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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12
John Shaver Pierces His
Heart With a Revolver
at Monongat.

AT the home OF Mrs. Florence Eoon
near Monongah, at 4;30 o'clock Tues
day afternoon John NJ. Shaver, aged
n years. committed suicide by SHOOK
ing himself through the heart with n
revolver The wound appears to have
caused instant death.
Shaver was twice married, his frs,
wife died leaving him three children
His second wife and he separated. His
children are married with homes Of
| their own and Shaver was homeless
He was lame. afflicted with a leg which
was broken years ago, the hone OF
(which was not properly set and tadi,
lhealed. Added to this he was In II
health and his troubles seeming to
multiply as his ability to fight them
llessened.
For the last many years the aged
man lived about the country with vari-
Gus friends and nelghbors. A favor.
tie home of his was with Mrs. Koon
Tuesday Shaver arrived at the home
of Mrs. Koon. A married daughter
of Mrs. Koon, Mrs. Darla Weeks, re.
sides with her mother on the farm
there. Shaver talked with the family
for time and told them that he wa.
not at all well. He told them that h,
had pains in his chest and that hii
leg was hurting him. X
After talking to the family for !
time he went out to look at the pig,
and other stock on the farm, H,
had arrived at the house about 1870 Ii
the afternoon and it was about Al!
when he went out. Soon the repor
OF the revolver was heard. lnvestlga
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12
AGED NAN TAKES
HIS LIFE WITH GUN


tioa showed the old man lying on the
ground at ia point behind the harm
and between the barn and the gram
ary, hidden from View He was dead
with bullet wound thsonghshI ~ heart
and with the revolver lying on tha
ground beside him.
Coroner Clarence siusgraye. OF Fair.
mont, was sent for, Upon his arrival
the body was removed to the house.
There search Of the pockets was
made and sl1s.5s was found with sev-
eral other articles Of more or less
value. A win was fonnd N which hc.
left his property TO Mrs. Weeks and
Mrs. Koon, Among theStrinkets foanl
on the body was a Masonic pin and Il
is said that shaver claimed tosbelong
to the Wheeling lodge Of atasons. but
this is not believed.
Three children survive him: Hiram
Shaver. who resides. at shlnnston:
George Shaver, Of TenmiIe creek. and
Mrs. Flora Smith. also OF Tenmils
creek. The body was taken In charge
by them and viii likely be buried at
Monongah.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12


sideration 70 the Welfare Of the av-
esage citizen when In conflict With
It's own.
The man who really counts IS the
plain American citizen. This is The
man Tor whom the Roosevelt policies
were created and his welfare is the
end to which the Roosevelt policies
lead: AS a Nation we are fortu-
nate at this time In this fact above
all others, that the great man wSo
gave his name to these policies has
for his successor another great
President whose administration is
most solemniy pledged to the sup.
port of them.
J stand for the Roosevelt policies
because they set the common good
OF all of US above the private gain
Of some of us: because they recog-
nize the livelihood of the small man
as more important to the Nation
than the profit OF the big man; be.
cause they oppose all useless waste
at present at the, cost of robbing the
future: because they demand the
complete. sane. and orderly devel-
opment Of all our natural resources
not forgetting our rivers: because
they insist upon equality of opportu;
nifty and denonnce monopoly ant
special privileges; because discard.
ing false issues. they deal directl,
with the vital questions that reail,
make difference with the welfare
OF US all-and most of all. because
in them the plain American AWAY!
land everywhere holds the first place
And propose to stand for then
while have the. strength to stan,
for anything.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12
To Ballinger by Upholding
Roosevelt Policy and
Flags the Trust.

SPOKANE. Wash, Aug. lin
his address TO the National lrrlga-
ton Congress. United States Chief
Forester Clifford Pinchot spoke on
Home Building for the Nation
and endorsed the Roosevelt policies
He said;
The most valuable citizen of this
or any other country Is the man who
owns the land from which he makes
his living. No other man has such a
stake in the country. No other man
lends such steadiness and stability
to our national life. Therefore, no
other question concerns us more In
timately than the question of homes.
Permanent homes for ourselves, our
children, and our natlon-this is tho
central problem. The policy of ma
tional irrigation is of value to the
United States in very many ways.
but the greatest OF all is this, that
haSiouaI HAibaloH hulipiieS tuc ihtLi
who own the land from which they
make their living. The old saying
who ever heard of man shoulder
Ing his gun to fight for his boarding
house?" reflects the great truth, that
no man is so ready to defend his
country. not only wit harms, but with
his vote, and his contribution to
public opinion as the man with a
permanent stake in it, as the man
who owns the land from which he
makes his living.
Our country began as a Nation of
farmers. During the periods that
gave 1t Its character, when our in
dependence was won and when our
Union was preserved. we were pre-
eminently a nation of farmers. We
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12
.PINCHOT THROWS
DOWN GAUNTLET

can not, and We ought not. to con-
tinue exclusively, or even chiefly. an
agricultural country, because one
man can raise food enough for many.
But the farmer who. owns his land Is
still the backbone OF this Nation;
and one of the things we want most
ls more of him.
The man on the farm is valuable
to the Nation. like any other citizen
just in proportion to his Intelligence.
character ability and patriotism. but
unlike the other citizens, also in
proportion to his attachment to- the
soil. That is the principal spring OF
his steadiness, his sanity, his SIM
plicity and directness, and many OF
his other desirable qualities, He is
the first Of home-makers. !.
The Nation that will lead the
world will be Nation of homes
The object Of the great Conservation
movement is Just this, to make our
country a permanent and prosperous
home for ourselves ana for our chill.
|dren. and for our children's child
dren, and it is task that is worth
the best thought and effort OF any
and all of us.
To achieve this or any other grea,
result, straight thinking and strong
action are necessary. and the
straight thinking comes first. TIC
make this country what we need tc
have it, We must think clearly and
directly about our problems, and
above all we must understand VIVA,
the real problems are. The grea,
things are few and simple, but they
are too often hidden by false issues
and conventional, unreal thinking
The easiest way to hide real issue
always has been. and always will be
to replace It with a false one
The first thing We need in TIL.
country, us President Roosevelt Sc
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12

aTery tnFn .bx the ipdignatpt denial
of the water power interests. They
TO do for the American people. Is
equality Of opportunity for every
citizen. No man shbnld nave less
and no man ought % asiy for any
more. Equally Of opportunity Is
the real object Of our laws and insti-
,,tntlons. Our institutions ana our
laws are not valuable In themselves
They are valuable only because they
secure aauality OF Opportunity for
ihappiness and welfare of our citizens
An insatntion or law is a means
not an end. d means to DE used for
public good. to be modified for the
pubic good. and to be Interpreted
for the public good, One OF the
great reasons why President sRooss-
yelt.s administration was of such
enormous value 70 the plain Amer
lean was that he understood what
st. Paul meant when he said.
The letter killeth. but the spirit
lgiyeth life. To follow blindly the
letter Of theflaw, or the form of an
Institution. without intelligent re-
gard both for Its spirit and for the
public welfare, is very nearly as dan.
gerous as to disregard the law al.
together. What we need is the use
tof the law for the public good. and
the construction of 1t for the public
welfare.
1t goes without saying that the
tell us that there Is no community
lof interest among them. and yet they
appear year after year at these Con.
lgresses by, their paid attorneys, ask.
ling for your influence to help them
remove the few remaining obstacles
to their perpetual and complete a..
sorption of the remaining water
powers. They tell us that /:
has no significance that the general
Electric interests are acquiring grea,
groups Of water powers in various
parts Of the United States, and dom
mating the power market in the
region of each group. And whoever
dominates power. dominates all In.
dustry. Have You ever seen a few
drops of oil scattered on the water
spreading until they formed con.
tinuous film. which put an end al
tonce to all agitation of the surface?
The time for us to agitate this ques.
ton is now. before the separate cir,
Icles of centralized control spread
into the uniform. unbroken, nation.
wide covering of single gigantic
TRUST. There Will be little chance
'ffor. mere agitation after. that. Nc
Imam at all familiar with the situa-
itlon can doubt that the time fol-
|enectiye protest is very short. II we
lido not use II to protect ourselves
:lnow, We may De very sure that the
! trust will give hereafter small con,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12
NO REGISTRATION
VIII Be Required in the City 10
the Bond Election.

A consultation Of the law books
results in the conclusion that the
registration OF voters for the bond
election here will not be required.
The law makes no provision for reg
istering voters for the election and
all who are entitled to vote at any
regular city election will be en-.
titled to vote on the bond issue.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12

well set forth. In that great message
which told what he had been trying
Law Is supreme and sntist be obeyed.
Our civilization rests on obedience
to law but the law is not ALSO
lpts A. requires 70 be construed
Rigid Construction OF the law works
and must work. in the vast majority
Of cases. for the benefit of the men
who can hire the hest lawyers and
|you have the sources of Influence in
lew-maldng at their command.
Strict construction necessarily fayors
the great interests as against the
people, and In the long run can not
do otherwise. Wise execution OF the
law must consider what sthe law
ought to accomplish for the general
good. The great oppressive trusts
exist because of subseryient law
makers and adroit legal construc-
tons. Here, Is the central stronghold
of the money power In the eyerlast-
ing conflict OF the few to grab. and
the many to keep OF win the rights
they were born with. Legal >techni-
calities seldom help the people. The
people. not the law, should have the
benefit of every doubt.
Equality of opportunity, a square
deal for every man. the protection of
the citizen against the great concen-
trations Of capital, the intelligent
use of laws and institutions for the
public good. and the conservation of
our natural resources, not for the
trusts, but for the people; these are
real Issues and real problems. Upon
such things as these the perpetuity
of this country as a Nation OF homes
really depends. We are coming to
see that the simple things are the
things torwork for. More than that.
We are coming to see that the plain
American citizen is the man to work
Tor The Imagination Is staggered
by the magnitude of the prize for
which We work. If we succeed.
there will exist upon this continent
a sane. strong people, living through
the centuries in land subdued and
controlled for the service of the pe0-
pie, its rightful masters owned by
the many and not by the few. II we
fail the great interests increasing
their control of our natural re-
sources will thereby control the
country more and more. and the
rights of the people will fade into
the privileges of concentrated
wealth.
There should be no better illus
tration of the eager. rapid. unweari-
ed absorption by capital of. the
rights which belong to. all the people
than the water power trust, not yei
formed hut in rapid process of for.
l.maitn. This statement Is true. 3bui
not unchallenged. We are met al
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12
! How,s THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years. and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by his firm. ~
WAI.DING. KINNAN. & MARVIN,
Wholesale, Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internal
,ly. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
Inontels sent free. Price. 76c. per bot
Take Halls Family pills for constipa-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12
APPEALS 10 AUTR1a.

VIENNA. Aug. 9.--The Austrian
at constahtinople Is ac-
lively intervening to prevent the
cretan crisis from reaching a more
acute phase. The creek government
has solicited the good offices OF AUS
'tria
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-08-12

Get yonr seAeYpipe OF @. M. West
We have addedA full stock OF sewer
pipe to our line of builders supplies
and can furnish all sizes and com
tnections from inches to- 80 inches.
Both phones. 4os n. Fourth st.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

All Hobby Lovers. Including spotk
Hunters, to Be Eligible.

Fiscount Molesworth and the IIoI
George Scott have hit upon a novel
idea for club which will be cal'ef Ike
Hobby club, the New York fines
London correspondent says Men vii
be admitted as members and women
as associates on condition lEat thCy
have hobbies, are amateurs SO far as
the club is concerned, and posses the
ordinary requisite comprised in the
term clubable. The club win catef
for a wide variety of hobbies. FROM
gardening to curio collecting. and even
psychical research. which at this lat
hour seems TO have received its prop
er classification.
An extensive library will be formed
and intellectual salons will be held. at
which men and women of similar
tastes may confer. Experts have becl
engaged TO give lectures and ad vices
on various topics The club has g..
ready an influential committee ana
receiving hearty support, from amoug
others Lord Ayebury, who is "a koel
advocate Of hobbies
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
The Simple Life,

We have been poor too long not TO
succnmb to the temptation 20 rival our
richer neighbors in luxury and in com.
Portable living. | will speak plainly
say that We are living in an age of
luxury, and in an age which overrates
the value and importance of material
enjoyment. which must inspire with
serious anxiety every one of us who
has at heart the true civilization OF
the mind and spirit of the nation.
which is It's highest welfare But these
are the faults of a period Of transition.
All Of as must in all respects turn TO a
more economical mode of life and to
greater simplicity Yes. all of US; ex-
cept nobody Ciuaulio'tu - ''e- e
honorable and more meritorious, and
ii suits us Germans Of all nations bet.
ter than the life we are now leading
Chancellor Won Buelow Addressing
the German Reichstag
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Endurance Of a Guide.

An Alpine guide, Philippe AllamanI.
Of BeX. has gained publicity In the
Swiss papers by a marvellous pedcs
trian achievement He started on a
Monday from Tacsch and asceHded
TO the Weisshorn hut whence he re-
turned to the valley to fetch a mem
Der OF his party who had been left be
hind. There was time for only three
hours sleep after that, and then the
Weisshorn had &C. be climbed Il was
In bad condition. and the ascent took
nearly II hours. No sooner had he
reached the Top than Allamand hast
ened down and proceeded 10 Zermatt
to join another party who had en-
gagged him for the Maucrhon lie
overlook them in the hut az four
O'Clock on Tuesday morning. went ~
The Matjcrhorn at once. and did not
get back until II O'Clock on Wednes
day night. having been "a hours with.
out sleep. walking and climbing all
the time. Even then he TOOK only
days rest before leading a party NC
"a Dent Blanche.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
DEALING WITH LOCUST PLAGUE.
Methods Employed by the CHelIers in
Algeria.

Algeria and Tunis have this year
suffered from an extraordinary inya
sion of locusts The locusts arrive
from the direction OF the deserts in
swarms SO thick as to hide the san
They cover the ground as with yell
low carpet, and sometimes render tile
railways so slippery hat the trains can
hardly run AT this stage they are not
voraejous. being engaged principally
in laying their eggs But 40 days later
the young locusts not yet winged. be-
gin to run about deyouring every
green thing including not only leaves,
bur even the bark and tender shoots
Of trees. The hordes. advancing in a
body, sometimes cover an area Of sew
eral square miles. Barbados of cloth,
surrounded with wax strips, erecte
In the line OF march, arrest the prog
ress of the insects. which are unable
to crawl up the smooth surface. Pass
ing along the line of the barricades,
they fall into bitches dug for the pae
pose, where they are killed with cor
rosiye liquids. Another method Is 10
smooth descending paths, ending in
poisoned bitches The insects follow
the descents. and thus go to their
deaths.-Youth's Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

The will of Joseph A. Connor, Of
Omaha, recently deceased BE-
Iueathed sufficient sum to build
live parochial schools in that city t.
cost 100000 each, with an endow-
mcnt fund of $4,000 for each build
ing.
Brother Lcobert, OF France. mem.
Der of the Christian Brothers for g.
Years, died recently. His penman-
ship, ON exhibition at the Worlds
Fais in Chicago. was pronounced cas-
perhaps the finest in tue world, -
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10

understood aiigt6Ing, answered tno
woman with cold steeIy eye and a
square jaw.
You've got some wood that needs
choppng. suppose"
II have"
Lady, I'm surprised at you Don't
you know dat de trees gather mois-
ture gradually, an by slowly letting
1t into de ground keep up a steady
water supply? Don't you know dat
when YOU leave de hillsides naked an
bare de water comes down In fresh.
ct, same as beer from a barrel wit de
head stove in? Don't YOU know dat
future generations is goin to miss de
outrageous protection overhead, an
das our grandchildren is liable to be
1T de mercy of a parasol trust? An
you want me TO chop wood Lady, I'm
surprised at you
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
NOTHING LEFT OF THE ROMANCE
Explanation That Brought Castle to
the Ground.

If Miss jones hadn't had a keen
sense of humor she might have cried.
But she is now happily married and
the incident is one of the jokes she
likes to tell
Miss Jones was stenographer then.
On the same car every morning here
came downtown a young man. Maybe
he was on the same car by accident
and maybe, again, there was method
in his car rides But, anyhow, If
there was method he couldn't have
stared at Miss Jones any harder than
he did every day for three months. for
he always managed to get a seat in
the car opposite her.
He was a goodlooking young man
and very likeable, even if you just
looked at him And so Miss Jones
knowing not even his name, fell in
love with him.
But
One day he ente red the car and
took a seat next to Miss Jones. For
Is minutes they rode on in silence.
Suddenly he blurted out. Say, do
you know why ! always stare at you?'
NO; have you been staring at me?"
asked Miss Jones. naively
Yes" he answered. Il did It b.
cause you look so much IKE the girl
l sm engaged TO mar"
Thus eGEel The romance.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
An old.Fashioned Manar

This is the tale Of an oldfashionef
woman Her husband. who had accu
mulatcd wealth as the years went hy
and had begun 10 take life easy. wor-
lied because his wife worked a. hard
as ever lie hired a cock. and within
two weeks found his wife waiting on
the cook. Then he hired a maid TO
wait On the cook. and e short time
afterWard found his wife waiting on
the maid At che time Re had hired
four persons. man. a COX The maid
and scrub woman snd found that Us
wife WORKED as hard as ever. tThis Is
an c1ylsn-LOu C Wy a csr.zi= ~ a
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Christian Church.

Services today at Stafford Hail
III Yenth aud washington. Rev
Frank Thompson pastor. Sunday
school at lo a. m, preaching at II a.
M and $50 p M
The Roll Call meeting At the Chris
tiaa church which was announced for
last Sunday and was postponed On
account ct the illness Of the Rev.
Frank Thompson pastor will be he'd
ut II O'Clock AK Stafford Han All
members ana those who have mem
bership with other Christian shur.b S.
are urgently requested to be present.
No evening services On account If
the Jones Eyang, listic meetings.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Child Has Four oreat.Grandfathers.

Wheatley Hemenway, the twoyear-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley
Hemenway, who lives at Twelfth ave-
nue. and Fauntleroy street, has four
great randfathers living and he says
on the authority of his proud parents
that no infant in Seattle can make
such a boast The old boys" ara
scattered from Seattle at Michigan:
they are all active and capable Of
earning their own living. The oldest
is SO and the youngest a mere youth
claiming n years The quartet, unless
their ranks should be thinned by the
grim reaper. will meet at the Alaska
YukouPaciic exposition next year.
The aggregate ages of The four great
grandfathors is 800 years and the end,
according 10 their Seattle relatives. is
by no means in siEht.-Seattle Times.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
Il May Have Been True.

Slips OF the tongue are to be put
down 10 bad luck as much. perhaps as
to poor elocutiun. 4 young man who
was recently canyassing for subscrip-
tions missed fire on a word, and as n
result was ont one commission He
stood in tho front hall, explaining 10
the lady OF the house the merits of the
paper he was urging her upon her
The circulation IS enormous" he
said. Every week this periodical
reaches something like three million
flreplacgs.
The woman looked at him keenly.
Il don't doubt but what you meant fire.
sides" she said. But ! guess wont
take it to-day, thank you."-Youths
Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
First Methodist.

Corner OF Eighth and Na;nd'
streets. Rev J. G. Dee. pastor. SUI.
day school 9:4j "a. m John Snyder
superintendent Preaching II a. m,
and 1880 p. III. Junior League p. IT
Mrs. Kate Lemen superintendent. Ep.
worth League ESQ D. m, Miss Bes-
sic Wilson president
Morning theme, The Man IN De
maLd" Evening theme. Gods
Loyalty TO His Word Mrs. ". J..
Holt will sim "a solo at the morning
service.
The Sunday school board will meet
~ the NJ. T. parsonge, l0S Eighth
ttoct Monday evening. Jan. :, $50
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
lmpartina KnoMIedae.

"What do you do in the college, VI.
SHIFTS - inquired the child OF the
hostess of the learned guest at di4
ner.
I'm a professor in the college" re.
turned the guest, magnaninously /
impart my knowledge to my stu
dents"
Then, If you keep on imparting II
declared The child, pretty soon you
won't know anything, will yua? ?"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-10
q BUSY l,ttLe Ckap.

II has been asc2etained that The
mcuse when lie is free to range about.
sleeps only two hours IN the "A, OF
less than amy other animal known
During The rest Of the time he is on
the hustle aud probably covers five
miles in his running
The honey bee sleeps from dark 70
dawn, and that Old saying: as blss
as bee" should be changed TO "aa
busy as a mouse In iouf days 24d
nights a mouse will eitser eat or con
gey away pound Of cheese. He las
always got his appetite with him.