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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
Untimely Political Letters,

Boresome is it to read SO man,
political letters sent from this stat,
to the city newspapers. Usually
there is nothing new in them. All
most always they are re-hashes no
only OF the state newspapers, tbu
also of themselves. @
The Telegram believes the writer.
would make hit to turn themselve.
temporarily at least to writing vi
the Industrial and commercial activ
tiles of the state. There would b,
much value in column in the Pitts
burg Sunday newspapers devoted to
"a portrayal OF an Industrial center OIL
the state. There is a sufficient mum.
her of these to engage the attention
of 1.-THE writer's. the next several
months. Such articles would be
read with far more appreciation, the
Telegram believes. than surlnises
played up as political horoscopes
"a description of Clarksburg at an
early date would be far more valu.
able than illusions about confer.
|ence that did not take place at the
home of Senator Elkins.
Parkersburg would take more in.
,terest in an article on what the i'm.
proved water works system there Il
to be than in column devoted to a
purely business visit of Senator FL.
kins, hut which is warped into a
political visit and made the basis for
"a long presentation of the CORE
|spondent's views of what ought tc
have happened but which in fac,
did not take place.
With the next few months de,
voted to, Industrial and commercial
consideration. It will then ibe re.
freshing to read a political letter
and especially of interest, when q
campaign is approaching. The Tel
;egram hopes the correspondents viii
give the public a change.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
Lights Latest Idea.

State Commissioner OF Roads
Charles P. Light deserves praise for
his idea of having a state convention
of road engineers. 1t shows that he
is man of advanced thought and
that he has keen appreciation OF
exchanges OF ideas.
The coming convention at Parkers.
burg Is regarded as one of vital i'm.
portance to the state. 1t will be
helpful to its members but the benz,
fits arising will be largely to the
state.
With the new road laws Just go
ing into effect and with the new
system just started it is of prime
Importance that the engineers should
assemble and study and discuss tn,
new laws and Che best methods ant
OF much benefit will be the ad
dresses by experienced road builders.
And, what they learn at the con
vention will be put into practice
In that way will the benefits go t,
the people.
From Greene county, Pa. come
the announcement that Goa
baron's coal lands there have bee,
assessed at $500 an acre. rhi
calls for the attention of the carpin
Pennsylvania newspapers, whic
have felt so greatly outraged he
cause coal lands in Harrison count.
this state, have been assessed
500 and less an acre. To be cor
sistent the PENNSYLVANIA newspaper
should iosc no time in demandin
the official decapitation of the a
SCISSOR in Greene county.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
AGED WOMAN DIES
Widow of Man Justice ol
Peace Many Years
Passes Away.
cIr,nRnR1IANn. .Ard

CUMBERLAND. Md. Nov 22.-
Mrs. Francis McDermott,. widow OF
the late Justice McE.rmott. who for
many years was a magistrate at Pied
mont, is dead, aged 81. She is sur
vived by three sons. Daniel McDer-
mott, of Desoto, Mo-; Frank McDer-
mott OF Mt. Savage, Nd and John
McDermott, of connellsville. Pa. and
i've daughters; Mrs. ]. w. jenkins.
Mrs. Henry Rickleman. Mrs, ]. H,
Cramer, of Piedmont: Mrs. Ella stern.
of westernport.. and Sister Victoria, OF
the sisters of Mercy at Albany is the
last Of nina children.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
Working Prisoners on Roads

In the Carolinas, it is said, convict
labor on public roads has been high
ly successful and as the result those
states have fine public highways
But, the same advices fail to state
whether the plan makes the state
penal institution dependent upor
the state governments for main.
tenance.
In West Virginia the state pen.
itentiary has been self-sustaining
although there has been more d
less objection to farming" tn,
lconvicts. The abolishing of thi.
plan for the working-on-roads wa,
so far as that institution is concern
ed might not prove as profitable a.
the plan followed in the past. i
would he experimental at least.
There is strong advocacy OF work
ing jail prisoners on roads. stat,
Road Commissioner Charles p. Ligh
Iloeing among the most active an,
earnest agitators. Whether thi
'Iplan can be made a success re-
mains to. be learned. The Bait
'tmore Sun directs attention to tn
fact that the legislature of Mary
! land enacted law In 1906 givin
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
A Real Christian.

Where in all Chrlstendom will
You find a real Christian? Thi
taunt. borrowed 10y Nietzsche from
some bilious Frenchman and par
roted time and again by shallow
philosophers, found its sufficient an
swer In the life OF Charles n. Crit,
tenton, OF New York, who died the
other day at the age of &c, says the
Baltimore Sun. For forty years Mr.
lCrittenton set the world an example
OF Christian charity. He gave no;
only of his money, but also OF his
time and energy, and there was no
thought of disqualification in his
work. but only deep pity for the
weak and erring. Like the Master
he professed to serve, he held thai
the best way to combat sin was to
lift up and hearten the desperate
and despairing sinner There was
nothing of the orthodox moralist
about him. He had no faith in the
efficacy of punishments.
Mr.. Crittenton's activity was con-
fined almost entirely to the rescue of
unfortunate women-helpless. mis-
cradle victims of civilization. whose
lives seemed wrecked beyond all
hope of repair. To all such he held
out the hand of brotherhood. He
did not preach to them. he did not
eXhort them to ponder upon their
SIN, he did not hold them up as hor-
rible examples to others; he only
opened his doors to them and babe
them be at peace. In every consider,
able city In America he established al
home for them-a home that was in
no sense a place of penance, but only
u haven of refuge. lie tried to make
these homes CHEEKY, to lift his guests
above vain introspectlon and re-
morse. to make them look ahead.
Thousands of girls have sought his
doors with the future all black be-
fore them, but no girl mas ever
emerged without some ray of hope
in her soul.
Such was the life work of the very
practical Christian. He believed
that the greatest of all Christian
virtues was that which appeared in
all of christ's dealings with the
errlng, and that this alone was suf.
ficient proof of the essential truth
and human value of Christianity.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25


county authorities power to worI
|, county prisoners on roads. but fol
reasons not apparent the plan ma.
mot been a success. In this connec-
.ftion the thought impresses Itself
l that that kind OF q law cannot be
uniform in its application and oper-
alton. as there can be no success
hut augreat amount of cost in coun-
ties. which have few county prison
ers. In a number Of counties, how
ever. In this state It doubtless woull
he highly successful. For instance.
1.-THE county of mcdowell at present
has thirty-three county prisoners
employed in constructing a road
feight miles long. which. It Is said,
will be among the finest roads in the
state, when completed. In this case.
the large number employed justifes
the expense incurred in. working the
prisoners. But, In some other conn-
ty there may be at NO time more
than four or five county prisoners.
There would not be justification In
the needed expenditures working
them on the roads would entail.
Again, in this connection it is adj
yanced that committing bodies
might be inclined to go beyond the
degree of proper punishment and
correction, with the idea Of making
the system free industrial activity
for the state. Public service by
those so unfortunate as to get into
the tolls might have too much
weight with the committing bodies.
For instance, the idea once obtained
here that the police fines should be
enormous. AS the result there
doubtless were what might be term
ed unjustifed arrests. The desire
of the officers was to make as many
arrests as possible rather than tol
keep their beats in order with theI
fewest arrests practicable.
So far as West Virginia is con-
cerned 1t is n new question. It'll
seems to have favorable features,
but at the same time drawbacks canI
be seen readily.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
Public Service Commission.

AS another pretext for an extra
session of the legislature, the Nor
gantown Chronicle. which has
been clamoring for such a session,
Notwithstanding the fact that ii
should have concluded by this time
that nothing would come of an en-
ira session, advances the public SER
vice commission idea. The idea IL
correct but not so urgent of enact
ment that the enactment need be he
fore the regular session. Elimi
mating the idea of an extra session
what the Post-chronicle says on tn.
public service commission subject a.
follows Is assented to by almost al
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
To Evangelize the World.

I The Laymen's Missionary Move
men may be fairly classed as one Of
the most remarkable religious DEM
constructions of modern times, de-
clares the Baltimore American. III
is remarkable because of the rapidity
with which it has gathered force and
momentum. 1t is a modern relig-
ious crusade having for its aim the
conquest - the evangelization-of
the world. And the task assumed
i is to accomplish this conquest with
lin this generation" and the motto
of this revolutionary movement is
I'VE can do it and we will" This
movement began just three years ago
with an original membership num-
bering about one hundred and not
much cash.
But how wonderfully it has grown
during the three years OF its exist
ence! Now it disburses annually
more than $22. 100000. its mem-
|bership is in proportion and it has
been established in Canada, Eng
land. Germany and Austria, in adj
dition to the United States, where it
originated. 1t is spreading like
widfire throughout the Christian
world. The Laymen's Missionary
Crusade is an outgrowth of the stu
dent volunteer movement which be-
gan at Mortified something over
twenty years ago, and the sugges-
ton OF such an organized endeayor.
first came to the mind of a North
field student and the quadrennial
convention of the student movement
held in Nashville. Tenn, in 1906
But not until meeting held later
in the same year in the Fifth Ave
nue. Presbyterian church. New York
City, was the Mortified students
idea formulated into definite
scheme for action.
There have preceded or else will
ollow the convention held recently
in Baltimore, seventy-four other cons
MENTIONS in important American
cities promotive of this laymen's
levangelistic movement. This ener-
getic. conventional plan, moving
from city to city, explains to an ex-
tent the quick expansion OF this
,christianizing crusade. 1t is not
letting any grass grow under its
feet, so to speak. But another ex-
PLANTATION of the immediate success
of the movement is to he found in
the fact that it does not attempt to
present something new or, indiffer-
ent from the established missionary
agencies OF the various church or
CARNATIONS. It co-operates in COM
plete harmony with those agencies,
and, in consequence, as soon as the
proposition was presented "each de-
nomination took it up with almost
avidity."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
COMMISSIONER; $, NOTICE.
> -7'777 Y -
Scott G. Highland Admr

>-S-NNt NJ kAiB htauQs {AOInT.,
vs. Il IN cIIANcERy.
James L Highland, waitman r. High.
land. Homer highland. Hiram ]
Highland. May Highland. CARR,
Highland, Blaine Highland. Charlie.
3. Highland. Frank E. Highland
Virgil L. Highland, Ada Brown, Nv,
Brown, Hattie Thompson. Lloyd b
Heffner. Allie Ramage,s Moiiis
Lynch, Lille Williams, Icie Tetrick
ona Highland, ana Lloyd Highland
infants >
pursuant TO an order entered In ths
above styled cause,in the Circuit cour,
Eof Harrison COUNTY. Vest Virginia. a
Inc September term, son ahep same
Egas referred 70 the pudersigaeds Com,
Emissioner to take, State ana pepori
an account showing:si ~
!. What personal estate Thomas J.
Highland owned at the time of his
death, the character and value there.
|of.. ~ass III
What disposition IL any, OF
said personal estate, was made by the
Plaintiff, Scott q. Highland, admins.
traitor Of said Thomas; j. Highland,
Ideacesed, and how much; II any. Of the
said personal estate is now in the
hands of said Scott G. Highland as adj
lministrator. available for the payment
of any debts owing from stiies estate Of
said Thomas ]. Highland. deceased:
q A settlement ofsthe administers
tion accounts Of the estate of said de-
icedent BY said Scott G. Highland. his
administrator.
=. What debts said Thomas J.
Highland owed at the time iof his
death, to whom payables their nature,
their respective amounts and priori-
ties. q
5. What real estate was owned by
the said Thomas j. Highland at the
time of his death, lis description and
location, the liens thereon ana their
priorities, IL any.
8! Phe respective interests OF the
plaintiffs and defendants in said real
estate. and whether or not the same is
susceptible Of partition in kind, among
the persons entitled thereto, and IL not
susceptible Of partition In kind, wheth-
er or not it will be to the best inter-
est Of all the parties concerned, the
owners thereof, to sell the same and
divide the proceeds among those en-
titled thereto.
Z. And such other matters as any
party in interest may require, the same
being pertinent or'such other matters
as said commissioner may deem per-
tinent, whether requested or not
The above named parties and all
Others interested, WIN take notice that
the undersigned commissioner wilt on
the ssise s.: Ys'.
18th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1909, /
proceed to execute said order bf ref
erence at his Office, rooms. 2o2-2o3.
Oak Hail building, clarksburg, West.
Virginia. goes
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
n Given nnder my hand this. End day
OF November, Isvy.
I1AFtAYEsxTE G. Grille,
Commissioner.
sPDRRY q srERRy
counsels for Plaintiffs.
NOTICE I,o cREbIroRs,

Z ~ 4.
NOTICE no CREDITORS.
To the Creditors spE Thomas j. High.
land. deceased
In pursuance d decree Of the
Circuit Court OF the County OF Har-
,rison, made in ascarse therein pending
to subject the real estate Of the said
Thomas ]. Highland 10 the payment
of his debts. you are:required to pre-
sent your claims. against the estate or
Thomas ~ Highland fcf adjudication
to Lafayette c. Grfe, comfnissioner.
atyhis ofticesan the Oak Haii building
Main street, flapEsburgs west viz
ginla, on'-or befofe the 18th day OF
December. 1909.
Witness T. Wade coffman, Clerk of
said Court this sna dsy4of November,
.1s9s. ~ 81 M
l. WADE COLEMAN. Clerk.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
E HON YES
FCR =. 60. MEN
Railroad win Likely !. Be-
Away with the Call
Boy System.


GRAFTON, Nov. 2s-The Balti.
more & Ohio railroad officials are re.
aported to be Considering the matte,
lot entering into a sontrast With; III,
Consolidated Teiphone ; Compan,
Iby which indiyidilaf telephonss vii
lbe installed in the homes Of EN-.
Iployes Of the B. 6 o. in this see,
ton subject to call and. caller. of.
fce. This practically means the
passing of the call boy but 1t will be
a great aid to the efficacy of the
service. The same method is In
course Of being adopted at cumber.
land with the G. & p: Telephone
Company, and in the opinion of some
Of the leading officials of the road
there, will work well for the SER
Vice.
On the Pennsylvania road at. AL
ltoona. Pa. and other places the cau
system by telephone has been adopt
ed and meets with general approval
of the men. 1t is fully expected
that the arrangement will be sane.
toned for this section. Final ar
Engagements have not been made. the
matter simply being under consider
alton: but should a contract be sign
led, some three hundred new tele-
phones will he Installed.
The proposition which was first
submitted by the C. & p. telephone
officials at Cumberland. has so far
met with the approval of large
number of the men. AS now con-
sidered the connection will only be
between the callers office and the
trainmen's houses, and for this SER
vice the company will pay. The adj
vantage to the men is this: They
are In immediate touch with the
caller, thus eliminating delays; also
on the payment of the sum of fifty
cents month they can have the
phone connected with the general
service of the company. A number
of the men have already signiie1
their willingness TO adopt this latter
low-priced offer of the telephone
people, and seeing It's advantage for
themselves are in hope the deal
will go through. fr'sas 90.
At the request Of the men the b.
& o. helpers on the seventeen mile
grade viii be transferred on Noven-
Der % from Keyser to Piedmont to-
put a similar method OF calling into
effect and telephones aye now being
installed in the mems houses at
Piedmont for this service for which
the themselves pay.
Should the deal go through, and I'd
is authoritatiyely stated that 1t prob
ably will, that feature of railroad
life, the call boy, will be thing of
the past, and the ex-call boys vii be
taken care OF In other departments.
The installation OF the cali system by
telephone will most likely be extend
ed in the near future to all points
on the B. & o. system.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
YACHT UNBOUND
As Yet John Jacob Aston
and Party Are Not
Located.

KEY WEST. Nov. 22-Mystery
still surrounds the whereabouts Of
the steam yacht. Nourmahai, Will,
John Jacob Astor and a party OF
friends on board. A direct wireless
message from San Juan, where it
was thought the yacht might be,
says tits not there.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
TO sENTNEcE H6TsoN.

CHARLESTON. Nov. ga mo-
ton to set aside the verdict OF
guilt in the case of Col. A. S. Hut
son. convicted OF embezzling state
funds was argued before Judge
Black of the intermediate court Sat
urday afternoon Judge Black over.
ruled the motion and will impose
the sentence.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
NAMES DELEGATES.

Governor william E. ,Giasscock
has named Daniel w. Jacobs and
Peter Koblegard of this city as del.
egates to the Southern Commercial
Congress to BIO held in Washington
City, December and 4.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
DENIED by BoNApARTE.

BALTIMORE, Md, nov. 22-Hon.
Charles Bonaparte denies that the
electrical trust has offered him mil
lion dollars for the Republican cam
paign fund IL he will call of tho in
yestigation of the trust.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25

NEW YORK. Nov. 1s.-coilector
of the Port Loeb today announced
the removal from tho customs service
of seventy-three employees and at
taches n the weighing and other di-
Visions OF the customs service here.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
FACTORY TO RESUME.

BUcKHANNoN. Nov. 1s.-Foilow-
Ing extensive repairs. the Cunningham
window glass factory will be put in
operation next week. A force of men
are now ready for the resumption.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25
LARGE INHERarANoE TAx.

ALBANY. N. Y, Nov. 22-For the
year ending September 80. the state
comptroller received $6.sS2, 615 in
taxes on collateral inheritance.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-11-25

HUNTINGTON. Nov. 1s.-rhe Lin
coin county court house at Hamlin was
DESTROYED By fire today at u loss OF
$4,000. -
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05
At Ellsworth Foundry,


One of the busiest places in Ellsworth
to-day is the Ellsworth Foundry & Ma
chine Works. Many orders are being
filled for the air pump built by this COM
pany, which attracted such large atten-
tion at the motor boat and engine show at
Boston last year.
The company is just now fitting up the
large new sardine boat Of the Frenchman's
Bay Packing Co., of which Arthur B.
Holt is manager, with duplicate eighteen
horse power Ellsworth engines, with sep
arate reverse gear and two propellers.
The engines can be run together or inde-
pendently;'or one can be run ahead and
the other reversed, turning the boat in
its own length. 1t is as complete power
equipment as ever installed in boat of
this size.
The launch is new one, built by Will
bur Morse, of Friendship, and towed here
last week to be equipped with engines.
She is fifty-one feet long, with aecommoda-
tions for four men, though she will have a
regular crew of two. She will be used in
collecting herring from the weirs, and
has tank amidships with a capacity OF
$50 bushels of herring. Shs will be ready
for launching in about week.
The big gasolene yacht Mamma, owned by
DR.. C. Eugene Riggs, of Minneapolis,
which was wintered at the company's IS
yard, is being put in readiness for the sea-
son, and will go in commission in about
two weeks.
The launch Ciarowin, owned by A. s,
Thomas, of New York, is also being over
hauled here.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05
NORTH ELLSWORTH.

The Union sewing circle will meet with
Mrs. Mary Moore at the home of Mrs.
Howard McGown Wednesday, May II.
Hiram Mason died Sunday night at the
home of his sister, Mrs. William K. Nc
Gown, after lingering illness of con-
sumption, in his fifty fourth year. He
leaves besides his sister, Mrs. McGown,
two brothers-Charles Mason, OF Law
renee, Mass, and Alden, of Seal Harbor.
Funeral services will be held at the church
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05

the school board by the class president,
Harry Jordan. The class will instead
present short play in the evening, fol-
lowed by the usuai reception and ball. 1t
is possible that some class parts will be
delivered in connection with the play, or
that prize contest of the undergraduates
may be arranged for the afternoon in con-
nection with the senior class parts and
presentation of diplomas.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05
COMING EVEN is.
ELLSWORTH.

ELLSWORTH.
Thursday afte rnoon, May 6, at Uni
tartan vestry- Cooked food sale.
Saturday evening, May S--Dance at So
ciety hail.
Wednesday, May Il, at Hancock hall
young Mrs. Winthrop" by local cast,
under auspices Of Village Improvements
society.
Wednesday afternoon and evening, May
26, at Baptist church, Ellsworth : Basket
meeting OF Woman's Baptist home and
foreign missionary societies of Hancock
association.
COUNTY.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
July 6, Z and 8 Meeting OF American In
stitute of Instruction at Castine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADvERrIsEAEsrs rsIs WEEK.

In bankruptcy Irving 8 Mitchell.
/" -Horatio ID Wakefield.
New England Tel & Tel Cc-Notice.
Frank Perkins-Real estate sale.
Mrs II Davis-Housekeeper wanted.
Eastern Steamship Co--Summer schedule.
Ellsworth Greenhouse.
Floyd Market-Special sale.
Hancock Co Savings bank.
Burrill Natl Bank.
hC Haines- Undertaking and furniture.
Union Trust Co,
A Haynes-Cash market.
FREMONT, Me:
/. Joseph H HRpmill-Notice of foreclosure,
BucKspoRr. Ms:
Bucksport Natl bank.
BANGOR, Nh:
Eastern Trust h Banking Co.
WArERvILLE, NE:
Mitchell h Co-Man wanted
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05

Following is the standing of the competitors
who have received 5000 votes or over in the
prize contest at Roy G. Haines' store, which
will close June 2S:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05

SCHEDULE OF MAILS.
AT ELLSWORTH PosroFFIcE.
In effect Oct. s, 1905.
MAILS RECEIVED.
FROM WEsI-7ls a m; 80 and sos p m.
FROM EAsr-1l.07 m; 1905, 555 and 1882 . m.
NAIL CLOSES AT PosroFFIcE.
GoIsa wEsr-lo.45, II 80 . m; $40 and p m.
GONE EAsr-S3o m; and $50 p m.
No Sunday mail.