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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-03-11

. ii. Clements This reminds me of a man
who wanted to buy mill. He was asked how
much money he had to invest in it. He said
$4,000. Then what do you want with mill?'
Give me the capital, that is what we are all
working for. have been trying for 35 or 40
years to get the capital. While | wont 90 in
at lerrth to tell you what are the most paying
branches, think the biggest profit is in poui-
try. But say, give me the capital and / will
try and learn how to manage it, but can tell
Better after get the capital
g. c. Clements again read the question as
there seemed to be a tendency to depart from
It and said, (Which will we have more capital
or better management? Which would the
brother rather give his boys, more capital or
better management"
G. H. Clements: eff they had the capital l
would risk the management. It is pretty hard
for man to start emptyhanded. He has a
hard row TO hoe unless he has some capital to
start with"
George Hardy; "These people that talk are
mixing up the question My idea is that it is
offsetting capital against calculation. If a
man has no management, how long will capital
stay in his hands? We have all seen men start
out with good calculations and the capital comes
and it don't take many years either. We are
not all of the same ability for management.
We find many who have been endowed with a
capital Of $4,000 and how much have they
advanced on it,
Mr. Kimball thought that if man began
without capital he would do pretty well if he
got ten thousand dollars by ever so good man.
agement. "How many of these gray and
bald headed men have got ten thousand dollars
co show for a lifetime of hard work? Tell
about young man having $4,000.
1t is precious few old men who have so
much. But we are dealing with the average
farmer according to the question and l think
our average fortunes are far below the ten
thousand dollar mark. About all the average
man can claim today is his time; if he makes
good use of this he will succeed"
Charles Clements the lecturer, again refer
red to the question and said: "Take us as we
ARE, which will we have, better management or
more capital? say give me the capital, I can
manage it all right if l can get it"
G. H. Clements said he guessed his boy had
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
THE II ID PARIS i ri eHTs


Tonight, the Franklin Stock Co, Mt
the Opera House, will present the piay
that Dan sully made famous, THE
Parish Priest" This is one OK tliosn
heart interest, uplifting moral dramas.
filled with comedy and strong sdrrmn-
tic situations, and Ia love roriailee III
more than usual interest. Tomorrow
night the Offering will be- The society
comedy 4drama-The Unwritten Inv.
Friday night, the feature Offering Of
the season Wood big sensati onal
chinese Melo-lrama Ii foarsacts and
many scenes. entitled Queen ot the
White slaves-saturda at.ernoon til
funny Farce Comedy ~ rhe Whole
Family. and saturdaysnlght TIN som
satlon Of the season low Women
Ruin Men, AS q special ADDED feat
IRE for Friday night the management
is endeayoring to- hold a nisrylass
ceremony on the stage and viii give
to any couple who will come upo1 Tie
stage and get married IN view of thIe
audience on Friday night, 4 cash we'd
ding present and furnish q aarrItges
to and from the theatre license ,a,ns
lister'sftee and ETC. al YOU hare TO- Do
Is to give your names 70 The manager
Of, the company and al details VIM be-
arranged for YOU Think n over.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
A SILLY ARGUMENT.

According to an article in the Times
this morning. the granting Of license
In Fairmont would change the location
OF tie Moore Jackson 10000 acre oil
lease in the vicinity Of Lumberpori
and stop the traffic on the Short Line
railroad which runs through that ter
|ritory and has Its eastern terminus al
Clarksburg. The argument is that the
oil men must have their liquor and
they will Inconvenience themselves
and work to great disadvantage tc
their business In order to have head
Quarters in n town which has license
Amy sensible man knows that Is moi
true. At the present stage OF develop
ment Clarksburg has the advantage In
patronage so far rs the Shinnston and
Iumberport fields are concerned. Both
Shinnston and Lumberport are IN
Harrison county and the deeds for the
land under lease are on record at the
county seat OF Harrison county. Tine
Short Line railroad makes connection
with the main B. and 0. line ut Carks
burg and with the Ohio River line al
New Martinsville. Supplies must be
shipped over that road. then why need
any one argHe that Falrmont Is the
natural center as matters now stand :?
Should the development shift to the
east side Of the Monongaheln river,
taking in Union and Winfield districts,
then Fuirmont will become the center
aud will be Headquarters for the peo
pie developing that field. whether It
Inns license 10 sell liquor or not. Any
reasonable and sensible man knows
that. but so long rs the development
Is along the Short Line railroad In the
vicinity OF Lumberport, It Is no use to
talk about Fairmont's being the nat,
ural center. OIL men don't choose
headquarters on sentiment, they are
guided by the location OF the field OF
operations. ~ ,eE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
Ballot Commissioners granting license
in Fairmont? Let us near from o::lcrs
on the subject. s,1i7
Friend ofati,e Oil M,,a.
Big! !: Ia J,
AT ROCHESTER CAUSES LOSS OF
i s17o,0oo-BUsIMESs CENTER
Z. OF CITY THREATENED.

ROCHESTER, N. Y. March 81
Reynolds arcade. at the Rochester
-Four Corners, one Of the landmarks
OF the city, was Quilted by fire. yester
day afternoon, causing q loss that Is
estimated at $4,000. The flames
threatened for time that bushes.
section Of the city bounded by Main
street, East and State streets, but they
were got under control an hour aftel
they were discovered without spread
Ing. I
Tn q degree the news services In
the city were crippled. as the offices
Of the Western Uniop Telegraph Com
,nny are in the arcade. The fire is
believed 10 have been due to a defect
in the wiring for these offices. i.
( Besides the telegraph company
other tenants are losers by the fire
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
PERSIAN MINISTER SELLS
5TRAPPlNGs FOR A SONG
Union Associated Press,

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WASHINGTON, D. G.. March 3l:-
Geneva Morteza Kian, the Persian
Minister being about to sall for home,
says that he Is going home to visit
his family. but Washington had an
idea that because Of changes, In the
ministratlon OF affairs in Persia he
was going for good and all. 'ThIs I'm
preston was strengthened when the
minister's Persian rugs tapestries,
hangings, curtos, etc., were sold at
public auction. Several Persian rugs
and bits OF furniture went for almost
a song. An especially attractive
Kashhaal shIraz. brown ground with
figures Of dark red and black, was
sold for SIS, while a small table cover.
equally attractive, brought but sl.5O.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31

send reporters around every n!sas
they cannot all do this. and some vii
not. But as a5ruie Ill will chscrfa'ly
publish any reports sent to them; cs
pecially If they are newsy and to tht
point. Good reporters will give the scr
mon In full, or mn interesting para
graph or section In full, not skeletons
OF sermons: people do not like to i'ol
at skeletons, they are too shostls and
scary. s
The editors OF our great papers aid
magazines belong TO the most sentr
Gus class Of our race; as q rule th"s
are more ready to I'LL their column;
with good things thar with sensation
al reports Of crime and long descrlp
tons OF domestic troubles. The trouble
Is. we do not bring these good things
to them and advertise them as We
meetings recently conducted In thu
city OF BIston, the great dailics CAV:
-, ~ i 10 ~. m,ra sn,ca !, mr.
aa,,,,. - tha meot,nra md fu,I :,
a... - tho sormo - ~ anv civ eva,
a, :, !, =, t,ono, con ve,,, On or eIt,s,
:, ~ .reot no,It,c,l nnrt,es what l.
40 80 eolf s,t,s.fled noston is tru.
I, p,ttsh,rr phila,lelnb,a St 7, ,u,s
~, r.nsos ritv I,or the yreat nilly
sunday n,oat,ngs row IN nrorresr i,
s,,.,nsfo,l 1ll,no,s far three nor m, ms
nra,,,a,s !, p,lly,. rival Tho daily
, !. - ,,,,,o noro ,fter maze and c,l.
49, n,tar column mi oinost .lai,y
- al,tor,,I tbot would Il, cre i. (,
~. host re,,r,ons ncwsnsners mi,
!, , :, J, 10 M not to hp wonders,; nj
H.. cIn,,.n neo,J5 = ro,ce,,nt1v f,,,ed .,.itt
= -, ,.,n,.nno l. NOW ,,vna, ion c,ny !,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
Betty Bancroft and Scene from 'Mercly Mary
Ann at the Grand Tuesday, April 6

in a loud tone of voice. discuss the
matter of some appointment which had
been brought to his attention. The
statesmen who Individually intended a
quiet tete.a.tete with the executive
were only too glad to complete their
conversation in fifty and dispense
none desiring the inner secrets OF
their district megaphoned about so
promiscuously. That's one reason why
so many statesmen carry ill.concealed
brick-bats for the late chief execl.
| tive.
OF course the Taft method has Its
drawbacks. 1t means more hours Of
hard work: It means that scores OF
callers at the White House do not get
to see the President at all. However.
those who do get 10 20 in. 80 away
with warm regard for the man at the
helm.
President Taft has announced that
he will eliminate "the referee" system
OF appointments in the south and al
low congressman and senators some
say.so in the selection of federal Off.
cinls. even though they be OF the op.
poslte political party. personal APP
polntments' will be reduced TO n min.
hmm. The reverse was the rule dur
Ing the Roosevelt administration.
Rough riders. cowboys, odd characters
from the bad lands and unique tndlvid-
uals Of the Roosevelt acquaintance all
were given places. II my was over.
looked 1t was because he did not ap.
ply. Z a
Already It has been demonstrated in
matters OF messages to Congress no
two men could dNfcr more widely.
Roosevelt wrote them. apparently.
morning. noon and night. and then
dreamed and aided supplementary
matters. IN,
II present conditions may be taken
as promise for the future. presllen.
tlal messages during the TAFT regime
will be the shortest and less often.
Roosevelt accepted certain alminis.
tHtion newspapers In which he put
"nntfnelcrs" to test the pulse of the
country. Taft gets all newspapers
alike. Roosevelt preached against
race suicide" and praised the pm.
rents Of numerous families. Taft not
very long ago emphasized his views
by. pointing ont the good that "old
maids" may accomplish in this world.
but after all. both are great big,
ablebolIed, full blooded, ylrlle Amerl.
cans. Each meets the problems be.
fore him In his own way. Roosevelt
made good WITH the people. Tar
gives promise OF doing likewise. !!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31

The dry forces ii Roanoke. VIZ
gInia, are very much depressed. by a
decision Of Judge Staples 1nvalllntlnE
the local option election held In thu
city on December 30. There are fifty
two saloons. one large brewery and
several distlllerles AMI wholesale
houses In the city. At the election in
which the vets and drys Joined Issue
squarely the dry forces Won by a ma.
1orlty Of SO votes. The decision Of
Judge Staples lnvalldatlng the elect.
ion Is a victory for the vets, ne i
leaves saloons in the clty. The g"ullnls
upon which the Judge set aside tao
election were that 4 legal election
could not be held from the yo,lng list
id furnished ny the treasurer. We
~ i.
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HOLD UP TEACH Frs n,
APP olNTMENTls.

Y. ~ |ft Union ASEOCluIeu f-TetA.pftltf.t
y NEW Z YORK, March 81 point
n,ents Of teachers for service Al the
elementary schools wlllsnot be made
tomorrow as was expected n Every ~
fort mas. been made to prepare 9! list !ot
nominations, but It Inns been found
that the time between the announses
ment Of the eligible lists and the maxi
Ing up Of the list OF nominationsS mas
been too short for the purpose. Cons,
seauently the nominations viii not BE-
made to the Board Of Educatlo lon until
the meeting on APRIL Is and viii take
effect May 8. x sf'ss
From present Indications about 200
women will be appointed from the No;
/ list and some eight or ten men.
About dozen kindergarten teachers
will probably be appointed These
will be the last appointments made to-
take effect before September sI
The new eligible list was ready
about the 10th Of this month but hes
fore appointments could be made
therefrom 1t was necessary to- send to.
the persons whose names appeared
upon II blanks to be filled out stating
the boroughs In which ppolntments,
was desired. Enough oiSthese blanks
have not been returned 10 enable the
board Of superintendent 70 make
nominations. Hence the & a aySuntip
next month.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
CHURCHES NEED
TO ADVERTISE
1T WILL DO GOOD AND HELP Tc
SPREAD THE GLAD TTlDlNGS. y

III one man needs to be more thor.
oughly trained In wise, legitimate
and sensible business Methods than
another. It Is the pastor and the er.
angellst. The Kingdom Of Cod. on the
human conditions ride. Is the most
gigantic and far.reachins business en-
terprlse on earth, and requires IT,
best brains. trained to highest eff.
cheney. r.
One OF the wisest and most sensible
methods In developing business en-
terprlses is extensive advertising.
The Church Of God having seme.
thing Infinitely more valuable 10 get
before the people than has any has,
mess firm. why should Christian peo.
pie hesitate, and be SO slow in getting
about it? The people both IN and OFT
OF the churches. are Just as quick u
read a religious advertisement, when
attractive, as. any other kind. Tie
writer has known Of one little card.
neatly gotten up. to be the first s;ell
In leading a soul to Christ. Advertising
religious services, and especially r..
yIval, Is a fine are. The writer would
urge n sserous study of the art OF sac;
part Of pastors and church otilcer7. II
Is possible. without the biggest evan.
gellst in the country. to get a whole
ely to talking about meetinr To
make a spur at the beginning Of tie
meeting and then stop. under the pre-.
text that Everybody knows about ti.si
revival now" Is not enough. bull !:
must be kept right up Until the list
day, with increasing quantity. quality
and variety. Hundreds Of posters. win.
dow. cards. dozens OF fargo streamcts.
conquest flags twlned with "Old Gloryr
Where possible, numbers Of electric
symbols Of welcome. and thousands
Of cards. gills, tickets. buttons, badges
etc, should be carefully put ont so!
that not one in the city, and for i've
miles out shall fail in hearing that
there is a revival in progress.
The best reporter should be secured
to attend to the matter Of furn.ahlng
each newspaperin the city vita q r..
port OF the meetings and the sermon.
Things Of interest for one paper. AMI
other things Of interest for anotl!or
paper. have great variety. "A goslire.
porter can Judge BY the classes ;'ts per.
sons who take the different papers
twhnt willSbe d most interest TO The
readers. n
/, DO no depend upon the papers ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
SHoWfTHE ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
METHODS DIFFER.

Mr.. Robert H. Hazard, staff CORE.
I spondent of the United Press Asso'
iciatIon. has given the following as his
Impressions Of the difference in the
Z Roosevelt and Taft method Of doing
things in the presidential office. Mr.,
\ Hazard says: II
Althoughtt the Taft administration Is
not yet "A month old Its startling con.
itrastssto tho Roosevelt administration
u are already sticking out like bnrrs on
snS chestnut.
sIsS IN everything that President Taft
Il does atywork or play, politics or rel!g'
Ion, exercise gof the brain or body, he
Sis the absolute antithesis Of the man
4 now on 3thelhlgh seas bound for Africa:
THE ery;tripi Mr.. Roosevelt is making
iis$ typical ;oi the differences between
\ the two men,. Not by the widest
4 stretch of the imagination could any
& one conceive OF President Taft forsak-
fSing the comforts Of civilization for an
invasion Of tnei African jungle, More.
over as doubtful II Mr.. TAFT ever
Killed living creature knowingly.
The Roosevelt goods we're hardly
i out of,the White House before attaches
Eofg Observation-Disclosures realized that the
i6solds home Is not like It used to be-"
Bluecoatea police officers at the front
door the mansion disappeared and
were supplanted by two tall, caoco.
;tilate:colored negro buffers. with expan.
! slye white shirt Blossoms and grey
vests. The white man at the door OF
8the secretary to the President like.
wise vanished and made way for a
Stcolored man. The stable housing the
!.s5 10y VIZ ~ :.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31

1t seems well enough that the Ma.
rion county court has started to set
aside fund for the erection OF new
Jail. With nineteen black hand men
in the old bastile and the prospect of
many more occupants soon after the
pistol toting law becomes effective on
May 10. the need Of q better prison
is emphasized. The city makesaift,
called for want OF worse name n
lookup, Is a disgrace to the town and
once the county gets q new jail, city
prisoners can be kept in 1t, also.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
PEOPLES FORUM.
-"oIL MANS" TIMELY WORDS.

. . |. . .
Editor West Virginian:-
In this mornings Times "Oil Mar"
contributes a timely, forceful and
highly suggestive article In reference
to Fairmont's opportunity to get her
share Of tie sl.5oo.0oo to be spent
this year in drilling oil wells In the
Shinnston field. We want plent:2 o!
agitation right along this Inc ard al'.
peal to you for space tnat your re.d'
ers may also be aroused on the SUIT
ject. F@ 3aJ 81
If we now give the saloon men OF
Fairmont Il fair chance they car at
tract to us q class Of men who will
give our city an appearance as differ
ent from Its present dead self. rs mid.
night Is from noon. The saloons old
time friends would return ana with
them an additional element from the
oil fields who know now TO get the
money from the oil laborers' pockets
by gambling devices and other slick
schemes. and who can operate better
In conjunction with the saloon. F
OF course, leasors, producers. con.
tractors, drillers, sllpelfntentl"nts,
bosses and many employees like to To-
cate their families In good t>wn
with church AMI school facilities and
good moral atmosphere for their
boys. but they always live In d quiet
way anyhow, attend to their own bus.
mess and make no stir IN the town.
We nave an example Of thts in the en-.
rollment at the Normal School that
has rim up above 400 since the town
has been dry but things are Just as
quiet as II they were moi here. What
VIC want Is somebody VINO can wake
the old town up, and make things live
ly. Why, We haven't hal n shooting or
cutting scrape In whole year. Give
us the saloons back AMI we'll have
their old time friends back with new
recruits from the oil fields. aud they
can do some straight shooting and
splendid cutting AMI fill our streets
with loud profanity. and yulgnlarit"
and vomit and filth and give the old
town the air Of something doing.
One can't think or speak or write on
the subject without growing enthus.
lastlc. sl,5OO.0oo just little beynhl
our borders. We must nave some
means to scoop 1t in. We mus have
license. We must have. absolutely
must The only question is where to
get them? AS for the City Council We
know majority OF them will not vote
to help us. They are gone from us. anil
let them go. They have tecn dIsobey.
Ing our mandates all the year. They
seem to care no more for us than Tor
other people; let them 50, they are c
queer set anyway.
B The suggestion that the Boar.l OF
Trade take the matter MP is a good
one. provided It works. But IL |. doas
not work It must not stop with tne
Board Of Trade. l suggest that II the
Board Of Trade falls to grant license
that We take the matter up at once
wIh the Ballot Commissioners. They
have never failed us yet and we have
every reason to believe that II the
brewers. and saloon Keepers would
Just get their heads together and tell
them to grant license they would do It:
Now, this Is no time 10 be caughs nap
ping. Let us get our heads stosethsr.
iWeJmnstt have license. Its3nowg q Sncr::
or with Su5. What, the matter with.
M A
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amount required MS q solvent Or pre-
SENTATIVE, or II ~ does not contain
sufficient medication 10 preyent itssa
use as an alcoholic beyerag sc. q
[sT. yosEpH cIrYl.8To !, I a j gas.

Ia y .
ST. JOSEPH CITY TO 3 Rtl 0As.s
IS fIInion Associated aFrss..a
ST. JOSEPH Mo-. March 81 JAP
will be used as fuel at the city electric
light plant after April 4. The board
Of public works and X NJ Mitchell
general manager Of the ST, Joseph
Gas Company. today uttered into
contract whereby the city Will pay go
cents the thousand for The tlrst 200;
thousand cubic feet tsed each month
and ten cents the thousand foriallS ny
in excess of that amount: The cost
will be considerably less than that of
coal, 1t Is said, and there will be
saving OF labor. SiasS N
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31
.cANADA's PATENT MEDICINES.
nrnIon Assoc lated Press,

TTnion Associated Press.) i'
MINNEAPOLIS, March 3l.-This Is
the last day for exporting patent medi-
clnes into Canada. whose new patent
medicine act prescrlbes that no medl:
cine can be imported 81 1t contains CO.
caine or any Of It's salts or prepara.
tons or alcohol in excess Of the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31

Speaking OF choice sentiment for
the Christian ladies who do not be.
lieve Fairinont ought to have saloons,
the article In the third column OH ;he
editorial page OF this mornings Times
is a highly valuable contribution.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31

]. H. snider's Special Sale Of Chairs,
Rockers, Mattlnss, Gas Stoves, Rugs,
will Commence Wednesday, APPEL I.
14o5 9th ST., 5th Ward. 2e.3t
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SPRING TERM.

Take advantage Of the Liberal TUT.
ton offer Of the Union Business Col
lege and commence with the SprInc
term which begins April first. At
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31

know nothing OF the merits OF skc
case, but We do feel sorry that the
dry forces have to suffer de!cat
through q techinality after winning a
signal victory at The polls.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-31

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