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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-18
DEATH oFyM rs. DUNN. !.

"a Mrs. Dunn, formerly ofssentons
Ferry, who moved to MorgsntoWn.i u
dead. The remains will be brought
here In the morning and IA ken to Ben.
toms Ferry for burial at ten c'cl5rs.
Undertaken jenkins has charge of the
arrangement. 81. s s. .f7
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-18
Der III 1907.
South Bound.

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-18

Don't pay penny piece for en-
yelopes when you can ger 500 printed
with return notice and your name for
only CSC at this offlee-about 5 for a
cent. = n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-18
uPHOLSTERING

= UFr1OE9 ERING
We make 1psclaIry OIL nrst Glass
up to dsta upnolstering. hotn plain ana
fancy. Mattresses and feathers rsp
ovated. Sewing machine needles IN,
supplies. All work guaranteed.
II. C. voELKER,
BIS Monroe st.. next to Jacobs Bldg
Con. Phone Ra2. FAiRFHONT. w. VS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-18

Added to the Long st due
to This Famous Remedy.
Oronogp, NJ Y Il was simply n mel
vbuS wreck. q / could not walk arrps

tne H0pTiWlLinpNt
my heart luttering
and I could not even
receive q letter
Every month i had
such d ben ring down
|sensat ton, rs IL the
Hover parts Wonld
fall ont Lytiln T.
lPinkham's Fegeta-
lble Golnpo has
done my nerves q
|grcat deal of good
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-18

Passengers baggage carried ON
cars leaving Fairmont ut GOO, $500.
1900, 500, o. 90 and 300 o'clock.
Passengers baggage carried ON cars
leaving Clarl1sburg ut 1880. 80. I:Gc
1880. 1880 and 10:30 O'Clock.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-08
Sworn Statement Made in the District
Court Monday by Bank Examiner
Van Fleet Shows that Entire Cap
ital, Surplus, Undivided Profits
and Depositors Money has
Been Squandered

greeted Judge Breen in his closing
remarks showed that the sentiment
of the people was expressed by him,
and the straightforward manner in
which he brought out facts, figures,
and present condition of the Eureka
County Bank, and the negligence of
duty on the part of the officials of
the State Banking Board in permit
ting an insolvent bank to continue
in business for nearly a year after
its Examiner had reported it insoI-
vent, was generally approved by the
many dcpositors of the Eureka
County Bank who were present.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-08

- IA 10 "A"6 49,
failure of the Eureka County Bank:
When the case of the State Of
Nevada against the Eureka County
Bank was called in the District
Court in Eureka last Monday morn
ing by Judge Peter Brecn. the larg-
est and most concerned asSemblagc
Of people that has ever appeared in
this court Don VAS present. At
the session Of the court held Satur-
day Bank Examiner Van Fleet stated
that he would be prepared at this
time to present a statement TO the
court showing the true financial
condition of the closed bank.
With the greater part Of the mon
y Of this entire community deposit
Cd in the suspended bank. the hear
Ing Of the promised statement was
awaited with tense feeling and
overwhelming anxiety. All kinds
Of umors had been in circulation
regarding the actual condition Of
Affairs this statement would bring
forth, and since last Saturday it had
5Jn generally believed that for the
iePos'torS at least, Their" would be
little loss.
But when Bank Examiner Van
Fleet commenced reading a list Of
te assets he had rclcgatcd TO the
scrap pile notes and ovcrdrafts of
ae Smith Brothers Investment
company, amounting to $50, 1882;
Eh0ies and ovcrdrafts Of the Smith
EblIirog Investment Company, IL
counting to $50, 1868: notes and
l"erdraftS OF Minnie ID. Smith,
mounting 4" so, l2hlS; joint
'o'es oil .. D., L. / smith and W.
Ir'tiIn' oycrdrat,s IT O. }. Smith,
amounting to SHo,3S".6i; shares and
'tpooItS IN the Smith banks at Rhy-
0W' and Manhattan also recently
'Sed)' amounting to S2G,62S.Sl;
"ldeS other notes, ovcrdrafts and
'Teciat"d securities that brought
.Pth" total amount Of what the
Dali Examiner classes as worthless
paPt to a total loss and shrinkagc
4 Of $50 $50 10 ,borc ,y,s q srr
/ prcsI mrr,,rr n.,,ah.. a.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-08
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS

NSNH' 'hSS1Loii'Noo
Mondays session Of the District
Court will be a memorable one in
Eureka. the profound interest
throughout, the number of dramatic
situations, and the final sensational
closing, marked a most unusual
scene in the District Court.
The proceedings Of this session of
the District Court as taken down by
K. A. Broy, appointed Court Re
porter, follows:
The State of Nevada Tx Rel X.
{. Stoddard. Attorney General, ct
al, IS. The Eureka County Bank, a
corporation. Ct al.
Application for appointment of a
receiver, and other matters.
l.. W. Fowler, Esq, Deputy At
torncy General, representing plain
tiff, and II. X. Mitchell, Esq, the
defendants.
Defendant, by its attorney, APP
pears and states to the court that
the defendant has no answer or de-
nun to file as against this petition,
~whereupon counsel for the plaintiff
introduced evidence as follows in
support of the petition:
K. Mechanics was sworn on behalf
of the plaintiff and testified as''fol-
lows:
4. MIR. McCharIcS. are you at
present County Clerk of Eureka
County?
a. Yes.
q. Are the articles of incorpo-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-08

W sup lne OF q puDll
calamity, and that, too, in the face
of the following provisions of an act
of the Legislature of this State APP
proved March Is, 1909.
Here the Court read the follow
ing provisions of the statutes:
Section L. Every officer, direc-
tor, cashier, managing member,
clerk, person, party or agent of any
bank, banking corporation. asSocia-
ton or firm. bankiny house, bank
ing exchange, brokerage deposit COM
pany, private bank. and every per-
son company or corporation,
engaged in whole or in part in
banking, brokage, exchange or de-
post business. in any way, who shall
accept or receive on deposit in such
bank or banking institution, as afor-
said, with or without interest, from
any person. any money. bank bills
or notes, checks, bills, bonds, stocks,
drafts, or paper circulating as mon
ey, when he knows, or has good a
sol to know, that such person bank,
banking corporation, association OIL
firm, banking house, banking eX-
change, brokerage deposit company,
or private bank as aforesaid, is in
solvent, and every person knowing
of such insolvency who shall be
accessory to, permit, OF connive at,
or assent to, the accepting or re-
c~eiving on deposit therein or there
by any such deposit as aforesaid,
ahall be guilty of a felony and pun
ished by Imprisonment in the state
prison for not less than one, nor
more than 10 years.
Section 2, If any officer, direc-
tor, cashier or manager of incorpo-
rated bank, having authority to
close any banking institution or to
prevent the reception of deposits
therein, shall not exercise such au-
thority and prevent the deposits
therein when he knows such bank is
i~nSolvcnt or in failing circum-
stances, he shall be deemed to have
assentcd to the reception of any de-
posts received therein, and the fail
urc, suspension or involuntary IL
quotation Of any such bank or
banking corporation within so days
from and after the time of receiv-
ing any deposit therein shall be
prima facic evidence of knowledge
on the part of such officer, director,
cashier or manager that such bank
was in~solvcnt or in failing circum-
stances at the time such deposit was
received therein; provided that if
any dircc tor at any meeting % the
directors Of any such corporation
held during the 80 days next pre-
ceding the failure. suspension or in
voluntary liquidation, of any such
bank or banking corporation, shall
record his vote to receive no more
deposits therein or to close such
bank, he shall not be deemed tc
have asscntcd to the reception OF
any deposit in such bank. within the
meaning of this section.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-08

ment Company spoken of, or a stock
holder therein?
A. do not.
By the Court
For the purpose of enlightening
the Court on the question of the ap-
pointment of a receiver | would ask
you a few questions, Mr. Examiner.
Q. The information you have
given came to you while examining
the affairs OF the Eureka County
Bank in your official capacity?
A. Yes, sir
q. You we're appointed in April
of 1909 as Bank Examiner of the
State of Nevada?
A. Yes, sir.
q. How long to your knowledge
has the Eureka County Bank been
insolvent and unable to pay its liza
bilities by its assets?
A. Since the date of my first cX-
animation after my appointment.
Q. When was that examination
made?
A. During the Summer of 1909.
@. Did you, upon making your
first examination and ascertaining
the condition of the bank, make to
the State Banking Board of the
State of Nevada your report as pro-
vided by law?
a. | did.
q. You examined the condition
of the affairs of the Eureka County
Bank, | believe, about the Goth of
this last February?
A. examined it on the 18th of
February.
O.. Was the bank at that time,
at the time of your last examination
insolvent and unable to pay its liza
bilitics by its assets?
A. | considered it So.
q. Did you convey to the State
Banking Board of Nevada the result
Of your Investigations on February
10 or 20 of this year?
4. Yes, sir
@. BY District Attorney Hen
derson. Do you remember of meet
ing me here at the time of your
last examination?
a. don't remember.
@. Do you remember Of meet
ing any one late at night in front
of the bank, during your last cx-
animation?
A. do not remember Of meet
ing any one.
q Do you remember of telling
me at that time, or at any time,
that the bank was in good condi-
ton?
a. do not.
BY the Court.
OF course, since the bank closed
have heard things said of its condi.
ton scmi-offcially but not under
oath. and now we have the sworn
statement Of the Bank Examiner of
the most astounding character.
1t would seem that the Eureka
County Bank has been practically
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-08
EUREKA COUNTY
BANK WAS Q T

State of Nevada.
q. How long have you held that
office?
A. Since April, 1909.
Q. As Bank Examiner of the
State of Nevada have you examined
into the conditions of the Eureka
County Bank as a banking corpora
ton?
A. have
Q. Do you know the present
condition of that bank?
A. do.
Q. Do you know the condition
of that bank as it existed on the
22nd day of March, 1910?
A. do.
@. Now Mr.. Van Fleet | will
ask you to enlighten this Court as
far as it is in your power as to the
affairs and conditions of the Eureka
County Bank. a banking corpora
ton.
Mr.. Van Fleet then read his
sworn statement of the assets and
liabilities, as set forth in another
column.
By the Court
! see Mr.. Examiner that you refer
several times in your report TO the
Smith Bros. Investment Company
and to large sums of money having
been loaned to the Smith Bros In
vcstmcnt Company, by the Eureka
County Bank Can you give US
some information as to what consti-
tutes the Smith Bros. Investment
Company?
a have had an occasion to
look up the Smith Brothers Invest
mcnt Company and | learn that it is
a corporation formed for the pur-
pose of a holding company, to opc-
rate for the Smith interests, that is
to say, that instead of operating as
individuals they formed this corpo-
ration 50 that in the event Of the
death Of any of the incorporators
that it wouldn't interfere or retard
the handling of the business.
So that the Smith Bros. Invest
ment Company owned and con-
trolled many of the interests held
by the Smiths.
q. Can you state whether or
not the Smith Bros. Investment
Company gave to the Eureka Coun-
ty Bank any security for the sum
of $4,000 drawn by it from said
bank?
A. The Smith Bros. Investment
delivered to the Eureka
County Bank numerous and sundry
mining stock which at the time of
the execution of the paper may have
been of value, but at the present
time have no market value and are
considered worthless
Q. You mean to say, Mr.. Ex-
amincr, | suppose. that so far as
your knowledge at present goes you
are not in a position to state whc-
Their or not the stock you refer to as
as security by the Smith Bros.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-08

OF course, since the bank closed |
have heard things said of its condi-
ton scmi-olicially but not under
oath. and now we have the sworn
statement of the Bank Examiner of
the most astounding character.
1t would seem that the Eureka
County Bank has been practically
insolvcnt, nay, actually i%nsolvent,
since some time last Summer and
that, no word or hint of its insolv-
ency was given by those whose duty
the law makes it to do so. DEPOSIT
tors-men, women and even child
rem have been induced, | would say
almost inveigled into placing their
money and other personal property
in the keeping of the defunbt bank
and at the mercy of men who upon
the sworn testimony before US would
seem to be arrant bank lootcrs.
Every officer of this corporation
from Oscar j. Smith down to its
cashiers must have known of the
banks dcplorable financial straits,
yet not N of them came forward
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
HENRY SALz
COUNCILMAN
Appointed to Succeed W. c.
Warn at Report

Special to the EVENING NE Tvs.
Keyport, Nov. 28:-The Borough
Council met in the Borough Hall
Friday night, instead of Thursday,
as usual, this Thursday being
Thanksgiving.
The members of the council pres
ent were Richard s. White, DR.. Gift
ford 3. Aumack, Charles Lufbur-
10Y and John w. Mason, also Mayor
E. E. Conklin, Borough Collector
John S. Hendrickson, Water Super
intendent H. Fitzgerald and Borough
Clerk M. B. Taylor. Z
The minutes of the two previous
meetings were approved as read.
The borough clerk had no commun-
ication to put before the board.
Gustav Maurer was present and
said he had finished the assessment
map and had brought 1t for the in
spection of the council. The map
shows every individual property in
the borough with the exception of
one or two that could not be deter
mined without a search at the coun-
ty clerks office.
Robert Walling came before the
board and asked for a permit to
catch and kill a dog that had bitten
his sister Friday afternoon while she
was going in the yard of the owner
of the dog, His sister, he said, was
under the care of DR.. e. d. Roberts
at the time. Mayor e. e. Conklin
explained to Mr.. Walling that the
council had no power to give him a
permit to enter the owners property
and take his dog.
Mayor E. e. Conklin put Henry
Salz before the board as councilman
to fill the vacancy made by the res
ignation of William e. Warn. The
motion was carried, all voting in the
affirmative excepting DR.. G. B. Au-
mack, who passed the vote.
Several bills were ordered paid.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
.' kEANSRURG

Rev: j F. Tower, pastor of the M.
%. church. is qu~arantined. his two
children having scarlet fever.
G. /, Olsen, contractor. is building
two new houses for w. w. Ramsey.
Fhe houses are to be for sale or rent
when completed.
Druggist ". II. Dopled, finding
business too dull for his entire at
tention, has~accepted a position in
New York city, and will enter his
duties today.
MIR. Mcdonald, proprietor of Nc.
Donald's Hotel, is having erected on
the premises adjoining the hotel q
complete bottling works.
Miss Lillian Wilson is confined to
the house with pneumonia. DR..
HoagIand, of Keyport, is in attend
ance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Watson re-
turned from the two weeks wedding
trip to Niagara Falls, N. Y, Satur-
day and are living for the present
with Mrs. Watson's parents. Mr.,
Watson is the station agent for the
r.. G. r. r.
There will be a dance In the audi
forum under the auspices OF Eft.
Hancock Military band, next Friday
evening. r~a-- FL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
BELFORD

Rudolph Lang and wife attended
the wedding Of their nephew,
Charles Davis, in Brooklyn. Friday.
Charles Hubs, captain Of the
steamer Little Silver. of Patten line,
spent Sunday with his family.
Mrs. Mae Lahsen, of Jersey City,
was the guest of friends in town last
week.
Contractor Douglass Cook COM
meneed the building of Paul Tar;
now's new home Saturday.
Gas is being installed throughout
the Ritter hotel for both light and
heat by the Atlantic Highlands Gas
Company.
Rev. d. Y. Stevens returned fr5m
a three weeks vacation Friday from
his old home at Tuckhoe. Supper
was prepared by ladies OF the church
81 sthe parsonage and a general wel-
COME was accorded him.
Clarence Watson and wife, of
eKansburg, spent Friday with Mr.,
Watson's parents.
Mrs. Arthur Compton and chill
dren returned home to Hoboken tor
day after a few days stay with her
mother.
; Mrs. William Wilson, Of jersey
City, returned home from q visit
over Sunday with friends In town
Mrs Kate Mount and daughter, OF
Atlantic Highlands, visited Charles
Hubs over Sunday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
CAVE ADDRESS
At Y. M. G.. A.
South Amboy Audience Hears
Vineland Preacher.
spsosal to the EVENING NEws.

South Amboy, Nov. 28;-Secre-
tary Deacon was u~navoidably called
away yesterday and E. e. Clayton, of
the M. P. church, had charge of the
devotional meeting at the Y. M. G..
A. rooms yesterday afternoon. Rev.
DR.. Stratton, of Vineland, gave the
address. His theme was expansion
and advancement in whatever occu~
patton we are employed. He said a
man was no greater than his
thoughts, no better than his thoughts
no more righteous than his thoughts.
IT a man wants to be good he must
have good thoughts. If he wants to
be great he must have great
thoughts. If he wants to be right
eous he must have right thoughts.
AS an illustration he recited the
story of Carey, the English cobbler,
who while making shoes had the
map of the world placed before him
and he studied it as he worked. Thus
his thoughts were as great as the
world and by the greatness of his
thoughts and the expansion of his
mind the name of Carey, the preach
err and missionary, had been handed
to posterity. While if his thoughts
had been no greater than his shop
and it's environments, Carey's work
would never have expanded larger
than his thoughts. None would have
been blessed outside of this sphere
and the name of this man would
never been heard of. Those in this
city who fail to attend these meet
ings Sunday afternoons miss much
that is educational and interesting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
WOODBRIDGE

Miss Irene Ferris. of Brooklyn, is
the guest of Miss Verna Love.
w. L. Weston has returned from
a visit to Stamford.
Robert NJ. Kellogg, former super
intendent of Middlesex Water Com
pany, now of Council, Idaho, who is
making a visit TO his parents in Eliz-
abeth, was in town last week,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. McCarty enter
tanned friends from Perth Amboy
yesterday.
Miss Cramer, of Newark, and Miss
Morris, of Bayonne, were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs, C. r. Chase over
Sunday.
Miss Jennie Numbers spent Satur-
day in Newark.
Miss Ruth Coventry was a Wood
bridge visitor yesterday.
Mrs. j. II. T. Martin has beenSen-
tertaining relatives from Camden.
George Nj. Stewart spent a few
days in town last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Huber and
Miss Mary q. Stewart have moved to
the Miller building In Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmens, of Mon
mouth Junction, spent Sunday with
Rev. r.. N. Mark.
Miss Elsie Holmes has returned
from Beverly
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
TOWNS
CARE FOR INTERESTS OF
SOUTH AMB0Y CITIZENS
pecio7 to tRs EvENING NEWs

Special to tbs EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, Nov. est re
quires ability of peculiar order to
successfully direct the affairs of a
municipality. One essential ia the
power to correctly judge Of the ma
ture of those from whom it may be
necessary to receive their co-opera-
ton. Another essential is to have
this characteristic, that while appar-
entity giving way to others views, he
brings forward his own In such
manne that they are virtually ac-
cepted by others as of their W for
mulating. Still another is to stand
firm for the interests of those who
have conferred the honor of chief
magistrate of a city.
We find these requisites combined
IN present mayor and they we're
never o clearly demonstrated
than on last Tuesday evening at the
Public Service hearing. 1t was with
no uncertain sound that he gave the
representative of the Public Service
Corporation to understand that all
direlection on their part in not car
rying out the provisions of the ordi-
nance governing their franchise
would be enforced.
This, seems to have the right tone
for the welfare of the city, and we
would not overlook Councilman
Manhattan and Stanton. who gave
Colonel Gilmore to distinctly under
stand that no concessions would be
granted the Public Service unless the
interests of the citizens under the
existing franchises We're takn are OF
In a. better manne than in the
past.
While there may have been some
mistakes in the past, from the posi-
ton assumed on Tuesday night by
those in authority. we have reason
to believe that the interests of the
citizens of South Amboy will be
looked after in the future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-28
CRANBURy

Rev. Samuel D.Price, of Camden,
and Louis Koehler, Of Newark, were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Burroughs last Monday.
Mrs. w. Elmer Bergen started for
church last Sunday with her hus-
band, and after going a short dis
lance suffered a stroke of paralysis,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. r. Clayton spent
Thanksgiving In New York.
Mrs. Mary Disbrow, of Railway, is
visiting friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Groves gave
a Thanksgiving dinner party, enter
tanning Mrs. Groves brothers and
sisters and other relatives. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Hoagland and family, of New
Brunswick, Miss Sadie Heagland,
Edward Hoagland and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. David J. Wilson en-
tertained a large party of friends at
their Plainsboro home last Friday
evening in celebration Of the TWEEN
ty-fifth anniversary of their mar
riage. They RECEIVED many hand
some gifts, among them a silver SER
vice from their neighbors and 9TH
ers. Music was furnished by the
Crescent orchestra, and Miss Den
nelsheck. of Trenton, gave a number
of recitations.
John S. Bergen has been named by
Congressman Howell for the appoint
ment of postmaster for Cranbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fl. Johnson
attended on Thanksgiving the we'd
ding Of Miss Lottie w. Johnson,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Calvin
Johnson to George Morgan, at her
home near Crosswicks. The bride is
q niece of Mr.. ~Johnson@
Celeste Mason, daughter Of Rich
an Mason, is quite i'll with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Howard Bergen, who has
been living for some time with her
son at Seattle, Washington, has come
to spend the winter with her mother,
Mrs. Thomas J. Perrine.
Mrs. George Apologize and son
spent Thanksgiving at Princeton.
Mrs. Charles Farr is improving
very nicely although still at st.
Francis Hospital.
Mrs. Amanda Quimby spent part
OF the week at Camden.
IIu dtu 8dlhCl 10 -udNtH6 lhS tlly
water put In his residence in North
CRanbury.
Mrs. Harriet Matthews, who has
been visiting Mrs. Louise G. Apple
gate, has returned to her home at
Cassville.
Miss Ealma Mershon, of Smiths
College, spent Thanksgiving with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Mer-
hson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Bennett enter
tanned on Thanksgiving Mrs. Sam
uel Bennett, the other of Mr.. Ben
nett; Mr.. and Mrs. James Hutchin-
son, son and daughter; Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Bennett and Miss Bessie Per-
rine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl C. Wilson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Chamberlin
visited the Hippodrome at New York
last Monday.