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Yachting Notes.

James J. Morrissey-Tne schooner yacht
America when she won tho prize In the Royal
Yacht Sqvsdron regatta IN 1881. now known as
the Americas cup. was q ccntreboard vessel.
lead ballast n
The Old MN Yacht Club has elected these
ofhcers: Commodore. William u. rowers. vfce-
commodore. Thomas King: rear commodore.
Albert Otto: recordins secretary. Joseph Buch-
ler; corresponding SECRETARY, Arthur Baker.
financial secrrtsry. Hugo Boyer: messurer, Peter
Nuhn; trustees. DR.. G. A. Cooper. Harry Walker.
Hessler.
Commodore wilnam H. childs has declined
denomination from tho Bcnsonhurst Yacht Club
snd q new man viii be leader of that popular
lower bay orgAniEAaion next year.
Class GrAvesend Bay knockAbouts. a they
are termed will be strcng gthcncd before the open
Ing OF next season Five new boats 10 be built.
These are for Louis 3. Temann. DIR. Atkinson,
p. L. Bilfngham, z. Zimmerman and one other
yachtsmAn.
c. A. Tucker Of this city, who spends his sum.
mers at Dark HArbor, Ne. has placed an order
with. l.. A. Coomhs. q Belfast. Ne. builder, for a
a foot speed motor boat that will be 4 feet
inches wide and have . 20 horse power motor.
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yoIiva Free on ball.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2t.-Overseer voliva Of
Zion City was released last night from
McHsnry county Jail in Woodstock In
s12 900 bail pending his appeal TO the
Appellate Court against the SO, 600 judg-
ment for libel obtained by Philip Mother
sell. Voliva went to Jail because he re-
fused to pay the judgment.
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billiards.

George n. Sutton. the handless man. de-
game AT three cushions at the latter e room
last night, winning by a score OF rs 20 23
Robert Upton Of Syracuse won last
the orpheum Billiard Rooms, defeating
Lewis Brill of Manhattan by the score
Of I25 to 90 'jpton's high run Was a.
Butler Of Brooklyn will play Tonight.
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stuyYc.ant shooter. Win.

The 5tuyvesant High School rife team
beat the Manual Training shooters In the
subtarget gun competition yesterday, scor-
Ing 2sT points TO the latter's 247. w. Curry
and Austrian Of Stuyvesant each made seven
bulls eyes. The summary:
Stuyyessnt-Hoener. ~; Smith, "A: @. Curry, ~:
W. Curry. S: D. Pietro. ~; Henmetx M ne
Gsetano az; Austrian, IS. Total. ss7. Manual
yoorhees; 81 Wilson, ~; Roth. Is: Young. ~.
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MORAN AFTER NELSON.
English Pugilist Here Again and WIZ
49,. Post q Forfeit.

pugilist. arrived here yesterday from
London. He said that he intended to
remain in America for at least six months
and would post substantial forfeit imme-
diately To bind fight with Battling Nelson
for the lightweight championship of the
world Moran stated that he weighed
about 1856 pounds and could easily mako
T33 at the ringside for the Dane He wants
a forty-five round bout and favors Call
fornis for the battle-ground.
Moran said that there was very little
money for fighters In England just now
match with Jem Driscon In London had
to be called on because promoters did not
Driscoll here later on II a suitable purse
is hung up. He went to Lakewood yester-
day afternoon to 20 into training. rs he
intends to take part In some bouts IN Phila-
delphis. Boston and possibly In this city
next month
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Hitte Draws with synnost.
Special caole Dsspaieh 10 rsn sun.

Pks1s, Deo. -. Chcrlts Vista. .he EEas...
can middleweight. and Herbert synnot,.
tho English light heavyweight. fought a
match OF fifteen rounds ct Wonderland thIs
evening. Hitte attacked furiously and had
Bynnott, who was fresh. made a good
attack In the last round. The referee DE-
clared the match draw. -, -'-s--
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Nigh, Riders Blamed for Tobacco Burn.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. Dec. 24.--The barns
on the farms Of Rose Nichols and Edward
Nichols in Spencer county were burned
with several thousand pounds of tobacco
last night. Nearly a dozen farms in
Spencer and Warrick counties have been
burned this season. IL is believed night
riders are at work again.
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SCHOOL BASkETBALL.
stuyvesant and Flushing High Success
ful.

rui.
Stuyvesant Hin school. put aside the
Erasmus Hall team In the p. 9. A. L. basket
ball tournament yesterday at the stuyve-
sant gymnasium. jacobson OF the New
York team Gagged three shots in one minute.
The score was 20 to rs. Al the end OF the fret
period Stuyvesant had p points and Erasmus
Hall had scored n.
The Eastern District team was defeated
by score OF "a to - by Flushing High
School at the Forty-seventh Regiment
Armory yesterday afternoon. The Eastern
District second Ave won from the Cathedral
College second team. 10 TO II.
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ssEIP wANrRn- MALE.

CUSTOM CLERKS wANTED-The recent
qpstom frauds mean many new appoin tmeatn;
Excellent salaries paid: short hours; annual vaca,
don; steady work: examinations In New York
coming; common education. sufncicnt; candidates.
sacwing dates. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. Dept.
Gu ~. Rochester. M. lT- -
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--Roscnson. j. Fraen Itnick. J: Nathans, smith. ,:
hsuf,, Brown McKenna. :; Runge. Points
tnct %. Refcres-wykle, subs itut tcs-Roth
stein for Rubin. Nathans for Balm. Hauft for
Brown Time of haIyes-sS mlnuteS
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Score-Stuyvesan %; Erasm us Hall, a. Goals
McMath. James. Sonytlle. Points awarded for
fonls-Stuyyesant IL Erasmus Hall. 0. Referee
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25

shoot to them and not hit them. The
next day Rob and Ben reported they
had found both a Ion and bear track.
1t Is difficult to decide which levels
the. more excitement, the prospects OF
a lion or bear chase. The bear Of
this section arc known rs silver lips
here, but they are the same rs the
California grizzlies. When once s'alt-
ed they think OF nothing bat escape
and Gun put a horse to his best speed
to keep within gun sho'. and .!ioald
one get too near one OF them Oh wouiia
It, there Is only one escape outside
Of n dead shot. and that Is to climb
a tree. The common little black benr,
as you all know. can easily climb a
tree, but the grizzlies can not. We
saw many places where the bear had
made the challenges on the large
pines and some Of them were eigh. or
ten feet up.
Speaking Of bear reminds me Of A
bear story in which. one Of the Buys
in the crowd was thu ,nmcipa,.
Some time since when Rob was rath'
or small he was out riding q bronco
two year old filly and ran across a
two year old bear. lie made n dash
at It and roIed It, then dragged 1t te
q cactus and tied It. Then he tool
of one Of his reins and "lassed" It by
one hind Lee. stretched It ont and
killed 1t with his pcnknife. This Il
not 4 fish story, but true hear story
As I was saying VIC had found tht
bear and lion tracks so by the tint
IL was light NC, were on 0llr way. Rol
took tho dogs and went around thu
canyon some Elk miles to where ne ex
pected to start the bear. The rest o
us went to the other side OF the can
yon so as to meet It. We took our sta
lions at various points and put In TIL
day planning how we were 10 kill !
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25
HEAR ANTI.PAss SUIT.
(Union Associated Press.)

BOSTON. Jan. Is. = Charged with
issuing free passes for Interstate pas.
senger transportation, the Boston Z
Maine railroad Is to-lay being Inyestl,
gated by the interstate commerce
commission. The hearing Is looked
upon as a test case. in which railroads
in all parts OF the country will be
interested. ~
This Is the first formal action tax.
en- by the commission TO bring about
the prosecution Of railroad officials
for, alleged violations of the law in re-
spect to the issuance OF passes. The
commission has. however. several
times served notice on the carriers
that Irregularities had been found
which, II continued. would result in
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25

lite ia ii tied them DOM TN
4 nsxt mornIn whsn thss boys bpasht
ftasm down5 tie canyon la wagon.
chrissa,as % thss Ranse. isI,
! Before telling yoush ox We all spent
Christmas Twill tn ~; convey to you
some idea foft the big mess 81 things
here. Yavapar& Co. in which we live.
lis onetalrd asSlarge as West Virginia
vita fewer people in II than in Fair.
mont Were Mr.. Perkins range placed
in SIS rion county with his ranch house
In Fairmont the range would on Its
borders take IN Morgantown. Clarks-
burg. Warrington and Fairylew. and
where you have perhaps $4,000 people,
we have two families. with occasional.
" a few prospectors. Just before
Christmas we received an Invitation
from our neighbor on the west to come
and spend Christmas vita them. We
/, had no other arrangements SO we &C.
,cdplet.I We were requested to bring
some beds with tus and as 1--WE had to
travel forty miles TO- reach the. ranch
We; decided instead OF packing our bells
|on3 horses and riding through in day
TO-. lake a wagon aud make q two-iay
trip On Wednesday noon We hltched
four mules to the wagon. put In some
barley. our beds and plenty Of VIA ps
and Bob. BIN, Fannie and I were OF.
The first twelve miles was UP grade.
As We neared the summit! we found
plenty Of snow. From the summit We
hid eight miles down grade which We
made In an hour end twenty minutss.
the mules having trotted the whole
distance. 1t was about dark when
NC arrived at Mr.. Perkins upper
r,nch where We found him and his
wife who had gone before in a buggy.
Nlck's hest girl lived on inc road md
he thought II would not look well to,
he seen driving ont IN a mule wagon.
- he. followed the next day horse
back. Now wasn't that like boy? Al.
most rs soon as We had had supper
we Joys unrolle'l our beds in the barn
and were soon asleep. By three 2.
NJ. Thursday We we're at the King
ranch where We found MS nosptablc IN
English Canadian family us heart
could wish.
On Christmas We had fifteen for din.
ner. Gu the. table We found some real
English pudding. turkey. two ducks.
a ham and all the other good Christ.
mas things. The Kings are all mu.
steal and with three viollns. two con.
certials. n mandolin. a flute and an or.
gan It reminded me Of Dowden's Or.
chcsL!a. Sunday as We we're coming
nome when near the summit we saw
boards going. In the air. cloud Of !
steam anil heard terrific report and |
we knew that terrible explosion had |
taken place at the Hobs mine. We
we're soon there and found on arriving
that forty pounds of dynamite had ex.
ploded while thawing on the boiler
walls. and that luclilly no one was
hurt. On Christmas day the boys
lay on the porch In their shirt sleeves
while at the same time We made ice .
cream from snow and ice found In the
yard and the Thermometer stood at 80
degrees. Peculiar weather We have
here.
With best wishes 10 any OF my
friends who may not have fotSotten
me. I am,
W. CURTIS MILLER,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25
Miller |: u {: !, : :
Yrites5 Of Sport I
! III the West

s gTne rxts & lends Of w! Curtis Nil.
~. !sas born and reared lin this
( tcany$aEd tausht in the State Normal
chod3 dcre for several years, will fad
SxIrat pEaszts ia reading the follow.
s8ilBg 5etJ isaEsting letter from him.
III. 4. : Z, IA
1 Editor Vest f'irginfan: III 4 &
u i 1.ryr frequently beeen asked by
fsIof,e on ny iffends Of the east to write
8.essssun,etafpsT 10 zone Of the local pa
i i5;Iprs iaf I haye always been as modest
8about arpe,trinE IN print as I have
&Hee1 zlkzff appearing before an az.
/ ttsani2J,las ~ s1ye a talk, the latter Of
4 rdcn M, suud friend, Prof. Barnes,
sFwi11 Bear ME out 10, for I used to spen,l
hours tufds to outwlt him fl order
gtos gpt5 ddr OF making those chapel
speeches; WHICH fle said must be made.
4 Iaz1ssp5: aiiare I am SO far away that
my triIi cimr VIII be too old to be
4 keen before II will have reached nc.
kE;HfH M 10 give an account OF some
sdff6e sports tiat we have in the west.
\ mi willie. there arc many good things
Isl fas east, an Of which envy. | Will
4 Eel berter TIT am able to get some
s1ff my ninrrod friends. such as John
PHILLIPS; Drs. Sands and Miller. and
Bert Zones. 10 envy some OF our real
sports here. When tell them Of how
ne liuDf Non. deer, bear and most ex-
eIfng pf al the wild boar. they. too,
VIII wish they could drop their work
Tor 4 month and come and rough II
with 9ma. In West Virginia We us1,'
8aIy take a good team and drive to
! aumr g1ad reighhors place. who Is
<eH prepared to take care OF US. and
perhaps, II In the mountains. to act
:J guide. and dictate when and how
we snail Hunt. In Arizona, we have
10 rough II a little more.
n II SKas Gn Thanksgiving that the
ffrsr Boys under my tutilage and ! dc.
Il ~.
1 siaed 10 dunt for larger game than
duck and quail, Of which We had tired.
SO a,Iiy TINT morning We wrangled the
anrsps md cut out nine and two pack
Sssmr1lEek Tfieir being but four Of us We
taBdBd but two beds, which We easily
! sneknd on two horses and on the mules
ne packed our chuck and some barley.
We I've! near ) the head Of the Ver'li
s1lrer; ar an altitude OF $500 feet. yet
when we left the ranch II was warm
I aud pleasant but before night was
wearing two pairs of pants. an over
,nuaf and a sllcker.; for we had ascent.
led ;urers 1900 feet, distance great.
III, than the altitude Of Mt. Lake Park.
4 giving as then an altitude Of 5000 feet.
,,ai1n one part Of the trail we assembled
!. Jver 1000 feet IN going a mile. White
Hiding up tbs trail | thought Of some
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25
Inter- 5.ette1
All lend

Of my good Stendertoot friends aud
wondered u we #would have had I'd
blindfold them to get them to try such
atrail. / am quite sure l would MOI
have tried 1t on one Of those two by
four saddles I used to ride In West
Virginia. or to have ridden old%"Tom''
that I used to ride there, for the first
time he would have Numbered hi,
would have landed 500 feet below. Il
was on this same trail that as We went
up we saw a short distance ahead OF
us game that would give anyone but. u
real tried sportsman the "buck-ague,
but we had our hounds, and II there Is
any one, thing that a hound likes to
run It is a deer, so in order not to spoil
the dogs and save them for bigger
game, we. had to be satisfied with
watching several fine big bucks walk
leisurely up that trail ahead Of us. Tlls
trail led to the rim Of the plateau an ]
there we found plenty OF snow and It
plenty cold. We went five miles fur
Their and made camp at. the TX ranch,
which consists Of a small log cabin
and a good dobie hole for water. Oh,
SO hungry! All day we had followed
Is a trot those noble saddle horses up
canyons. through miles OF cellars. over
trails less than a foot wide In places,
across the naked plateau and finally
into the stately pines. that reminded
me so much Of the Allegheny plateau
as | have seen It so many times. AMI
why shouldn't we be hungry?
Next morning 1t was storming and
showing only as 1t can snow ut these
attitudes, so We had to be content In
telling how we would do when the
storm was over. Saturday Nick and
| went together for deer, but aside
from finding plenty OF fresh tracks in
the snow, we found nothing to excite
us. Rob and Ben had gone In another
direction and found and shot n'"n
buck. 1t will give you some i,lea .:
the country when tell you that they
shot this deer a half mile below tbs
rim of a canyon and in order to have
brought It to camp they would have
had TO take their horses ut least ten
miles TO have gotten to It. They hung
It up in tree and got 1t later when
We broke camp. The next day Rob.
Ben and went for deer and to look
for lion and bear signs. We had no!
been out long when my horse acted
as II he saw something near. | looked
a hundred yards below. and saw wolf.
| at once threw my reins down. got
my thirty.thirty and shot 1t through
the shoulder. and later Ben shot and
broke one its hind legs. The loho
'(wolf) is very large and will kill
calf every few nights and at times
several In n single night. We got no
deer that day. but as Rob and Bon
were coming in they saw lions track
and OF course we we're of early neSt
morning and had soon trotte1 the
three miles TO where they had seen
the track, but We found what seemed
to be u fresh track near by and as
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25
1--we STOCK CONVENTION.
union Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES. CAL. Jan. eS.-cat.
tie kings Of the country are gather,
Ing in Los Angeles to-day for the an,
nual convention Of the American Ma
tional Live Stock Association. which
Will begin at 10 O'clock tomorrow
morning and continue in session foT
three days. Cattle diseases, the for.
est reserves grazing lands and the
tariff will be among the matters dis.
cussed. ". iESti'. 4 ~ I'm
T- n Waaf Vlrrfnlhn Wrnt Al. n III.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25

List OK estate Marion in the month Of Deem
Der M nonpaymen the charged thereon for the
fl9pef and purchased by Individuals
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-25

any real described Sold his heirs
right TO charge such real estate for debt
the paying the purchaser his heirs or assigns with
from the amount specified In the last column
table, have been
PURCHASER assigns with Interest sad purchase
centum from the time
HsAe same may have been so paid,
Given under my hand this day OF January. 1909.
H. r, FuRpEE,
jim 124-Tks % Sheriff OF Marion County West Virginia.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-03-04
TILLMAN is CAUSTIC.
His Latest Resolution Last Slap at
Roosevelt. =.-s..-


Washington, D. c., Feb. 26.-Sena-
tor Tillman today astonished the Sen
ate by the Introduction of a resolu-
ton instructing the Committee on
Postomces and Post Roads to inquire
whether messages and reports recent
1y sent to Congress by the President
should not be excluded from the mails
as obscene literature unfit for circu-
lation. The motion was, on motion Of
Mr.. Tillman, referred to the Commit
tee on Postofice and Post Roads, its
reading in the Senate and reference
causing no discussion.
The resolution includes not only the
Presidents message, but the report of
the commission and the Committee on
Postofces is directed to consider
whether the use Of the mails should
not be prohibited to the entire mat
ter.
The resolution refers to the Presi-
dents Homes Commission, dealing
with the homes in Washington, to the
message on the commissions report,
and TO the report itself, which treats
Of conditions in the alley homes of
the city in plain language.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-03-04
RALEIGH'S PUBLIC SCHOmS.
Best Teachers Leaying-Early Closing
of Schools the Cause.

Raleigh Evening Times.
teachers are. steadily pouring I'm from
all parts of the State.
Miss Ada v. Womble, who hREs been
connected with the Raleigh schools
for a number OF years. will leave for
Greensboro Immediately upon the
closing of the Raleigh schools ION the
fifth of March She has accspted a
position there for the rest of the
school term. If the special tax cleo
ton is carried and the schools will
be run the usual length next year
she might be prevailed upon to return
to the capital city.
Miss Mary Arlington, another valu-
able teacher, will leave for Wilson $
Mills.
Oxford Las made known a desire
for Raleigh teacher, and MIR. Harper
has recommended Miss Emma Conn
Miss Conn is now considering the
offer.
One of the gentleman teachers has
been tenders ed a position at the A. &
M. College It is not known as yet
whether he shall accept or not.
1t is safe to say that should the
| special tax fail to pass all Of Hal
eigh's best teachers would be forced
| to accept positions at other places
where the school terms are sufficient
| ly long for them to earn a better sal
ary than they could possibly earn il
Raleigh. This is only the beginning
Of the outpour of teachers which are
recognized as among the best of the
State.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-03-04
|CRUM STEPS DOWN

Charleston, 8. c., March with
the resignation of DR.. VIM. D. Crum
as collector Of customs at this port,
"a situation which threatened to cause
iPresident-elect Taft considerable en-
barrassment is avoided. No appoint
ment made by President Roosevelt
during either of his administrations
has given rise to as much discussion
as that of DIR. CruIn, whose appoint
=ment as collector at Charleston was
vigorously opposed because Of the
fact that he Is negro. A long and
hard fight against his confirmation
was made by Senator Ti1lman and
others when he was first named for
the position by President Roosevelt
in 1908, and within the last few weeks
following his appointment, Senator
Tfllman conducted a successful fill
buster against his confirmation by the
Senate.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-03-04
Sends His Voice to Mother.

AS a surprise to his aged parents
on the sixtieth anniversary of their
wedding. John K Findley, a Pennsy
machinist, sent to them near Glasgow
Scotland, graphophone records, into
which he had spoken congratulations,
speeches and sung songs. His mother
had not heard his voice for thirty
years, but on the first line Of BE Kind
tae Auld Grannie," the first selection,
she cried, "'Tis mae ain son. Johnny. .
Altoona Dispatch.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-03-04
Big Prizes Within Reach of Wayne
= !. County Farm Boys.
GodsborosOffers Equal Amounts With The State For
Best Result In Corn Growing In This County:
Many Other sPrizes Available: Tell Your
ENeighbor And Their Boys About This.
The Argus Will Give Twenty Five Dollars.

subscriber to the Weekly Argus from
April 1, 1909. So that if the first prize
winner of the State be a Wayne conn
ty farm boy he will get $125.
Additional Prizes.
Furthermore. large number of ad-
ditional prizes have been offered bwl
Go1dsboro merchants, which will be-
scheduled and published in The Argus
within the next few weeks; so that 1T
will pay the farmer boys Of the coun-
ty to watch these columns diligently.
and get their acre of ground in resdi-
ness for cultivation.
These Goldsboro prizes will be
awarded for best competitive results
| in Wayne county, whether the State
prizes come to Wayne county Or not.
This issue of The Argus is mailed
to every farm home in Wayne County
| to the head of the homeland we
request that it be read i'm the family
and that every boy between the ages
Of IL and Il years be urged to go ia
work an1 endeav0r to win one o.
these prizes. The effort will do hin
good, and make him better boy, {
better citizen, better farmer, ever
IL he should not win the prize.
/ WE REQUEST every boy to be a
his township meeting on tho; date her,
published for such meeting. and brins
his father with him, when full expIa
natien wul be made i'm a public tall
by Mr.. E. i. Atkinson, County Super
J, intendent of Schools, and at whicl
meeting TANKS will he given out t
, all applicants to sign who may decid
TO enter the State sand county contest
, Came sut and hear the matter full
. presented.
Mr.. Atkinson VIII meet the peopl
sf the HowIfsalips.ns follows, and ever
: enc is urgfd to GONE out and hea
: hims 49,
xRP0MTMENTS.
: Grantham Falling Cree
: High Scheol, Monday, March s., 81
II B1Dgdens Township - Woodlan
Academy, 1Tuesf1ny, March 9, 2:30 l
4 m.
= Indian Springs Township-Seve
Springs High School, Wednesda,
> EMaTch n 2:3G ID. m
: Kew Hspe FUWnship-Casey Chape
3 ISdhood, Nhursday, March II, 2:30 p. n
g EaHr in One.
4 RikeE7He-, s1StOney Greek, Buc
= Swamp, and Great Swamp Township:
c0mbinea-At Pikeville High Schoo
i FRIDAY, March ~, 2:30 p. m.
0 j2-FOrk WnShip-Rosewood Acade
nay, Saturday, March 13, 2:30 o. m.z
1 NahuHfa Y0Mnship-Eureka Schoo
( Monday, March Is, 23O o. NJ
Il SauIston ToWnship-Hood Swan
v i School Tuesday March 16 2.30 n n
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-03-04
5000, 900 In Rebates to Gas Con-
sumerS.

New York, March 1.-The payment
of 100000 in rebates to 2,50O, 900
consumers was begun today by the
Consolidated Gas Company and its
subsidiary concerns. Bunches of
checks for the amounts returnable
were sent out from the nine distribut-
ing offices especially organized for
the purpose. United States Commits
sioner Shields, who acted as custodian
of the $9,000,00O since 1906, under au-
thority of the United States Court,
which appointed him special master,
visited all nine Of these special dis
tributing points today, and says the
checks had begun to flow through the
mails.