin, OF Chicago,
late Prohibition candidate for Pres,-.
dent of the United States. will deliver
three temperance addresses here next
Sunday.
At 1880 O'Clock Sunday morning,
Mr chaffin will deliver an address at
the First Methodist Episcopal church.
In the afternoon at 2:so O'Clock, he
VIII speak at a mass meeting Of cit
liens in the court house and in the
evening at 1880 o'clock he viii deliver
the third address at the First Baptist
church.
Mr. chaffin is considered one Of the
most brilliant speakers in the United
States and he is figure OF national
Importance: He won considerable
fame by saving the life of a negro
from the fury of mob at the Spring.
field. ILL.,, riot more than year ago.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
JURORS Ds(RlRGEg
Except in One else Prepare
tory TO Final Adj
jounment.

Wednesday morning all the Jurors
except those engaged in the John w
Duffy case in criminal court were dis.
charged for the term
The felony case against Emery RIB.
lett and Ralph Williams, charged
with robbing DIR. r. r. Stathers OF 8
gold watch and $50 iaamoney. was
continued until the next term of the
court and the defendants were. re.
leased on their recognizances.
Richard ,Cartelle was found guilty
OF grand larceny of goods: from the
Fairmont Coal conpany's store a,
Meadowbrook hut was acquitted 81
the charge Of breaking into the store.
The trial OF John w. Duffy. charged
with operating gambling house, had
not been concluded at press time.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
L )VV Err EI(,
RAT E ON BRICK
TV1EL We THO LISAND
BARREL S THE DAY
.Swiger OnWell in the Shinns-
ton Field is Max
ing Now.

! Five hundred barrels an hour
Is what the e. n. Swi.
ger oil well at Adamsville ia
the Shinnston field is making today
or at the rate of 1850 barrels In
twenty -four hours, and the Phlladel-
phia Company has made sixteen more
locations on the farm OF 140 acres.
One hundred and thirty-eight men
with teams and equipment are al
work at the well today erecting
tanks. digging bitches and laying pipe
to save the oil and their work has
progressed to such an extent that all
the fluid isfbeing saved.
The South Penn Ola ompany's q.
y. ;Whiteman we'll near the Swiger
well is at the top of the sand and, Ii
being watched eargerly by the many
interested in the Shinnston develop
ment. II
The daily production of the field is
about $4,000 barrels making the
development the largest In point OF
production in the state.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
JAMES FARRELL
TAKEN BY DEATH
Retired Farmer Of Lewis.
County Succumbs to
Pneumonia.

u 4 ~ ! = a . i
{ Pneumonia caused the death Of
James Farrell. retired farmer
Tuesday morning at o'clock at his
home at 3 O6 South Third street after
q long Illness.
Mr.. Farrell was 65 years old
Surviving him are his wife and nine
children, the latter being Mrs.
Charles Green, of Sutton; Mrs. n.
NJ. 'Donahue. 1of this city; Miss The
rosa Farrell. of Charleston; Joseph
Farrell, of Fairmont, and Owen,
Belle, Nora, Frances and Gertrude
at home.
'Mr. Farrell was a thrifty. prosper
GUS farmer, good citizen and kind
husband and father. A wide circle
of friends and acquaintances will re-
greet his death. He and his family
moved to Clarksburg few months
ago from a farm owned by him
in Lewis county not far from OR.
lando.
The funeral will take place Thurs
day forenoon at the Catholic church
at Goose lPen, Lewis county, and the
burial will take place at the Catholic
cemetery there. The body will be
taken to Orlando on the 6 O'Clock
train that morning and thence taken
overland to Goose Pen.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
CONFERENCE HE'LL.
At the White House with
Taft on Affairs in
Ohio.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Dec. s.
President Taft entertained as guests
at the White House today his broth
err. Charles P. Taft, former Governor
,Myron T. Herrlck and Arthur 1.
vorys. The presence OF these three
ohioans suggested a political confer
ence regarding the affairs of that
state. People who are watching
Ohio affairs had been expecting con
ference to be held here looking to
the selection of strong candidate
for the Republican nomination for
governor next year. The iRepubl.-
cans seem to take 1T for granted Gov
ernor Harmon will be renomlnatei
by the Democrats, and that, il sue
cessfal, he. will be leading factor
for the presidential nomination in
1912.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
REFORMS IN THE KONG0.
Attitude of the United States One Of
Benevolent Encouragement.

Attitude OF the united otaLes ,Une OF
Benevolent Encouragement.
The question arising out of the Bel
giaI annexation OF the Independent
State of the Kongo, which has so long
and earnestly preoccupied the atten-
.tion of this government and enlisted
the sympathy OF our best citizens, is
still open, but in n more hopeful stage.
This government was among the fore
most in the great work of uplifting
the uncivilized regions of Africa and
urging the extension Of the benefits of
civilization, education and fruitful
open commerce to that vast domain
and is party to treaty engagements
of all the interested powers designed
TO carry out that great duty to human
ity. The way to better tho original
and adventitious conditions, so bur-
densome to the natives and SO de-
structivc 10 their development, has
been pointed out. by observation and
experience, not alone Of American rep.
rcsenlatlves, but by cumulative EVIL,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
EX TRA SESSION
IS NOT FAVORED
BY Prohibition Party of West.
Virginia Says Its State
Committee.
REQUEST GOVERNOR.
To Include Amendment Cues
ton in Call if 1t is
Issued.

An extra session of the state leg
stature Is not favored by the Prohi-
Ibition party in West Virginia accord
ling to resolution expressing that
sentiment which was unanimously
adopted Tuesday at a meeting Of the
,party's state executive committee
held at the Waldo hotel here.
The text of the resolution, which
was offered by Squire Helstead. OF
Nicholas county. Is as follows:
Whereas. There is considerable
discussion In the public press Of our
state in regard to q. proposed extra
session Of the legislature and, as the
governor has not indicated his la
tention in the matter, we desire to
express our doubt as to the proprl-
ETY. of calling any such special ses-
sion before the time for the legisla-
ture to meet in regular session. In
asmuch as 1t is but thirteen months
until such time, in this expression
we believe we not only voice the:
judgment of the five thousand party
.Prohibitionists hut as we'll tho
thoughtful convictions Of i large ma
jority of the citizens Of the state.
But, should the governor decide
to call such special session, we earns
estly request that he embrace In the
call the question Of the submission
to a vote of the people approximation
amendmentsto tho tate constitutiosF
in conformity with the platform
pledge upon which he was elected.
Resolved, That the secretary be
directed to mail copy hereof to the
governor and also furnish copy to
the press for publication
"A voters pledge was adopted by
he committee, plans for increasing
he circulation of the state paper, the
Mountain State Patriot, published a.
Parsons by Dr. j. w. Bedford, were
formulated. and miscellaneous BUSH
ness matters were transacted.
Committee members attending the
meeting were j. e. Cunningham,
state secretary. OF Pennsboro; Ed
ward W. Mills, state organizer. of
Fairmont; U. "A. Clayton and o. u.
Fleming, also of Fairmont; Albert j.
Kern, Of Morgantown; the Rev. Mr..
Weekly, of Pennsboro; Squire Hal
stead, OF Nicholas county and Dr.. j.
w. Bedford. of Parsons.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
fcontlnueo on page d,
IS
UNNECESSARY
Exaggerat Reports Circu--
lated About the Small
pox at Redwood.

REDWOOD, Dec. s.-considcra-
bile Indignation has been caused
among people here and at other
points in this section over the action
of the Nicholas county board Of
health in placing this town. under a
smallpox quarantine. 1t is stated that
a quarantine is wholly unnecessary as
there Is no POSSIBLE danger Of d spread
of the two or three smallpox cases at
the detention house built outside the
town limits. Exaggerated reports have
doubtless caused undue anxiety on
the part of those not fully acquainted
with the situation. On this account
the following notice has been issued
by NJ. v. Godfrey, member of the
State Board of Health, under the
heading, Notice to the Publlc::"
''rhe quarantine placed upon the
town of Redwood by the Nicholas
county board of health has caused no
little inconvenience to the citizens and
business men there. Conditions
there have been very much exagger-
ated. There are few cases of small
lpox in the town and these have been
carefully Isolated and are under
guard according to the laws govern
ing such conditions. These cases are
now convalescent and there are no
new. cases nor is there any probable
danger of further trouble.
If the Same strict precautions are
continued by the local board of health
and by the order of the State Board
of Health. further quarantine will be
suspended"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
CONF FERENCE
Pending Outcome Of the Same
the Steel Strikers Are
Quiet Today.

a tll.-I "
lFlTTsBuRG. Pa, Dec. T-Aa I'M:
|portant conference is being held a,
the central Offices of the american
Sheet and Tin Plate Company here
today in connection with the strike
at the Aetna Standard plant at
Bridgeport, o.
|: BRIDGEPORT, O.. Dec. THE
strike at the Aetna mills remained
unchanged today, pending the out
come OF conference in Plttsburg.
No effort was made to resume work
at the plant today. The majority OF
the soldiers, it is said, will be sent
home during the day.
A military council was held today
at which General Speaks presided.
1T was the opinion serious interstate
complications would follow an In
vasion of West Virginia by the Ohio
National Guard. Fearing an attacl;
might be made from the West vir-
ginia shore suggestion was immedl-
ately forwarded to the governors OF
Ohio and West Virginia to confer for
the purpose of reaching working
agreement. Part of the Fourth In
fantry started home this morning,
and the rest of the Fourth will fol-
low tonight.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
TAFT SPEAKS
AT Opening Of Convention,
Strongly Favoring Water
ways Improvement.

WASHINGTON D. c, Dec. s.
Beginning its session with warm re-
ception to President Taft, who deliv-
cred an address strongly in favor Of
waterways Improvement. the sixth
convention OF the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress assembled here to-
day. Every section of the United
States is represented. President Taft
said he was heartily in favor of water
ways Improvement, because of It's in
fluence in the reduction OF railroad
rates as well as its value in actual
transportation of that kind of freight
that rivers are especially adapted to
handle.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
''DRYs' VICTORIOUS
Fight on Liquor Question in
Barbour County Results
in Victory for Drys.

PH1LlPPI. Dec. s.-The liquo,
fight which has been waged here for
the last ten days. came to an end yes
tcrday morning when the county
court turned down four applications
for licenses. The liquor men have
been making a hard fight to have
Barbour county drawn from the
dry" list, but the action of the court
has made the "drys" victorious. The
decision is final and viii not be car
rlcd to any higher court.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.
Judge Dayton Sends b. go
Striking Machinist to
Jail. !.

Z. PH1L1PP1, Dec. SIN federal
court here six striking machinists of
Grafton were arraigned on a charge
of contempt of court in that they had
interfered with and assaulted men go
ing to and from the B. & o. shops at
Grafton despite tho injunction now IN
force. Five of the men charged with
contempt were discharged. while the
sixth, a striker named snlvely, was
given thirty days in Jail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
SHERIFF DIES
.Wetzel County Man Expires
on Train on Way to
Mt. Clemens.

ROCHESTER. Pa. Dec. s.-Justus
o. Eakin, aged IS. of New Martins.
Vile, W. Va. sheriff of wetzel counts
died last night on "a Pennsylvania rail.
road train between Rochester and
Conway. He was on his way to Mt
Clemens, Mich. accompanied by his
wife, to take treatment for rheuma.
!tism. When the train reached here
at II O'clock the body was taken off
Dr. W. "A. Rose was called Coroner
j. r. Gormley. of Monaco, had II
taken to morgue here. The cause
of death was rheumatism of the
heart.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
INVESTIGATION
Into the Hazing of Fairmont
Started by State Board
of Regents.

CHARLESTON. Dec. s.-rhe
State Board of Regents today started
an investigation into the hazing OF
Matte Taylor. student at the Fair
mont State Normal school at Fair
mont who was given an ink bath and
painted red. because sVe rooted for
the wrong football team recently.
Miss Taylor is daughter Of d prom
inent attorney at Elkins.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09
SHELDON INDICTED.

NEW YORK. Dec. s.-George P.
Sheldon, recently deposcd as presl-
dent of the Phoenix Insurance Com
pany, of brooklyn. and who is crlti-
caliy III at his home, was Indicted by
the grand Jury today for grand lar
ceny in connection with alleged loot
ing OF The FIRE insurance company's
treasury Of a million dollars or more.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

dence from all quarters and by the In.
ivestigatlons Of Belgian agents. The
announced programs of reforms,
striking at many Of the evils lsnowp
to exist, are an nugnry Of better
things The attitude Of the United
States is one Of benevolent encourage
sment. coupled with hopeful trust
that the coed work. responsibly under
taken and jealousy perfected to the
accomplishment of the results so
hrdently desired. will soon justify the
wisdom that inspires them and satisfy
the demands OF humane sentiment
throughout the world.
German Patents.
A convention between the United
States and Germany. under which the
nonworking provisions of the German
patent law are made inappllcablc to
the patents of American citizens. was
concluded on Feb. %. 1909, and is now
Nh force. Negotiations for similar con-
vontions looking to the placing Of
American inventors on the same foot
ing as nationals have recently been
ID