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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
EX0NERATED
Her HUSBAND
MRS. FARMER BEFORE BEING Elk.
EcUTED SAID HER HUSBAND
WAS GuiLTLESS.

AUBURN, N. Y. March a0.-Hop'
ing that she might save her husband
from the fate that befell her. Mrs.
Mary Farmer, convicted Of killing
Mrs. Sarah Brennan last April In
Brownville, left n confession. made
public after her execution by cleo
tricity In Auburn prison early yester'
day. In this, she declared that her
husband, James Farmer, now under
sentence Of death. was not guilty OF
the crime and knew nothing Of It I'm.
I'll It had been committed. Farmer Is
in the state prison here.
Three contacts were given Mrs.
Farmer before she was officially pro-
nounced dead by the attending ply
slcians. The w:etched woman walk
ell quickly to the death chair and died
with prayer on 'ner lips.
While the physicians were remov.
Ing the dead woman's clothing. pre-
limlnary to the autopsy. the photo.
granh OF the 'two.year-old son Of the
couple, Peter Farmer. now with his
uncle IN Watcrtown. N. y. was found
under the corsage of Mrs. Farmers
dress. The condemned woman had
told Father Hickey. ner spiritual ad-
wiser, to whom her public confession
was made, that she had no relative
that she knew o., After the autopsy.
Mrs. Farmer. with the photograph OF
her child clasped in her hands. was
buried in St. .Iosenhs cemetery.
Mary Farmers confessions was MS
follows:
"My husband. James Farmer. never
had any hand IN Sarah Brennan's
death ror never knew anything about
II TIL Ike trunl; was opened. I never
told him anything that happened. 1
feel he has been greatly wronged.
James Farmer was not at home the
day the affair Happened; neither did
James D, Farmer ever put hand on
samn Brennan after her death. |
a gain wish to say that my husband,
james D. Farmer, Is entirely innocent
OF the denth OF Sarah Brennan. that
he knowingly had no part In any plans
that lei to 1t and That he knew moth.
Ing whatever about It,"
(signed) "MARY H. FARMER"
Subscribed and sworn to me this
25th day Of March. 1909.
"B. F. Vinegar, notary public, Cln'
nosa county"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
"a FH , 7G791I T7-T7TTT--
A BAD BUSINESS ANYWAY.

Ss That is the way the Elkhorn (Wis.)
\ Independent heads an editorial in its
issue Of March IS, criticsing the gov
I ernment's envelope printing enter
prise. 1t says:
"The printing office at Dayton, o.,
FOR which the government acts as
sales-agent and general distributor. ,lr'
\ der frank, did work during the fiscal
|; year; year ending June 1, 1908 amounting to
ig$1,672 7Ss.SG. It represents the sum
taken annually from the channels Of
private business.
4 "And for what, alleged reason? % in
@duce users Of the mail. 50 the depart
sment tells us, to use return card on
their, envelopes and thus "lncreasc The
efficiency Of the postal service
But the users OF printed envelopes.
nine out often Of them we believe, APP
4 rreclate the value OF Inc fturn cara
on envelopes and would invariably Sc
cure them Of local printers but for the
sindefenslbls' practice Of the govern.
{ment drumming up trade on n foe
4 print basis and charging the losses in
.wlthtthe general post Office deflcN::.
y,sa.1t's;a picayune proposition f,r I'm.
Gle SAM 1t Is un.Am:rcan an! I'M.
Stfair. By the same token displayed for
the excuse OF Its envelope piracy the
post office department could cnter the
field of half llozcn other business en-.
sterpris.s. and II is surprising tan! It
has not.
,$SS'up to now, the press OF the country,
largely interested as It Is in the print.
ling business has been mllsh'y pa.
stient; but there ars indications Of m.
other|reform movement that will wipe
tiout the totally unfair ana uncallcl for
invasion OF private domain"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
sIIascRlPTloN RATES.
.y7i5ili,,l -'LL5fji
MUTTERlNGs HEARD.

n LIlsssI! 81 XII, LSiJs 81 N. ,-sr I..
4 81 Ever and anon among the rank and
flle Of Republicans are to be heard
;grumblings and mutterings and threats
gof what Is going to be done unless
Sas few pampered federal officials take
IA less conspicuous part in the use OF
the steam roller In State politics. The
one one particular thing on which the
minds q many seem centered Is the
i reorganization Of the State committee.
Ill is pointed out that the State COM
mittee Is dominated by federal Office
holders and that the rupture In the
I pnrty(last summer was brought about
SbySthe high handed manner In which
gthe party's affairs were managed. the
men at home who are Republicans
from principle and not for pelf were
Y rrleyel to see the leaders Of the fac
SfIons plnnging the party into the
depths Of discord simply because they
/ could and had the opportunity TO do
8so. NOW, what the rank and file OF
I Republicans are pleading for Is the
stellminatlon OF conditions wnich Will
make another revolt in the party seem
fsjustllable. It is said that the Repub'
i2lcai, office holders who are responsl.
l blo ior the final adjustment Of the
Y party differences last summer prom
\ ised a reorganization OF the State
" commlttee. II we can't get that vol
then let us begin the agita.
$tion for a new primary election law
(which will include the election OF
state committeeman. Those who are
anxious about this matter can nelp
bring the solution about by asking
4 Governor Glasscock to include pri'
!. mary election bill in the objects o.
4 the call for special session OF the
\ LEGISLATURE next January. Unless we
y let to work and redeem some Of the
!! pledges made. We shall soon have no
L Republican party worthy Of the name
4 and the passage OF Straightforward,
3,,irnpeeqlu,iyocal primary law would 80 a
long way toward satisfying the people
who do the voting and bring about Re-
\ publican victories. BY all means. let
Sus have a good primary law and re.
organization OF the State committee.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
(By Vox BrewerI.

(By vox BrewerI.
Editor West virginlan:
Did you ever stop to consider how
much the Colonel" resembles the
brewery in which he holds stock, and
helped to build?
His huge projecting malt.tub far
overshadows his feet, and his red hair
tops MIN out, or intellectually speak
Ing. becomes the final. the red final
at the top OF the red-mottled smoke.
stack. His legs, the huge pipes which
waddle along and feed the malt-tub.
offer short support to this ponlerous
walking establishment Of foment. He
brews every day and you can see the
smoke and smell the ferment. When
he smacks his teeth. which are his
grinding-mill, You can hear the vast
consignment OF brew stpffs passing
through the duodenum over across his
malt mill, back through his anterior
and pusterIor brew.Dlpes clear over
the ice plans and on down through his
sour-mash department, and back Into
his immense storage wareroom be-
You'd. feminist and hitherto already
yet, anatomicai!y speaking to the
novels A EIO U and Y. AS an
ominous indication OF the over stock
ed condition OF his alimentary brew
tracts. they gurgle from overload and
produce gastric disturbances general
~ and these sour fomentous gases be.
ing OF a lesser specific gravity usually
pass through the aesophagls and on
ny through the red smoke stack. But
when court Is IN session are again
fomented and belched forth before the
bar. And when court Is not in ses-
sion, or the city council Is not sitting
for a recount IN the license question.
these pestiverous beer.gases. true to
their origin as heller cheweth her
cud. are belched out before the beer.
bar, where all good beer.gases ought
to be belched oNt, whether duly and
legally licensed or not, because they
have simply got to come ont some
where. Why not?
Sometimes the kettle takes itself
over to Mount Clemens. for a not
scald IN order to remove the verdigris.
'and other green greases from of the
brew4plpes and elltorlal-brain-corns.
And when the RIB down Is over the
kettle is hauled back to Fairmont and
It's mental machine Is stlmul'tel by
its own amber f!nld into debating Vox
populi stuff fer the Times-Mai. Job.
Printing and MISREPRESENTATION
combined.
Should brain storm brew over It
or should the kettles maltons potation
not be sufficiently "het up and fiery
to suit the Democratic organ Of indi-
gestion and w:l'sRey simn.jargon OF
ianglel.ieditorials, then the kettle Is
made hotter by a leetle red eye from
down III the cellar.
The term Colonel" By way Of en-
PLANTATION. was half self-lmnosel on
the kettle several years ago by none
: other than the colonel" himself: well.
the other half was recently added by
the members Of the brew.barassocia-
ton at It's last meeting at the club.
house on the river.
The sum total hot air and gas Of the
kettle when full Of legal and maltous
foment Of great importance has been
gnaged up as high as 22G pounds rock
pressure in the hiler.house. and when
coal deal Is on. why neither Earl
himself. nor any Of Ned's he.devils or
Earl's she-levils can touch the Kettle
with n GO.foot pole. The brew Is on
and the Kettle must be left alone.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
-'T-| 49, Is TT'l7l {,
WANTS TO LAY NE r RAG H.

Union Associated .Prass.)
WATERBURY. Conn. March, 81: -
At the request Of Attorney spocky;
counsel for, the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Co. on the
proposition to The railroad commis-
sloners to reverse helrsrefusal 70 At
low tic company to lay I, trolley turn-s
out on South Main street
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
NOMINATED
FOR CHARLESTON p. M.

WASHINGTON. March 3O.-Among
the nominations sent to the Senate
yesterday by the President, was that
OF ]. F Hudson to be postmaster ut
Charleston, W. Va. He will succeed
Postmaster Dana,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30

SOMEBODY will secure the one
best bargain to be found I'm 5to;day's-
ads. Haven't you some ambition to he
that persona? n. ,38 z! M
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
Recount Finished.

In the recount Of Third ward last
night Clayton lost three votes for coun.
ell. The result vas Powell. 1893; Clay.
ton. 81; Watherwax, Is. Powell and
Simon took the oath Of office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
FIRST INTERclTY MARA.
sTHoN AT PlTTsBURG

Union Associated Press.)
PlTTsBURG. March 30.-Tne big
seven-lap track over which G5 speedy
lads have raced the full Marathon
distance Of &c miles, 1856 yards, Is pro.
nonncei perfect track. The five lads
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30

II there's something wrong about
the stores advertising. there's some'
thing wrong about the store-and It's
the same something.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30

ll * 81 d stl :, u. 'lrt f-II
/, The March lion roared for a little
while this morning and again this aft,
5ernoon. but the noise didn't last long.
either t!mea lsSroarlng days are near.
singS the close. n s,,,i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
$500 SUITS $18.75

Womeps Tailored Made Suits OF
fine fancy worsteds, serges, etc.. IN
Black, Navy and newest spring color
ings, choicest style. The best $500
suits special at ...............S18.75
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
S22.50 SUITS $500

Ladies' and Misses Tailored Suits
made Of fancy worsteds, serges and
Panama Cloth In Black, Navy, Rose,
Reseda. Green and Black and White
shepherd checks, $3.50. special s15.75
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
your purse.
$500 SUITS Ss.75

Ladies' and Misses Tailored Suits
made of Panama Cloth and serge In
Black, Navy and Cadet Blue. Actual
value $500, specially priced at Ss.75
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
$3.50 SUITS $12.75

Ladies' and Misses Tailored Suits
made Of Serge and Satin finished
worsteds in Black. Navy. Rose. Smoke,
Reseda, Green, Electric Blue, regular
retail price $3.50, special at .$12.75
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
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easy On weieht-A short Tribute.

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-30
$500 SUITS $3.50

so broad and Comprehensive
every distinctive Individuality their own Every woman shout
see this exhibit be touch millinery trimming
with such fashion,
aNhe ideas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01
Meat Cooked for Patrons.

NeW fOrK tteralu.
 Everybody knows about ready-to- serve breakfast foods and add-a-little- water soups and jellies. but 1t has re- mained for a meat market in the Hud- son Terminal building to spring the latest pleasing innovation on hurry ing public in It's offer to have its ex- pert chef cook any of the purchases made in the store. The offer has been made known in an advertisement, which reads. in part. as follows:
 Our new branch market in the Hud- son Terminal building. which will open with the tunnels. will not only be a convenient place for commuters to pur- chase meat and fowl, but in addition 1t will afford an opportunity for them to procure the services of an expert chef free of charge.
 You simply order your meat and fowl in the morning, and it will be ready for you in the afternoon, daint. fly cooked and conveniently wrapped
 "The cooking will be on par with that in the best hotels It will enable you to save time without additional expense It will enable you to enjoy in your own home the services of a chef you could not hire"
 Pleasing as the news will be to many women 1t is probable that 1t will not be greeted with quite as much enthusiasm by husbands who will be deprived of the right of inqulring: "Why In thunder can't the cook have dinner ready on timer rf
 The load of responsibility has been shifted and the head of the house may now expect to hear, John, dear. Is the meat cooked2" when he arrives home after his days laborS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01
Germany Military Mad.

German railways are essentially mili- tary in their character. They are part of the scheme of national defense and aggression and an arm of the military power, dominated and controlled by the general staff as much as any other part of the German military machine. and thus their commercial and economic character Is only of second ary or incidental importance; The Germans are military mad, and every thing they possess and everything they do takes on beilieose color The result Is that a considerable mileage since l870-71 has been constructed throughout the territory of the Elm pire, but especially along the western frontier. solely from strategic or mili- tary considerations. with almost no regard to the probability of success fuI exploration from commercial point of view. For this reason nor incon siderable part of the total mile- age of the Empire is more or less worthless from an American railway standpoint having been built prtn- cipally to facilitate the rapid move ment of troops in the event of a war with France Great and costly pas senger stations have also been con structed at various junction joints m the west like Strasburg, Frankfurt and Metz, out of all proportion to the size and traffic requirements or the sheds and platforms inordinateiy long and broad for the quick mobilization of the army. There Is everywhere or the German railways evidence ot military operation. which Is neither pleasant to be passenger nor conduciVe Of the best results It Is an operation by martinets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01
Inns and TaUerns Cove
 Their Names to the Old 7otDns

Keys occurs in Virginia, Pennsylvania- Ohio and New Jersey. Alabama has great number of such names, afnong them Rising Pawn. which Is repeatel in Georgia.
 Kentucky has among tis place names Bald Eagle, Buck. which Is repeated in Delaware. where the tavern survives. though for many years 1t displayed. fn- stead of a bucks head, the horns of a steer; Grape Vine, Green Castle, Harp, Honeysuckle, Star, Sunfsh and Wiid Cat.
 New Jersey has Red Lion and White Horse. Georgia has Plowshare, Jnaian' Swan and others. New York has Bird. Eagle. Half Moon and Rainbow. and has lost many names of the same char acter by reason of the passion Tor re- naming. fostered by the post once oe' partment. ,,.
 New Hampshire has Boar's Head, North Carolina has Horse Shoe. as have several other States, and Missis- sippi has d Ship. Black Horse and Horse Heads are Maryland hamlets. and a town of the latter name in New York has recently been renamed.
 Royal Oaks is a village of Talbot County, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore This name was bestowed upon inns in England and this country aIter the restoration of the, Stuarts. The sirn was an oak, sometimes with a crowned head among it's branches in memory of romantic royal escape. Primrose is a local name in Balti- more County and Oriole in Somerset County, Maryland. Peach Tree is still another Maryland place name derived from an inn.
 -Antlers Is a favorite inn name thai has survived in local geography of Virginia, Michigan. Colorado and even Oklahoma Arrow and Arrow Head occur in the geography of West vir. ginia There are Blue Balls. Blue Bells and Blue Jays in several places. | and New Jersey has a Blue Anchor. 1 Long Island has White Pot and Mich- | igan a White Pigeon.
 The Texan hamlet of Ar Last con notes the same thought of thirsty soul at Last Chance in Missouri and Comfort in Michigan. Texas, North | Carolina and Wisconsin. Dew Drop. Q l Pennsylvania town. almost certainly goes back to the old punning name Dew | Drop Inn.' Bird Cage in North Caro- | lima has a mildly sinister suggestion. |. | Bagnells Is a place name that may he that of a local magnate or that of the | famous old inn name. the Bag O Nails, corrupted from Bacchanals | Old Post roads in the East and South are strung with hamfets and villages that bear the names of former coaching
 inns. Some of these names have dis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

colored coats for thin dresses add to the list of the seasons color scheine' A smart but unusual coat to go with light frocks is made of chartreuse green taffeta. yelled with marine blue. ...
 Chantilly crepe. a nice new cotton fabric for summer dresses. Is being used to some extent for the becoming little one-piece frocks. It Is shown in striped effects. in white. and In dainty colors
 Ribbon and flower bracelets. worn with short sleeved bodices. which were fashionable some fifty years ago. have once more come into favor and are worn by some of the fashionable wo- men this season.
 The new comb that goes around the back of the hair makes side combs unnecessary: It Is shaped like bar rette and gives the appearance of one in the hair but has short. firm teeth that hold In place.
 Sleeves while long and close fitting are being treated to a diversity of decoration, wide tucks. divided by groups of pin tucks. presenting an ex- tremely charming effect in any of the transparent materials.
 Embroidery of gold thread or bullion is seen on many of the frocks for afternoon wear. as well as on these for elaborate evening affairs. Silver Is used, but less often, for there is nothing like gold for bringing out the colors.
 For the useful tailormade the girls are having either the white linen waists embroidered lightly in tn. color of the material or of w.its madras striped with the color.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

All over the country. especially in the half lying east of the Mississippi, the names of old inns and taverns have grown into place names Often the local inn has given name to nothing bigger than a crossroads hamlet, but now and then hamlet so named has expanded into village or even a town. and there are townships of large area that have taken their names from inns.
 Pennsylvania shows a special fond- ness for perpetuating its old inn names in local geography. Bird in Hand. in Lancaster County. takes its name from an inn of long standing. This Is one of the many inn names imported from England and originally bestowed in an ironic spirit. Sucn names were given to English inns by way of gentle hint that the landlord did not give credit; with him a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush. six pence paid in cash worth shilling scored on the shutter.
 Trap Is another ironic inn name, but in this instance the irony Is levelled as much at the landlord as at his guests. There are three or four bamlets called Trap, in various parts of Maryland and Delaware. One of them substituted year ago for it's name of unsavOry con- notation that of MacDonough, but the earlier name is still occasionally heard in the mouths of older residents. It has been suggested that some of thess local Traps or Trapps mark former stations of the Trappist monks
 Green Castle in Franklin County, Pa., almost certainly takes its name from an inn; 1t is a town of more than 1,6ou inhabitants. Hue Ball is another place s name of the same country derived from an old inn. and Red Lion another. Only a few miles beyond the Maryland line in Cecil County. Is Rising Sun .an act i've modern village named for the local inn. Perhaps the most amusing ex- ample of local conservatism in the matt ter of names is furnished oy that vir' ginia hamlet called Burnt Ordinary. i. In Colonial Virginia ordinary meant table d'hotei ior tavern. as being a. place offering food and lodging to all sorts of persons, and Burnt Ordinary Is . hamlet that once had its tavern de- stroyed by fire.
 Wherever you flud village oI hamlet named for beast bird or fish for a tree. flower or weapon. you may suspect the site of an old inn. Bird Dove. Eagle. Bald Eagle. Black Eagle White Eagle. Live Oak. Cross Keys Sword. New Moon. Red Apple. Rosebud Star. Swan. and the like, are place names of easily guessed origin in many different States.
 Maryland. which was once Catholic has hamlet named Bald Friar. Cros'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

appeared from the map, but not from the mouths of the people.
 Tn Delaware the State road from Wilmington southward, a highway in part at least of colonial origin, has a string of villages bearing inn names, as the Bear, Red Lion, St. Georges.
 Blackbird. The last three of these names have been extended to the hun
 dreds of townships in which the vil- lages are situated. For many years
 the Mermaid, the site of an abandoned
 tavern, was a local postoffice In New
 Castle County, Delaware. Corner Ketch
 in the same county suggests an inn
 named in honor of Jack Ketch.
 Most of the Bowling Greens which
 are scattered over the South and the
 Middle West were once the sites of inns facing a green where the games of bowls were played. Many land lords have given their names to con-
 siderable villages as Paul Smiths in the Adirondacks.
 hamlet and postoffice In Cecil Coun- ty, Maryland ,on the old highway be- tween Philadelphia and Baltimore.
 known as the Baltimore turnpike, was iong famous at Katy Dysart's. The | official name in the Postal Guide was shortened to Dysart's, and after Katy's
 death, many years ago now. an entire- 1 Iy new name was bestowed on the ham, let. Just plain Tavern Is an occasions! place name in the South. and Yellow l Tavern in Virginia attained fame du- | ring the Civil War. White House and White Post are Southern inn names that have found a permanent place in l local geography. Halfway and Half | way House are instances of like kind and ,Deer Park. an occasional inn name | south of Mason and Dixon's line. has
 been retained by some hamiets
 |. Curious local names such at Kits
 Hammock Cabin John. Brigantine and Nag's Head. respectively in Delaware
 Maryland New Jersey and North Caro- lima, probably all come from Inns with | which these pfaces originated.