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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20
BRAVE DOG

The dog population of Huntington
was decreased by one today. This
decrease was due to the belief on the
part of a bold bad canine that it was
his duty to stop Chief Church from
going to the east end to a FIRE. The
big bay mare which pulls the chiefs
buggy was making a great spring up
Fourth avenue when the pup in ques-
ton with several others made rush
at the procession. The other dogs
were cautious and did not let their
yalor get away with their discretion
but the one which passed away goI
in front of the horse and stopped.
The horse did not stop and that wa
all there was to il, until the garbag,
man came and took away the remains
Huntington Advertiser.
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TE COT OF LIVING.

The Chicago labor unions have COM
piled statistics on wages and the cost
of living which are almost startling.
They ask that their facts and figures
be made supplement to the report
which the Department Of Commerce
and Labor is now preparing on the
occupation and risks of workingmen.
These figures show that the cost Of
living has doubled since 1904, while
wages have increased only 9 per cent. (:
The net result is a decrease Of soper
cent in wages, through the reduction
in purchasing power. In nother words.
wages of SO month in 1904 were
equivalent to wages of 500 a month
today.
No doubt the increase in the cost
of living in the preceding FIVE years
was as great propOrtiOnateIy asin the
period convered in the investigations
of the Chicago labor unions. Work
ingmen have been compelled to pay
more each year for the necessaries Of
life, without having more money
with which to buy. Wages have
stood still and the cost of living has
advanced by leaps and bounds.
Wheeling Register.
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A GOOD MAN GONE.

The announcement of the death of
Rev. Father E. NJ. Hickey, of St.
XaMer's Catholic church of Parkers-
burg, which occurred last week, fol-
lowing an illness of some weeks,
duration, has been very regretfulIy
received throughout every section of
the State in which he was known,
and his acquaintance and good works
covered quite large territory. Faith
er Hickey was priest for 40 years.
He was a classmate of Cardinal Glib
bons ond of Bishop Kain, of St.
Louis, and was held in high regard
by both of these dignitaies of his
church. His 40 years of priesthood
were also 40 years of great good to
his fellow-men of all creeds and den
ominatiOns. Of very kindly ma
.ure, warm-hearted, charitable al
most to fault, he was theready and
unerring adviser, the friend in time
of need, the counsellor in'bereave-
ment. He never let an opportunity
go by to do the work of the Master
here on earth. His passing is deep
ly deplored by people of all creeds
who enjoyed the privilege of his ac-
quaintance, and his memory will be
held in fond recollection for years tc
come because of the great good he
accomplished throughout his life
time.
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cy, now 81 years old, but still in the
practice of his profession.
Expected TO See Victory.

He said to me that, though he
was, by number of years older
than l, he not only hoped but ex-
pected to live to see Democratic
President m the White House.
Z often think that, with my II
years to be completed IN four days
now, such a hope and expectation ON
my part can hardly reasonably been
tertained, but confess that / am
somewhat ashamed of such pessimis-
tic feeling when l read the CHEEKY
and confident words contained in this
veterans letter.
& do not want you tosuppOse
that feeling of pessimism toward
political affairs is habitual with me.
On the contrary, such condition of
mind is quite infrequent and so tenn
porary that it yields quickly to bet
ter mood and a settled conviction
-h4t our party before many years
will march from the darkness to the
full light of glorious achievement. .
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AN OED LANDMARK
WHICH HAS BEEN POINTED OUT The
RAVELR A THOUSAND TlIE.

Anent the sensational case ofMrs
Mary Ferell, who is being held !,
answer TO an Indictment before th.
grand jury at williamson, there i,
one interesting feature which ha,
thus far escaped notice, and which
calls to mind the origin Of the Nc
coy-Hat6eld Seud which resulted in
the death of more than tifty menbe-
fore it subsided.
The residence which it is alleged
that Ms. Ferell burned Is said to
be the one which was occupied by
Harrison Hatfield, the first man to
lose his life in the famous vendetta.
The residence occupied the high
ground at the lower end of the little
town ofMatewan, and was surround
ed by an old apple orchard, planted
by Hatfield. 1t will be remembered
that Hatfield was shot by a member
of the Mccoy faction, while attend
ing law suit, as witness, where a
hog was the property at issue. He
was mortally wounded, but was con-
veyed to his home, some two miles
further up the Tug river, where he
fingered for a day and a night before
he died. In the meantime three Of
the Mccoys were arrested and held
in an old building on the opposite
side of the river, in Kentucky, but
in plain view of the Hatfield resi-
dence, awaiting the results of Hat
fields wounds. When Hatfield died
it was only few hours until great
crowd of his friends collected and
crossing the river took the Mccoys
from the officers and taking them a
short distance up the river, opposite
the upper end of the present town
of Matewan, they confined the pris-
oners by tying them to a dogwood
bush when their bodies were all rid
died with bullets.
The burning of the Ferrill resi-
dence is the passing of an old land
mark which has been pointed out
possibly thousand times, as the
home of the original victim ofthe
great fued which at one time almost
threatened to engage two states in
the civil war.
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PEARY PAID BY UNCLE sam.

1t OCCURS to some inquisitiye peo-
pie that they might properly inquire
if Commander Peary was in the pay
and service of the United States Gov
ernment while on his tripto the pole.
If so, he is entitled to all the emolu:
ments from the publication of his
story, his books, lectures, ETC., based
on his journey 1t is said that Com
mander Peary, while in the pay of
the Government, has for the last doz-
en- years done little else than exploit
himself as polar explorer and that
on his recent trip the Government
had assigned him to report tidal OBJ
servations in the arctic regions. No
one wishes to detract from any of the
credit that belongs to Peary, and we
all hope that he has discovered the
pole, either at first or second finder;
yet we cannot escape the conclusion
that good deal of the courage We
attribute to polar discoveries has be-
hind it a decided hankering after
what the Good Book calls ''flthy
lucre. Leslie Weekly.
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He COMMANDED The FIRST FLEETWOOD
IN 1866.

Commodore Charles NJ. Holloway.
of Cincinnati, was GallipOlis visitor
for couple of days. The cOmmo-
dore was at one time at the head of
the famous White Collar Line ofbig
sidewheel boats that ran from Gin
cinnati to Pomeroy. He is said to
have been the most successful and
ablest manager the line ever had.
Commodore Holloway, we are told,
formed the first Combine or salt trust
in the palmy days of the Pomeroy
Bend. The salt trust was one ofthe
first ever formed in this country.
The Commodore, who is man well
along in years, was practical boat
man, and commanded the first Fleet
wood, in 1866. He is an uncle Of
clerks Charles Henry Holloway and
James c. Holloway of the Green
wood, and Capt. Peter Holloway,
pilot on the Tacoma. Commodore
Holloway has many warm friends
along the river. He has been sue
cessfnl in businesS on shore since re-
firing from the river, several years
back.-Gallipolis Cor. Waterways
Journal.
The Holloways are among our
most respected citizens, men and
women alike, being enthusiastic in
every progressive move of this hust-
ling little river city. Commodore
Holloway is well known here and i.
remembered not only as courteou.
.'land-lubber'' with his land legs
on, but seamon with & sea legs
on that made every one, who sailet
on any of the good ships he com
manded feel as much at home a
though he or she were in their ow1
little s1home castle.
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Light is Still Brighter"

In my last letter to you l ex-
pressed myself as seeing some light
ahead for Democracy. IcannOt help
feeling this time that the light is
still brighter. 1t does seem to me
that movements have been set in
motion which, though not at the
present time of large dimensions,
promise final relief from the burden
which so long has weighed US down.
81 have lately come to the con-
clusion that our best hope rests up
on the domination of Johnson, of
Minnesota. The prospects, to nv
mind, appear as bright with him as
our leader as with any other, and,
whether we meet with success OF
not, believe with such a leader we
shall take long step in the way Oi
of returning to our old creed and the
old policies and the old plan of or.
ganization, which heretofore hav,
led Us tossyictory.
/ received letter a few day,
ago from Judge Donahue, ofNev
York, an old war-horse of Democra
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A story is told of Fayette COun-
ty lawyer who, retiring from active
practice of his profession, built him
self delightful residence on a COM
manding eminence. The house had
not yet received a name, and the
knight of Blackstone had suggested
to him such poetic names as Dun
Glen, Dun Cain, Dun Nevis, Dun
Bruce, Dun Edin, etc. Meeting an
old client, poor and erusty, the lawyer
mentioned these craggy names and
asked the erstwhile client to suggest
one when gleefully, and with the air
of man who had at last conqured,
the poor and needy client suggested
that the lawyer call the house Dun
Robin
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-20

Money covered Atlantic street,
Norfolk, Va, one day recently, as
the leaves of the forest the ground,
and newsboys, draymen, bootblacks
and street sweepers looked upon the
scene as an evidence of the milleniel
dawn. A bag containing 5000
nickels was being transferred from
one bank to another, and it burst IN.
the middle of the street, and the
nickeIs rolled rand wide. But two
policemen were on the job, and with
the aid of faithfnl street sweeper
succeeded it making the crowd under
stand that it had not rained money
for the benefit of the multitude.
The street sweeper swept the money
into piles, and bank clerks collected
it into other bags. It is said that
not a nickel was lost.
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WOMAN SUES FOR BIG, DAMAGES.
NJ. Amelia Batterson, Of Maso

Mrs. Amelia PATTERSON, of Mason
City, has entered suit in the common
pleas court of Lawrence county
against W. A. Murdock, Jr., of IRON
ton, for $40, ,sos, damages alleged
SO have been caused by being thrown
from her buggy by horse which she
was driving becoming frightened at
an automobile driven by W. A. MUIR
dock, Jr.
In her petition, fled by Attorneys
"A. P. Miller, NJ. S. Bebstet and Jed
B. Bibbee. Mrs. patterson alleges
that on September IL of last year
she was driving horse along the
chester-Rutland highway, when she
was met by an automobile driven by
the junior Murdock; that Just after
she had crossed the Jack Martin
bridge her horse caught sight of the
approaching machine, becoming
frightened and unmanageable; that
when the machine was yet several
hundred yards away, but coming at
a high rate of speed she called loud
ly and waved her hands, hoping
thereby ro cause the driver of the
machine to stop in time to prevent
accident; that instead of stopping
his machine the driver continued to
approach at high rate Of speed
that the horse turned suddenly at
right angles, causing the plaintiff to
be thrown violently to the gronnd
that as a result of the accident the
thigh bone of the plaintiffs right
leg was broken and compound frac-
ture resulted at or near the middle
of the leg; that as result she was
confined to her bed continuously
from September IL, 1905, 70 jan
uary l, 1909; that as permanent
result of these injuries she has be.
come cripple for life, and that she
will be compelled to use crutches
for the most of her natural life; that
as result of the accident the plain,
tiff is damaged to the extent of slo,,
900, and that during her enforced
confinement she has bee2 put to ar
expense of sSo$; wherefore she de,
mands Judgment for the $40, sos
with costs.
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NAY LO'STRIBE INCREASE.

The government statement that the
Indians of the United States have in
creased numerically By The spbstan-
tial total Of 20, 900 in the last.twen
years cannot fail 70 give pleasure TO.
their white brother Americans. The
value Of the Indian, individually, 70
kind of Indian he maybe. The Sioux
or the Iroquois, having been civilized
the state depends, Of course, upon
them tomake an admirable and high
ly desirable citizen. for aborigines Of
these types possess courage, energy,
no mean quality ofmental ability and
splendid physiqnes. The Digger Or
the FIathead on the other hand,
could not be SO warmly welcomed.
But from a purely chronological
standpoint, the increase of the red
mans numbers is unequivocally a.
consummation deyoutly to be wished.
He is a distinct race having little in
common with any of the other grand
divisions ofhumanity. Considered as
a whole, without regard to the wide
tribal variations, he has inbred in.
him some qualities which would en-
rich humanity could they be dissem-
mated.
And last, but not least, the Indians
perpstuation is to be desired as the
white mans late attempt to make
some amends for the great wrong
which he has done the red man dur
ing nearly FIVE centuries.
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WITH APOLOGIES TO SUlFLOWER PHI.
L0SOPHY.

You don't hear much about Mon
day being wash day any more, do
yOua
What has become of the Old-fash-
ion bOot=jaek that our fathers used,
and that always could be found in
the chimney corners
webave looked and looked inyain
lately for the candy kisses, all wrap
ped in colOred paper that We ate
when a child.
Have you seen any of your neigh
bOrs lately making lye in a big black
kettle in their back yard.
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CELEBRATION OCTOBER 10. 1874.
PUBLSHED 1876.
Taken from "AtliinsoR,s Hi,tory OF
the kauawha Valley" !" contributed
by Della A. Meculloch.

On the 10th of October, 1874. a
grand celebration of the Tooth an
niyersary of the battleof Point Pleas
ant took place. The day was beau
tifal, the sun smiled upon the vast
multitude who had assembled towit-
ness the anniversary celebration of
the last battle of the frontier. and
the first battle of the Revolution.
Brass bands were present, among
the number the cornstalk Band of
Point Pleasant.
Sweet music rolled upon the air,
able oratiOns were delivered. The
people listened as though the words
spoken were divine. The patriotic
sons who fell upon the field of blood
100 years before were appropriately
extolled for their noble and manly
virtues. 1t was grand occasion and
an effort worthy of the noble citizens
of Mason county.
1t will be remembered for many
years in the future, as having an in
innate and inseparable connection
with the battle itself, reviving old
memories, well nigh obseured by the
dust of time.
A movement was then put on foot
to secure a fund sufficient to raise a
monument over the graves of the he
roes, who fell in the battle of Point
Pleasant. This was an appropriate
movement, and every good citizen
should be interested in its success.
Rev. W. E. Hill, of Point Pleas
ant, had been recently appointed by
Governor John Jacob, of West vir-
ginia, to solicit the cooperation Of
the Legislatures of Virginia, Ohio
and Kentucky in the erection of a
suitable monument to commemorate
the decisive battle Of Point Pleasant,
and he is now at work and hopes to
succeed in the accomplishment ofhis
objeca
The design of The monument when
completed, indicates that it will be
an elegant structure. There will be
engraved upon its calls. .ne names
of the heroes who fell in the battle.
There is also to be slab in the
basement, In Memonam" of the
great AID brave Indian chieftain,
cOrnstaIk, who was treacherously
and brutally murdered a few years
after the battle, (Nov. 8, l777) and
whose remains lie buried in the Court
House yard at Point Pleasant.
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TEMPERANCE RALLY.

There will be a Temperance rally
a. HooF Opera House, Thursday
allday, October 81. Rev. Baker, Of
Columbus, Ohio, and others, viii ad-
dress the meeting. Gov. Glasseock
has promised TO represent. Every
body invited.
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Recalling Past Contests

81 often recall past political con-
tests and those who were prominent
as leaders in days past in winning
Democratic victories. l do not know
but your thoughts are often led in
the same direction, and if they are
you must feel the same surprise that
i do in being able to recall so few
who yet survive.
1t does not seem to me that the
successors of these old leaders natu-
rally give rise to great confidence or
hope. Still, l cannot rid myself Of
the idea that our party, which has
stood so many clashes with our polit-
ical opponents, is not doomed at this
time to sink to a condition of useless
and lasting decadence.
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Scientists tell US We shall brush
through the up Of the comets tail
next May. Let Us hope nothOught-
less person win tie tin can 70 Il.
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BELIEF
N FUTURE SUCCESS OF DEMOCRATIC
PARTY dUNG TO CLEVELAND.

Utica, n. Y, October l4.-E.
Prentiss Bailey, veteran editor of the
Utica Observer, and close friend Of
Grover Cleveland, tonight prints in
his newspaper the text of a letter he
received from the former President a
few days before Mr.. Cleveland went
to Princeton, n. j., where he later
died, and which Editor Bailey be.
lieyes is the last letter of any length
or importance that Cleveland wrote.
The former Presidents letter to
Mr.. Bailey is dated at Princeton, n.
j., March Il, 1908, and its contents
are particularly interesting in the
light of the controversy procipitated
a year ago by the so-called cleve-
land letter produced by Broughton
Brandenburg, which subsequently
was alleged to have been forgery
and for selling which Brandenburg
was prosecuted in New York.
Pictured Cleveland as Hopeless.
letter which Brandenburg gave
to the public made it appear early in
the last Presidential year that Mr..
Cleveland, becoming hopeless of his
party, here turned the eulogist of
Taft, the then expected nominee of
the Republicans.
Brandenburg testified at his trial
this year that the letter was signed
by the President and given to him
about the sth of March, 1908. The
letter, which is given below, was
written to the editor of the Observer
SIX days later than that date, and it
shows that former President was still
with his party, and, instead of hav-
ing Taft in mind, was contemplating
with satisfaction the possible nomi-
nation of the late John A. Johnson,
ofMinnesota, for the Presidency by
the Democrats.
The letter in part follows:
81 have read with great deal of
satisfaction your last exceedingly
friendly letter.
Regarding you as one of my old
est and best personal friends, as well
as one of the staunch, political COM
rades still remaining to wage warfare
in the Democratic cause, your solici-
tude concerning my health and the
kind expression contained in your
letter are most gratifying.
-.
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Drifting with the tide is one way
70 get where you don't want to 60.
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OF COURSE NOT.

''Isee where a writer says: Good
by to the fairy tale.'''
Are all the married men deadl''
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The goyernment statement that che
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York, an old war-horse Of Democra-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06

dows of Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelts drawing
room. The former waved his hand to them
in response to their salutations.
Another small group gathered outside d.
car windows OF the former president at
Wilmington, Del, and these people were
awarded with a picture of simple domestic
lily. Sitting in the front seat was Mrs.
Roosevelt knitting industriously with old
fashioned needles. Opposite her sat the
ex-president smiling happily at her. Both
looked pleasantly at those assembled ont
side the windows and bowed a~cknowledpe
ment to their greetings.
When the train reached her. about three
hours late, Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt were
at dinner. There was no crowd to gree
the former chief executive and the trair
halted only a few minutes before con
tinuing the journey to New York.
NEW YORK. March 4-Former Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt's train reached
Jersey City at i1;5 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS
CONGRATULATE TAFT
New President il Hailed as Friend of
y Japan, who Knows Its
People.

TOXIC, March 6.-The press OF Japan
continues TO felicitate President TAFT
upon his Inauguration and is unanimous
in rejoicing over the fact that his knowl-
edge of Japan is based upon his personal
observations while a visitor in the en-
pire. The papers say that in consequence
OF this the friendship between Japan end
the United States is certain TO be
strengthened materially during President
Taft's term of office. they refer TO the
new executive as a man who appeals in
the highest sense to the Japanese public
as a worthy successor to President RooSe-
welt, whose policies with rerspect TO the
Japanese are characterize as both noble
and just.
Editorials express the confident eX-
pectation that Japanese interests in the
United States will be safe with President
Taft In office.
The full text of President Tafts in
augural address has been received by CA
BILE and widely published. inspiring fur
Their expressions of confidence on the par
of the press. Especially attention Is
called 10 that portion of the address
which outlines the policy of the incoming
president on Asiatic immigration. This
is commended in the various papers.
The Japanese editors make the in
auguration of President Taft ground foI
congratulstion not only TO the United
States, but also to Japan, and see in thu
event a strong guarantee for the main
tenance of the peace of the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
MISS PECK'S TRIP TO CANADA
Immigration Inspector Talked with.
Young Woman and T~eIeEraphed
Her Father.

WINNIPEG, Man, March ban explain
ton Of the strange disappearance Of the
daughter Of Senator Peck OF Westboro,
Mo, was tonight given by immigration
Inspector Agnew of Emerson. who was
mainly instrumental in locating the young
girl ia Canada. Miss Peck had been visit
ing at Glenwood, MINI. where she has
relatives and came north last Friday 10
Emerson and Winnipeg. Agnew. in dis
charge of his duties as inspector. closely
questioned here as to her movements and
as to money she had In her possession.
Her original Intention had been TO remain
for a brief period in Emerson and she got
off the train there, nut being disappointed
In the size or the town she decided TO come
to Winnipeg. This made the inspector more
particular than he might otherwise have
been and his examination Of Mrs. Peck was