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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28

A number of Dawsonians went to
Americas in automobiles Monday af-
ternOon to witness a game of ball
between Americas and Albany. The
former won by score of to 4.
Dudley Cooke of Dawson played with
the Albany team.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28

There will be a game of baseball
on the local diamond this afternoon.
The Americas boys are expected to
come down and play against a home
team.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28

The height of fashion now is the
extra long corsets. We have what
you want. Be sure to see them
at THE EMPIRE STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
Farm For Rent.

The Greer place, a four horse
farm, in the Twelfth district. Ap-
ply to j, II. WHITCHARD
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
OPINIONS
Are Handed Down By the
Supreme Court in APP
peal Cases.

The state supreme court has handed
down opinions as follows:
The case OF sommers, ct al, VS.
Bennett. ct al. from Marion county
was reversed and remanded.
Elkins vs.. Michael. Prestln county,
reversed.
State ex. rel, Keller VS.. Grymes.
kaaawhn county, affirmed.
Keystone company VS.. Brooks,
wcbsteT county affirmed.
Brown ct. al. vs. Click executor
Putnam county. affirmed.
Black & Sonssivs. Johnson & Sons.
Lincoln county, affirmed.
Thompson vs. Robinson, Marshall
county. affirmed. s.
Towner vs.. Towner. Doddridge
county. modified and affirmed.
Berry vs.. colborn, Marshall coun-
'y. reversed and remanded.
Dudley, administrator vs.. Nlswan-
der, ct. al, Wood county. affirmed
Town of Cameron vs.. Hicks, nd.
ministrator, Marshall county. affirmed
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
HARTlGAN CASE
From Morgantown comes Up
For Final Decree blythe
Supreme Court.

A final opinion has been rendered
In the famous Hartigan divorce cass
from Monongalia county. by the
West Virginia supreme court Of ap.
peals. the higher court confirming
the decree of the lower court.
In a suit for divorce in the circuit
court of Monongalia county 1t was
'decreed that the plaintiff, Mary v.
Hartigan. be divorced from bed and
hoard from her husband, the said de-
fendant, James w. Hartigan, that
the said defendant and plaintiff be
perpetually separated; that said
plaintiff be hereafter perpetually and
fully protected In her person from
said defendant and in estate now
owned by her except as hereinafter
provided and in all her property and
estate hereafter acquired by her
against any claims, demand or es-
tate Of said defendant and from any
martial right or claim of said de-
PENDANT; that the said defendant be
hereafter perpetually and fully pro.
tected in all his property now owned
by him except as hereinafter pro-
vided, and in all property and estate
hereafter acquired by him against
any claim, demand or estate of Iai5
plaintiff"
Following the death of Mary. ".
Hartigan. her former husband was
in possession OF her land as a tenant.
Her heirs tried to have him eject.
ed and the case finally went to the
supreme court. where an opinion
written by Judge Robinson. has been
handed down.
In the syllabus Judge Robinson
says:
"A decree of divorce from bed and
board, with perpetual separation In
the terms provided by section 10 Of
chapter 81 of the code, does not bar
the courtesy Of the husband when
such decree is pronounced in lands
belonging to the wife a 1.-THE time Of
the decree; but upon lands thereaf.
ter acquired by her it operates like
an absolute divorce, thus, as to such
property, barring claim to cour-
tesy."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
BANKS
AT Fairmont Undergo Com
plete Change AS to
Officers.

ttAIRMoNT. April ga complete
change In banking clrcles has been;
made here, both In the First National
and the Bank Of Fairmort. ]. u.
Sands. who mas been cashier Of the
First National for more than fifty
Years. was named president Or the IN.
stitution, to NIL the vacancy Gamer
by the resignation OF j. NJ. Hartley u
president. L. r. Sands. OF wheeling.
was elected first vice president and
Howard w. showalter. lately, with the
Exchange Bank at Manningt8n. was
named as cashier. Two new directors
were elected: G. Il. Wells. OF c;lovefs ]
Gap. to ill the xacancy caused BIZ
Mr.. Hartley's resignation. and Harry
f. Smith in the place of Hon. A. d.
Fleming, resigned.
Glenn F. Barnes, who was assistant
cashier of the First National Bank for
seventeen years. resigned ana has
taken a similar place with the Bank
OF Fairmont. succeeding Walter MIL.
Ter. WHIP resigned as cashier and was
elected as second vice president of
the institution.
Mr.. showalter. the new cashier of
the First National. is son-in-law Of
J, p. Sands, the retiring cashier, and
Lawrence Sands, the new first vice
president, is his son. The latter, VIII,
is now vice president Of the National,
Exchange Bank of Wheeling. received
his banking training under his father
here.
The new officers will take. their
places on the first of May. Mr.. sho-
waiter and wife have disposed Of their
property at Warrington and will move
to the Sands home here.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
Two FINED
And One Held For the Grand
Jury As Result of Two
Fights.

Two fines were imposed and one
man was sent to jail to await the
action of the next grand jury by
Justice Gordon Wednesday afternoon
as the result of two fights between
Frank Fudge and Harrison Markley
IN the Denham mine at Glen Falls
Tuesday. Fudge was fined IS and
costs for assaufting Markley, and
was held for the grand jury for
CARRYING a long knife. which he drew
at the time of the SECOND fight with
Marley. He had no money and
could not furnish bail~so he was
sent to pail. Markley was tined S.
and costs for assaulting and beating
Fudge in the first fight. which &c.
CURED at this mines the same day.
He made arrangements for the pay.
ment of the tine and was released
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
GOFF ENJO|Ns
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
From Collecting increas-
ed Coal Rates.

RICHMOND. Va. April 21.-court
action has estopped the proposed in
crease in freight rates on coal ship-
ped from the New River and Kanaw-
ha districts of West Virginia to lake
ports. On the petition of the Cabin
Creek Consolidated Coal Company OF
Kanawha county. West Virginia.
Judge Con- ofthe United States circuit
court of appeals issued an Injunction
restraining the Chesapeake s Ohio
railroad from filing schedule with
the interstate commerce commission
increasing the rate Judge Cor held
that unless the road was SO restricted
"lrreparable injury may result"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

AMERICANS NOW
a RE FOREIGNERS
Several Are Naturalized il
Judge Dayton's Court
Today.

Hon. William M. Ragsdale Of tn,
United States attorneys office at Pitts
burg, United States Naturalization ex.
aminer for the department OF justdc,
at Washington, appeared before
Judge A. q. Dayton in federal couri
Wednesday in the cases OF six appii-
cations by foreigners for citizenship
Owing to the absence Of a witnes.
the case OF Michele PABLO Antonio
Arena, an ItaMan merchant, was rec.
commended TO go over until later.
1t was recommended that vincenxs
carfera. an Italian coal miner al
Hepzlbah, be admitted.
Thomas Angotti's application was
turned down on the ground that a
witness. who attested his papers, is
not a citizen of the United STATES.
Carlisle Abraham Harrick, Syrian
merchant here. was recommended to
be admitted.
The application OF Rosario Romano.
an Italian. was continued on the
ground of his insufficient knowledge
of the laws OF the country and Its
form OF government.
Bernhard Steuer, OF Monheim, an.
other applicant, was not present and
his case was continued.
The damage suit of Schuyler Meats
fop $1,000 against the clarksburg
Zinc Company and others was argued
on a motion to remand the case to
the circuit court of this county, from
which it had been transferred. was
argued.
An Indictment against F. w. Price.
charging him with revenue Viola
ton was auashed. =.
Tony yassio was arraigned for trial
on revenue charge burt the case was
postponed until Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock and the jury excused I'M
til that time.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
TRADE BOOMERS
VISIT THIS CITY
Wheeling Business Men, on
Excursion, Spend Hour
in Clarksburg.

Wheeling Board of Trade mem
bers, on their second annual trade
booming excursion to Ohio Valley
and central West Virginia points
paid Clarksburg brief visit We'd.
nesday at noon. They visited Local
business men, beheld with admira.
,tion the rush and hustle OF the best
and busiest city in their itinerary
and viewed what points of interes,
the short stay permitted.
The trade boomers arrived Al
1n:30 o'clock from Salem aboard 9
special train and after making Q
tour OF the city, boarded their spe.
clal at 1890 o'clock and proceeded
to Weston.
Those composing the party are:
C. d. & P. Tel. Co., H. G.
Bills. Dist. Mgr. H. w. Wood. Div
Traffic supt., r. C. Hollister, Div
supt. plant, Peter C. Caravasios
FIT. Henry and Bijou lunch rooms;
John Waterhous. Waterhous Bros;
H. w. Mcclure. Mcclure Bros; j. H
Rennard. Rennard Co.; Ben Exley
Ohio Valley Drug Company; Seator
Alexander, Alexander Co.: F. P.
Jones, f. p. Jones Co.: Joseph R.
Naylor, The John S. Naylor Co.;
F. F. Haliock, Vance Shoe Co.; R
B. Plummer, r. H. Dunn & Co.;
G McFadden, Jr., McFadden's;
A. r. Ulrich, H. F.. Behrens Co.;
H. j. Holiday. w. A. Wilson
Sons; w. H. Chapman, W. H.
Chapman & Sons; II. w. Gee
Gee Electric Company; F. G. Die
horst, Schaefer & Diehorst; Ho
mer McGregor, H. P. McGregor Co.
F. Riester, German Fire ms. Co.;
Geo. j. Mathison. Home Fire ms
Co.; H. j. Beuter. Beuter Bros;
Geo. H. P. Schmidt, Geo. E. Sdfe
Co.: Geo. NJ. Shook, Geo. NJ. Snool
Co.; Allen Brock, Joseph Speide
Gro. Co.; W. E. Stone, Stone 6
Thomas: Jacob sentlinger, New.
Lithograph Co.; A. E. Schmidt
National Exchange Bank; George
Hook. n. B. Naylor, Board of Trade;
shewellN Gibbs. Delaplaine Dry Good,
Co.; National Telephone Companies
A. n. Doudna Cummlns Richard
son, R. NJ. Dalzell; w. o. Alexau
der, McMechen Preserving Co.; E.
R. Cunningham, Klein & Merrimar
Co.: F.. H. Kiuu, OFT Heisksl Hard
ware Co.; j. w. Holloway. Wheel
ing Traction Co.; w. E. Stone. Stone
& Thomas: Geo. W. Lutz. Trimbl,
& Lutz; T. G. Burke, B. & o.; Har
ry Wickham, b. & o.; H. H. Marsh
B. G o.; H. L. Gallagher. B & o.
E. r. Fuller, H. w. Johns-Manyill,
Co.: R. j. Dickson. Hicks & Hoge
F. L. Higgins. Bloch Bros. Tobacco
Co.; F.slFowler. Parkersburg. divis
ion freight agent, b.: & o. Ry.; r
NJ. Brown. Brown Brothers. tailors
B. Hall. F. schenk & Sons Co.. mea
dealers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
REVISE PLANS
DO Holders Of Leases Since
the Reed Cox Wells
Found Dry.

The South Penn OIL company's dry
test on the Reed-cox farm nea,
shinnston. in the stray sand, has
caused holders of leases In that 10
cality to revise their plans for drill.
Ing In that vicinity. Some of the
work started has been shut down
and number of locations abandoned
and will not he drilled in the neal
future.
The South Penn Oil Company i!
now due in the Gordon at It's Reed
Cox farm test. This company's No
I on the A. N. Nay and r. R
Hardesty farms are holding up a
112 and 80 barrels respectively.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
WRTS ALLOWED !.
-
By the Court of Appeals
in a Number of
Gases.

The supreme court Of appeals has
allowed writes in the following cases.
Gareld Chandler IS. American Car
and Foundry Company. from cabell
county; writ of error and superse.
IDEAS allowed.
j. W.. Guthrie VS.. Huntington
Chair Company from cabell county.
writ of error and supersedeas al
lowed.
J. c Taught vs.. W. Fl. vint ct ais.
from Pocahontas county: writ or err
ror and supersedeas allowed.
w. S. Darneli VS.. H. j. wilmoth,
from Pocahontas county; writ of er
and supersedeas allowed.
StVe Of West Virginia vs. JON,
Miller. from Mineral county: writ oil
error allowed.
w. c. Hudson vs.. II. c. Jones, from
Mercer county; writ of certiorar
awarded.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
CITY DELIVERY
Of Mails For Weston is
Proposed BY the De-
partment.

The postofice inspector has been
at Weston looking over the city to
determine whether or not It Is ready
for free delivery. 1t Is very probabl-
that his report win be favorable.
and that viii quite likely mean that
the service will start by July i.
IT will be necessary at such a
time for all persons to have their
mail addressed to the Sstreet and
number.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
INJUNCTION
Against Railroads AS te
New Rates Granted BY
Judge Golf.

Taylor vinson and E. B. Knight
representing West Virginia coal OPP.
orators. applied for an Injunction be-
fore Judge Goff against the Nor
folk and Western and Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad companies to re-
strain them from putting into eff.
feet the proposed advance On coal
freight rates. The injunction was
granted temporarily and arguments
will be heard next Friday.
The action is part of the genera,
legal fight being made by the West
Virginia coal men against the rail-
road freight rates.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
L. l!|lRs|. !. B!lRILEIT Dies
Estinable Woman Passes
Away al. Her Home
Near Gypsy Grove.

Mrs Evalyne Bartlett, widow of
y. w. Bartlett, deceased. and step
mother of DIR. NJ. j. Bartlett. of this
city died at her home near Gypsy
Grove Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock and the burial will be in the
Masonic cemetery at shinnston. All
friends of the family are asked to
attend. Interurban cars will stop
in front OF the residence.
Mrs. Bartlett was 20 years old.
She was a daughter of George w.
James. deceased. of iBoothsville. She
leaves several sisters and very many
friends who mourn their loss. Mrs.
Bartlett was a member of the Hep
zIbah Baptist church.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
Garrison Troops Are Being
Given the Oath of
Loyalty
4 CABINET MEETING
Is Held TO Consider Pro.
posals BY the Army of
Investment.

An advance guard q tha' ca,st,tn-
tional army Mas arrived ~ tha ont.
skirts 81 the clty
The cabinet mat th,s a,ternoon
and proclaimed martia, ,ow n tsa
capital = " -
Administering Of tho oath -
troops still in ,,s the garrison u t. nr -
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
entertainment
Will Be Given By Clarksburg
Athletic Club Satur-
day Night.

Preparations are being made by
the clarksburg Athletic Club for an
athletic entertainment to be given
for the benefit of the club in the
Williams building Saturday evening
next beginning at $50 o'clock.
There will be boxing and wrestling
matches. bag punching, acrobatic
feats, club swinging and other ath-
letic features. Martin and Shell
don, of Pittsburg, will put on !. a
vaudevill sketch. Music will be fur
nishad by Prof. Zell's orchestra.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
ARRESTS ARE
MADE o SOME
RECITAL /
Is to Be Held in Adamston
School House Thurs
day Night.

A musical and elpcution recital
VIII be held In the Adamston school
house auditorium Thursday night at
9 o'clock under the auspices of the
Epworth League. Admission VIII be
free. The following program will be
rendered:
Piano Solo. Selected >. Ethel Winter
Song, Happy Greetings" ...s...
4. s.. 1893. ..... Male Quartet
Recitation. .cushville Hop"
RecitatIon, Answer to Prayer.
s....-.i. ..s........ leila Ashcraft
Plano Solo, Selected. g. Louise Basel
Recitation, "curfew,s
...........'....... Ethel Minter
Solo. Selected -. Alice chorpening
Violin Solo. ......... Mildred Biddle
Recitation, The Village Singer.
..... Mabel Crime
Prudence ana Bess Tichenal
Recitation, Blind GIRL. .........
.............. Merrill Barth
Recitation, Minister'S Black Nance
................ Mae Frommeyer
Song, Loves serenade."..........
1900. Male Quartet
Piano Solo, Selected. ..... .........
................. Louise Deberry
Recitation. Henry Smiths Honey
moon .............. Mabel Crime
Address. ...,........R Rev. j. E. Scott
Solo. -. .....l..... Prudence Tichenal
Recitation. "The Going of the White
Swan ......5... Miss d. ID. linn
Song, Hymn That Mother Sang.
............... Male Quartet
Piano, Duet. ...;...........
villa Straight and Louise Basel
Song. "our Good Night. ........
Male Quartet
A silver Offering will be taken.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
ALL HAVE SAME RIGHT.

The law clothes each member Of
a board of directors of private cor.
portation With equal rights and pow.
ers. and each has the right to make
an Investigation of the books and
papers of the company. is the sub.
stance OF an opinion handed down by
the supreme court of appeals in the
case OF State ex rel Keller VS.. arymes
from Kanawha county.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
NATIONAL BANK
to Be Organized By
Hood and Others at
Shinnston.

WASHINGTON. April 21.-Applica
lions to organize West Virginia ma
tlonal banks have been approved a
follows:
The First National of Mullins. witt
$4,000 capital, by j. II. Jordan, o
Hinton. James 7. Mccreer. II. Ewart
". A. Parker, T. H. Lilly.
The First National Bank of shinns
ton, with $4,000 capital, by c. p
Hood. Hugh NJ, Martin, A.. NJ. Hess
and ]. A. Fleming.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
NoRFHcoTT NAMED
will Go to Colombia as Minister
Successor Appointed.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. April a.
The President has made the follow.
Ing nominations:
Envoy extraordinary minister-pleni.
potentiary to colombia-Elilott North.
cott. Of West Virginia.
United States attorney for Southern
District Of West virginia-Harold A
Ritz, of West Virginia.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
SWALLOWS ACID
DR.. Berry, of Ftatwoods, Dies
Within Ten Minutes
Afterward.

DR.. j. w. Berry, prominent
Flatwoods physician. mistook carbol-
ic acid for spirits of ammonia Tues
day at his home and swallowed a
fatal dose of the add. He was dead
ten minutes afterward.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
MUST wAroH BONDS.

The banks in West Virginia which
have been designated as state depos.
tories win no longer be allowed to
become careless as to their bonds.
For the last few years laws govern
Ing the renewal of the bonds Of these
repositories have been rather loosely
enforced, but from now on the bonds
must be renewed every two years. as
the statute provides,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
COMPANY cnARTEREp.

The BiddIe Concrete Company. Of
Adamston has been chartered. The
capital stock is s15.ooo. with $50 paid.
The incorporates are John C. Biddle.
Fl. claytin Biddle, Homer o. Biddle.
and Edgar NJ, Bidllle, OF Adamstons
and c. G. Benty. of Cumberland Val
ley, Pa.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

CHICAGO, April 2i-The wheat
market was weak early but later
developed strength. May closed at
s1.25, July at s1.14. corn at II ga
and oats at Sc IA.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

Mrs. G. D. Fleming of 1s5 Terra
Gotta street, has. been called to
Cumberland on account of sickness.
and viii not return until the first
Of the week.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued
to Leonard T. starkey and Icie 2.
Smith and William C. .Pcll and Flora
n. Martin.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
ROOSEVELT AT MoslBasA.

MoMBAsA. British East Africa,
April s1--The steamer Admiral,
with Theodore Roosevelt aboard, has
been sighted of this port.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

N. M. White. of Jackson. o.. Is
visiting his brother. j. 3. White. aud
sister, Mrs. g. G. Jacox He is on
his way to Phoenix Ariz., ON
prospecting trip. IN siEtWNl
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
NEW posTNAsrERs.

WASHINGTON. D. G.. April FL
Postmasters appointed: Fred. Gilmer
county. Jesse H. Ralston; Reader,
Wayne county, John W. May.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
LOCAL SOLDIERS
Make Fine Showing the Annual
Inspection III Armory.

Captain Duncan Boughner's so,-
diers were ccrnplimcnted by the IN
spection officers last night. when the
annual inspection was held. The
boys made fine showing. Mai. II.
8. Lively, of Fairmont, inspector gen
eral, and Captain Charles II. Miller.
of the Twenty-fourth regiment of the
regular army were the inspecting Of
ilcers. They went from this city to
Weston ii inspect the company there.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

Dickinson.
fact
President Taft said
ze himself with ayawer at b
disposal
canal from Colon to Panama before
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

CoNsTANTINoPLB April ~
Reports from the Syrian coast say!
racial fanaticism is extending in the
vilayet of Aleppo. Great Britain,
France and italy have warships ON
the coast and the British cruiser
Diana landed so men at Alexan.
dretta. aim lr,rp
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22
Which Have Beeh in Progress.
in Adana and Tarsus
Districts.
|FANATICISM EXTENDS
Along the Syrian Coast and
Powers Have Warships
on Scene.

LONDON. April 27-A despatch
from Athens today says kilograms
have come In there from Mersina
saying fully 10000 persons have
been killed In anti-C Christian rioting
the last few days in Adana and
Tarsus districts. Entire villages
were RACED.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

j. L, Lewis, of Fairmont. is city
visitor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-22

FaY oEite Rapss
University Missourian., 1909-02-25
FAKING NEWS.

One of the chief dangers to be guard
ed against in Journalism. as empha-
sized by both Jacob A. Riis and Walter
Wellman. is that of taking news. For
tunately. the takers do not hold their
jobs for any length of time. but the
mischief they do causes the readers to
look upon all news with suspicion.
We can all recall instances of taking
where the public has been hoaxed into
believing story founded entirely on
imagination. The discovery of the Car
diff giant is a familiar example. Per
hap>. under the class of faxed news.
comes the news of great disaster.
where the reported number of deaths is
double the number of persons killed.
But the time is coming when fake
news. as well as the Objectionable fea-
lures of yellow journalism. will be
abolished. Then the public will form
its opinions directly from news col
lmns. rather than in second handed
way. through editorial columns.
University Missourian., 1909-02-25

kickers, and has been weak in several
other sO-called finer points" In a
number of close games between various
universities of the country last fall, a
good kicker won the game, and in
number of others, the contest was lost
because of missed tackle, or a lost
forward pass. The principal reason fol-
this vital weakness i'm the Missouri
team is that the contestants for posi-
tions do not have sufficient practice
along these lines. There has been no
spring practice of any consequence at
the University of Missouri. In the fall
practically all of the time is required
for team and signal work, and not
much attention can be devoted to punt
ing, tackling, goal kicking, and for
ward passing. At the larger universi-
ties of the country, skill along these
special lines is developed in the spring.
Such should be the case at the Uni
versity of Missouri.
The members of the faculty have
done their part. the coaches will do
theirs; so now it is up to the students
to do their share towards developing
a successful football team for 1909.