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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
AZ. De ctantal Girls Home.

Misses Genayleve and Maria Hay
no7d, Ella meth Miller. Eva Michaels
Mary and Helen Shaw. Mary and Al.
drey Corrcthers. and Mary nev
eny. all students ct Mt. sDf
,ihnntai ...Aca,l.rny in NNhe1!ins, re
turned home last evening for tn
Christmas holidays: NIan Mllry Cor
r;ahers IS the guest CT Mss CALI,
Frey and Mis- Aubrey corrothers i
t.he guest OF Miss Eva Mic.iaesa for !.
few days beftne going on to Gross
Ri lis. Monpnsalia county. to- iheli
nome. q. 81. 81. 80.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
Home for Holidays.

Miss Mary Louise Nichols arrived
home last evening from Philado lphlla
where she is student at Walnut Lane
school. She was accompanied by a
schoolmate. Miss Mildreh Jenkins, OF
Philadelphia, and they will spend the
holidays with the formers parents.
Mr.. and, Mrs. F. e. Nichols, on Fair
mont avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
5Ents.,.alned * Dinner.

Hon. and Mrs Homer Wllliams'l q
clarksburg. wto sptat yesterday: y. Y,
The city. were entssrtanA1 a einne'
las tevcntne by; Mr.: tanl Mrs; J. a
Meredith at their home on Wa!nu'
avenue. 80 III,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
ToYTOWN
and, j a!
DOLL LAND

q. Almost forgot the most inter
scsting. part of the store, where the
Toys and. Dolls reign supreme,
and where the children and
grown ups are haI,py to spent
the day and evenings.
8 The new things are here--as
well as tlle staple Toys that never
Win 70 out, Busy times on our.
Top Floor SET busy yourself ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
/, PoIitIcaI4 EuI,Ialify, club.

The regular inetling pt The
cal Equality club. ias pIssl
Until Monday. Janaasy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
FOR CHILDREN
Price 81.


20 and % inch sizes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
Roturned Eronl charIe,tolI,.

Mrs. A B Fleming has returned
from Charles!oi where she was the
yueEt OF her dausntar. Mrs. G. p
Ward. fer Two weeks. She w,ls aScom.
parted acme by her grsnasars,nts q.
Miss Caroline Ward. who win spent
The hclIdlys here. a a
1Jawrette cunnin CHAIN, CIV; anil
j. Conversely, :Washinstcn. Pa. q.
1lere Il, spt1l tine !hoaiEitays With tia
parents. Mr.. uad Mrs: r. /: L. scpnn4ns:
ham, on Monroe s,.rteE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
ToR MEM
: FOR WOMEN
81 to $3.50.

Silver and gold trimmed Inn
:dlesplain and carved wood.
Splendid umbrellas of pure sill
at Is. ....... 80
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
MuFFs, SO 10 $50.
scARFs, 81 70 se5.
MATCHED SETS, S. to $4,000.

of Mink, LYNX JagMink, Sable
Squirrel, Sable and Sitka Fox.
Persian Paw and Muskrat.
Turs, fur" her, will settle it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-18
Special Display !,
of
Oriental Rugs
SO to S88
Wolnen's Suits
Rapid Selling Is
Per Cent. LESS

Coats TOO are included in this
Offering and we are making man,.
new friends for the department
by reason of this reduction 10
days early. Choice selection yet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
RANKIN COUNTY TEACHERS As
soclATloN-FIELD DAY.
Pelahatchie, Mics, April 10th and
18th, 1909, Program.
Friday-April 10th, 4 p. m.


Second Prize-Set of Books by
B. F. Johnson Publishing Company.
CONTESTANTS.
Beat Miss Olive Morris.
Beat 2-Miss Edna Buchanan
Beat 3.
Beat miss Annie Rigby.
Beat 5-Miss Alice Shotts.
3. Defamation Contest-Boys.
1st Prize-Gold Medal by Ran
kin County Teachers Association.
End Prize-Set Of Books-6 vols.
by Lockwood Lumber Company, Pc
CONTESTANTS.
Beat 1--Walter Dear.
Beat 2-Clifton Cox.
Beat 3.
Beat 4-J. D. Heslep.
Beat 5-Virgie Gates.
3. Spelling Contest-Two pupils from
each Beat.
Beat 2-Miss irene Atkins, Miss
Georgia Baker.
Beat 8.
Beat 4-BIiss Dovie Vickers, Miss
Annie RlSDy.
Beat 5-Miss Myrtis Howell, Miss
Katherine Anderson.
1st Prize-Gold Medal by Bran
don News-Free Trip to Natchez,
April 29-May 1st, by Rankin
County Teachers Association.
End Prize-Dictionary by Ameri-
can Book Company
4. Awarding OF Prizes to High
Schools.
1st, Greatest General Improve
ment-United States Flag-by ".
Otis Robertson, ESQ., Jackson.
End, Greatest Improvement in
Building,-Eight Day, Oak, Wall
Clock-A. NJ Shields, Brandon
3rd, Best Exhibit of Manual Train
ing Work-One large Work Table
by w. j. Bell, Pelahatchie.
4th, Best Exhibit of Drawing
One large framed picture-G. R.
Owen, Pelahatchie.
5th, Best School Work-Cashs 81
IS. S. Rhodes, Pelahatchie.
9Th, Best School Garden-Prize
by Brandon Mercantile Company.
7th. Greatest Improvement in Iii
brary-Prize by Brandon Drug
Cooper's Works, Ross Bros. &
Summer, Pelahatchie.
5. Awarding of Prizes to Rural
Schools.
1st, Greatest Material Improve
ment.
L. United States Flag
Rankin County Teachers As
sociatiGn.
2. 81 Cash Prize,-School I'm
provement Association.
8. Prize by Brandon News
S5 Cash.
End, Greatest Improvement in
Building.
/. Large Map. E. Moore,
Pelahatchie.
2. Prize by Miss Eunice
Washburn, Brandon, (to be
selected.)
3rd, Prize by ]. B. Williams,
Pelahatchie, (to be selected.)
3rd, Best School Garden.
Set of Garden Tools--Pela
hatchie Hardware Company.
g. One dozen flower Pots
Gayden & Co., Brandon.
4th, Best Exhibit of Manual
Training.
1. Cash $5-Miss Margaret
Graham, Pelahatchie.
2. Prize by T. H. Turiey,
Brandon, (to be seiected.)
9Th, Best Exhibit of General
High School Work.
l. Prize by L. E. Washburn,
Brandon.
9th, Greatest Improvement in Ii
brary.
1. Webster's Unabridged Die
tionary-C. w. Taylor, Pc
lahatchie.
Address on presentation of Flags
will be delivered by v. Otis Robert
son, Esq.
Pm.
1st. Basket Ball Contest.
End, 100 yard dash-Prize 81 pr
shoes-Ross Bro. & Summer, Pc
lahatchie.
Beat l, Walter Dear, Tom
Webb.
Beat 2, Henry Girdlestone,
Clifton Cox.
Beat g.
Beat A, Clifton Tanner. jeff
Beat D, Jim watson, FOrleI
Traxler.
3rd, Egg Race Girls under IA
-2 from each Beat.
1st Prize-Fine Post Card
Album-King & Rhodes, Pc
lahatchie.
Beat /.
Beat 2, Mamie Wynn, Grace
White.
Beat 3.
Beat 4, Florence Ellis. Jes-
sic Williams.
Beat 5, Ionic Chapman, Ruth
Mcintyre.
4th, Sack Race Boys under II
2 from each Beat.
1st Prize Silver Watch-S-
S. Rhodes.
Beat i.
Beat 2, William Mayors, John
Buchanan.
Beat 3.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
Beat 4, William Myers, War

y
from each Beat-PTize Hat.
W. Bell.
Beat /, Willie Bullock, Clar-
ence Bullock.
Beat 2, Clifton Cox, Bennie
Wynn.
Beat 3.
Beat 4, w. N. Mangum, Dem
mis- Harp.
Beat 5, R. V. Watson. G. w.
Boozer.
9Th, Standing Broad Jump
Boys from each Beat, Prize
Fine Shirt. L. Tanner.
Beat /. Clarence Bullock, Walt
er Dear.
Beat 2. Henry Girdlestone
Clifton Cox.
Beat 8.
Beat A. w. N. Mangum, Cliff
ton Tanner.
Beat 5. ]. Watson, J. Don
neil. -
7th, Barrel Race Boys from
each Beat.
1st Riding Bridle-A.
f. Summer & Company, Pc
lahatchie.
End Prize-Cash $1.5O-Dr.
L. M. Clarke, Pelahatchie.
Beat Ed Busick, Richard
Hobson.
Feat 3.
Beat 4, ]. B. Mashburn.
Beat 5, Geo. Martin, Geo.
Nash.
Sth, Potato Race-Boys under II
years Of age.
Beat Committee will choose con
testants for this race.
1st Prize.
9Th, Three-legged Race Boys
from each Beat.
Prizes-Base-ball outfit
Pelahatchie Hardware Co.
Cash S1.0O-B. F. Mulhollan
Beat /.
Beat 2. Ed Busick, Jessie
Wynn.
Beat 5.
Beat 4. w. N. Mangum, Clai
borne Myers.
Beat 5. Ellis Patrick, Roy
Martin.
10th, Running Broad jump
Boys from each Beat,
1st Prize-Pair Baseball
Shoes-Mrs. M. E. Lessel.
Beat /. Farley Boteler, Wal
ter Dear.
Beat 2. Henry Girdlestone
Clifton Cox.
Beat 3.
Beat 4. Dennis Harp. Alan
son Lockwood.
Beat 5. G. w. Boozer, r. v
8 Watson.
Z 18th, Half mile Race Boys
from each Beat.
1st Prize-$4.OO pair Shoes
C w. Taylor.
Ind Prize-$2.o0 Cash, Car
Stingily.
Beat /. ]. D. Martin, Ton
Webb.
Beat 2. James Buchanan
Henry Girdiestone
Beat 3.
Beat 4. Walter Harp, Over
Beat 5. Porter Traxler, c
Martin.
ADDITIONAL PRIZES.
1st, Best Loaf of bread, made
by Rankin School girl.
Prize-Set Gold Shirt Wais
Pins-Value Messrs
Mcintosh and Rundle.
Beat 2. Best Cake-By Ran
kin County School girl-Prizt
Valued at S5.00-Messrs. Ia.
lor and Covington.
Potato Race.
1st Prize-20 Soda Checks
Jeff Rhodes.
End Prize-Jack Knife-R. E
Murray.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING BREAl
AND CAKE CONTESTS.
/. A loaf of bread or cake mus
be brought to Pelahatchie on or
before Field Day-and submittet
to Committee.
2. A certificate must be provided
certifying the loaf to have beer
made by contestant withou
assistance or suggestion.
3. The cake may De carried a"d.
by owner after contest. Tn'
bread will be used at dinner.
4. Only regular attendants OF Ran
kin County schools may entel
these contests.
No boy or girl will be admitted il
these contests who is not regulari.
nerolled Rankin County pupil, or Ran
kin County boarding pupil.
Beat Committees may substitute
alternates for contestants who fai
to appear.
All. schools expecting to send ex
hibits will please write to the Pres
Ident of the Association as early al
possible that space may be reserved
All Rankin County teachers will be
by the people of Pela
Please write before hand
10 Jno. Rumble, -Pelahatchie, that the
Of homes may be facilitat
ed.
JOHN RUMBLE,
President Association.
JOHN RUMBLE,
l.. G. M'INTOSH,
S. r. MYERS, County Supt-
C0VIMGTON
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25
WORKS AND FISHES
HOW THOMAS A. EDISON SPENDS
 WINTER MONTHS.
Florida Home of Wizard of the Elec- tric Aee-Lives Quietly in Com monplace House Almost Hid
 den Among Tropical Trees.

Orange, N. J.-Away down in southern Florida, on the south bank of the big Caloosahtchee river, lies the home of Thomas A. Edison. There, in a house much more than half hidden by tropical trees and shrubs, the wiz ard of the electric age spends that portion of the year given over in the northland to the reign of Jack Frost.
 His place is a mile west and south of the city of Fort Myers. The house is very ordinary affair, large, frame double house, built in true southern style, consisting practically of two square houses connected by a covered passage way. It's main feature is the wide, cool looking veranda with which it is surrounded. The other buildings on the place are small, vine-covered cottage in which the head gardener re- sides, and long, one-story building in which MT. Edison has his machine shop and laboratory. This last also contains a small electric light plant, used to light the premises.
 But, though the house and buildings are commonplace, the grounds are not. The park consists of about twenty acres, extending along the rivers bank, and while there is, in it's ar rangement, no attempt at display, no grouping and massing of kinds and colors for effect, the number and va riety of it's trees, shrubs and flowers show that no expense has been spared to gratify the owners desire to see things grow.
 There, royal palms from Cuba and Porto Rico nod their heads to date palms from Egypt and the Holy Land; mango trees from India stand shoulder to shoulder with camphor trees from China and Japan; while orange, lem. on, grapefruit and other tropical and semi-tropical trees, shrubs, vines and
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25
FRANK \. VANDERBILT
BRIEF LIFE STORY OF HEAD OF
 COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BANK.
Rise of Young Machinist to President Leading Financial Institution Assistant Secretary of Treas
 ury Under Gage.

New York-The ~@>snt election of Frank A. Vanderlie' to the presidency of the National City Bank of New York, recalls 9ne of the most pictur- esque stories of perseyering uphill work ever related of a poor American boy. Thirty years ago, yanderlip was plodding away in a machine shop out west, at 75 cents a day. His father had just died in Indiana, leaving widow and her family with nothing but farm and few hundred dollars. The farm could not be worked to ad- vantage. 70 the young man took the place in tLe machine shop as the only means of Supporting the family. He went at i' like Trojan-he still works that way-and, after a ten-hour day. came hcme to plod a portion of the night over a shorthand textbook.
 Trat made him a competent stenog- rapner and soon gave him a position with a Chicago investment house at s10 a week. In the days when his companions of after life were enjoying the football matches of Harvard and Yale young Vanderlip was digging away at dry old railroad reports. In that way he acquired statistical know ledge and learned how to go to the bottom of things.
 After saving a little money he took a years course at the University of Illinois and later when serving as a newspaper reporter in Chicago. he supplemented this course by attend ing lectures at the University of Chi cago. Most of his education, however, was acquired in the university of the wide, wide world"
 Finally young Vanderlip became financial editor of a leading Chicago
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25

Although the French people do not increase rapidly in numbers, the gain in wealth, due to their remarkable in dustry and thrift. is unequaled. Tax ing merely the holdings available for taxation. the national wealth of France is now placed at $45.O00 900, 900, or about eleven hundred dollars for every person. Even this immense figure probably represents most inadequateIy the real wealth Of the country. for many of the peasants have not yet abandoned the habit of concealing their savings in old stockings and pots buried in the garden. So much French money is, however, invested in foreign securities and enterprises that a stream of several hundred million dol lars pours into the country annually, in the form of interest.
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paper and soon took rank as one of the best financial writers in the coun- try. He bought a part interest in the Chicago Economist in 1894. and served as an associate editor of that journa until March 1. 1897, when Lyman J. Gage, who was then president of the First National bank of Chicago, was appointed secretary of the treasury, MT Ga. .ye asked MT Vanderlip to go to Washington as his private secretary. This position he retaiend for only three months, after which he became assistant secretary of the treasury, on June 1, 1897.
 The next year he distinguished him. self by his organization of the treas ury forces for the great work connect cd with tho war loan of 1898. when 325, 900 separate bids were received for the s200.000.000 popular issue. The treasury had to take on 600 extra employees for the task, which was han dled with great dispatch. Mr Gage, speaking later of Mir Vanderlip's work in the treasury department, said:
 He has great initiative, possesses the power of action beyond anything I have ever seen in any man. He works quietly and with great speed. He han- dles men admirably, and seems to know what to do every time. No one knows how he does things, for Van, derlip has a way of simply going and doing what he has to do quietly, with. out letting any one know about it un. til it's all done He has the sort of force that counts. Then, again. he has such a pleasant way of saying no that people are not offended by a re fusal"
 In 1901 MT. Vanderlip became a vice president of the National City Bank and on concluding, a few months ago 10 retire from active service and be come chairman of the board, MT. Still man selected Mir Vanderlip as his sue cessor for the presidency. So this is how the young machinist, who was born at Aurora, H., only A years ago, has risen to the presidency Of the largest bank in the United States.
 On the evening of the day that he was made president of the bank. in- stead of gathering the big bugs of Wall -s ct for a great function he gave a C-aner to the young men who had seen treasury service with him in Washington. One of them said of the affair:
 There was nothing great about the dinner or about the way 1T was given, It was like a great big family party given by an old friend who loved to have us with him. VanderHp will al ways be Vanderlip. Wall street has not spoiled him. He remembers his old friends and they will never forget him The dozen men who attended his din ner that night will never forget the occasion. There is notking on earth that man could ask us to do that we would not break our necks to accomp l fish"
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25

Socialism has invaded the police of the Elysee. The male domestics have sent petition to the chief of state requesting permission to wear a mus taehe. This petition sets forth the right of every citizen of the French republic, no matter what his station, to complete liberty and equality in the matter of hirsute adornment. and maintains that in a democracy found ed by sons of the revolution no man was entitled to infict a badge of servi- tude upon his neighbor. But NJ. Fal. Heres cannot acceede to the prayer Of his male servants without committing a gross violation of the protocol, says the Boston Herald. All the male do mestics at the ministries and embas. sies in Paris are obliged to keep their upper lips free from hair Why not then regard the clean shave as the height of fashion. as it is in this inde, pendent country? That might put a new color on the sign of servitude
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25

flowers from many different and wide ly separated parts of the world mingle their branches.
 In order to maintain his park, and keep all things therein thrifty and growing, MT. Edison has equipped it with a thoroughly up-to-date irrigating plant, one of the best in Florida Ar tesian wells with plenty of pressure are easy to find in and around Fort Myers, and several have been drilled on his place and the water piped to all parts of it. The grounds are laid out in avenues along which the pipes are strung, with vents every ten or twelve feet. Each avenue is controlled from one valve, ana the opening of that valve starts a string of fountains on both sides of the avenue throughout it's entire length. So well laid out are these pipe lines that a shower bath can be administered to nearly every tree in the park whenever the gard ener concludes one is needed
 While in his winter home MT Edison divides his time between fishing and working in his machine shop and lab oratory The Caloosahatchee river, where it flows past his park, is about two miles wide. It is a beautiful stream, bordered on either bank with tropical vegetation, and it teens with fish of many kinds. Ten miles up the river some of the finest fresh water fishing in American can be had, while an equal distance down stream brings one to just as fine fishing for salt water fish Even from the dock at Fort Myers fine strings of fish are caught
 In order to enjoy his water front privilege to its fullest, MT Edison has run a dock out into the river for near ly half a mile and at the end thereof he has erected a cozy little pavilion.
 By the old citizens and residents of Fort Myers and by his more immedi- ate neighbors, Mir Edison is looked up to, not as the great electrician, the discoverer of some of the most useful inventions of the age, but as the kindly neighbor and public spirited citizen who is ever ready to lay aside his own affairs. and give his time and money to the general welfare. They point with pride" to the many public improve ments that have been made possible only by his efforts, prominent among them being the three miles of sea wall now being built, the largest project ever undertaken by a town of 2,0O0 people. Intimate to one of them that you would like to see MT. Edison and ne gill promptly reply:
 oh, that is easy He is down town nearly every day when he is at his winter home. He goes about the streets just like any other resident. He is not at all exclusive, but he is getting to be an old man now and, of course, cannot be approached as easily as he used to be. All of the old resi- dents know him and know him to be 1 one of the best men that ever lived"
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25
Church and Physical Healing.

There is abundant evidence that the projectors of the Emmanuel Movement are in imminent danger by oft-repeat- ed auto-suggestion. "of holding a given thought in the mental focus to the ex- clusion of all other thoughts" is the claim of Dr. James NJ. Buckley, in the Century, in a discussion of the Dan gers of the Emmanuel Movement" :" and the reasons why it should not be generally adopted. He goes on: This movement is not a feasible adjunct to the local church. the activities of which are already such as to demand the entire energy and resources of the pastor. Few men could add to them the complex and exhausting duL ties of another profession without, in some measure, diminishing the eff. ciency of the former. To attempt to carry on work of physical healing would entail neglect of important in. terests, or reduce the pastor to con. dition requiring treatment at some other clinic. The existence in any neighborhood of such an institution would probably be a means of pros elyting, and of disquieting the mem bers of churches of the same denom. ination. Moreover. few would be com petent by experience, study, or natural gift to superintend such work.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25

given me, and I am recommending it to all my friends. Mrs. W. s. FORD, 1888 Lansdowne St., Baltimore, Md.
 The most successful remedy in this country for the cure of all forms of female complaints is Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound. It has stood the test of years and to-day is more widely and successfully used than any other female remedy. It has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, infam- nation, alteration, fibroid tumors, ir- regularities, periodic pains, backache. that bearing-down. feeling, flatulency, indigestion, and nervous prostratiOn. after all other means had failed.
 If you are suffering from any of these ailments, don't give up hope until you have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound trial.
 If you would like special advice write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it. She has guided thousands to health, free of charge.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25
Remarkable Thermometer.

Some curious thermometers were made. Otto de Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, made one which was 20 feet long and gorgeous with blue paint and gilt stars. It consisted of large globe fastened to tube, both of cop per The tube was bent upon itself to form very narrow U, in which was placed the requisite amount of alcohol. One arm of the U was shorter than the other and open at the top. On the liquid was float, to which was at tached a cord passing over a pulley. At the other end of this cord was hung a gilt angel it's finger pointing to a painted
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25

much disordered, containing sediment, and my rest was broken at night. Re lief from these troubles came soon after I started taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and continued treatment entire ly freed me from kidney trouble. The cure has been permanent"
 Sold by all dealers. 50 cents box. Fester-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N. r.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-02-25

pr. R. G. Frederick Of San Francis co, in a recent talk to members of the Seattle (Wash) health department, told things about the fight against the bubonic plague that are of general in terest. San Francisco has slaughtered more than 500,Oo0 rats. and Dr. Brod- erick says there can be no question as to the efficiency of the work accom-. plished there. Not the least important result of the crusade, declares the Springfield Republican, is that the character of buildings has undergone a change, the speaker saying that Millions of feet of concrete construc- ton has resulted from the campaign against rats" Tn fact San Francisco has spent s2,500.00O in rat-proofng work on buildings since the beginning of the fight. Seattle is urged to follow this example, as the only effective method of guarding against the plague.