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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-08
William II. Nicholson. deceased.

William II. Nicholson. deceased.
Fourth: What debts the said VIII.
liam H. Nicholson owed at the time OF
his death, to whom payable, their ma.
ture and their respective amounts and
priorities.
Fifth: What real estate was owned
by tho said William H. Nicholson at
the time of his death. its quantity and
description.
Sixth: And such other matters as
any party in interest may require, the
same being pertinent, or such matters
as said commissioner himself may
deem pertinent to report.
But before proceeding to execute
said reference. the said commissioner
is Hereby directed to see tbat the
Clerk of the Intermediate Court Of this
county shall publish the notice TO
creditors OF said decedent as. required
by the Code of West Virginia. and said
commissioner shall give notice to all
the parties to this suit OF the time and
place Of executing said order of refer
ence by publication thereof for once
a week for four successive weeks in
some newspaper published in this
county, or by personal service OF such
notice on the parties or their counsel
At which time and place you may at
tend and do whatever may be neces.
sary to protect your interests.
Given under my hand this 18th day
Of June, 1910. Ssz
HARRY SHAW.
Commissioner in Chancery,
B. L. BUTCHER and
E. NJ. sHoWALTER,
Counsel for plaintiff.
6-17.24 July IS
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: d q s p
Rev W. H. Fields, Of wheeling. sss:e.
excursion manager; Miss Nelle v.
Eayman. of Fairmont. junior spperin
tendant; Mrs. Berta Mckinney, Of
Huntsville, juvenile and prlso, reform.
superintendent; Miss Sophia Hoffmets.
Ter, Of Wheeling missionary rnupfnes
te1ient
Tine vice presidents are the prss.
dents Of the districts as follpws:5
Forest shriyer, Of Morsantowa tsfg...
ton district; J. G. Rcwane, OF Weslo,. !
elarksbnrg district; Rev. airy II. nus.
Ter, Martinsburg district and Res :.
NJ, Biidlc, Of wellsbufg. wheeling
district.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.


To the Creditors of William H. Mich.
olson, deceased:
In pursuance of a decree Of the In.
termediatc Court of the county OF Ma
rion, made in cause therein pending,
to subject the real estate Of tho said
decedent to the payment OF his debts.
you are required to present your
claims against the estate Of the said
dccedent for adjudication tod Harry
Shaw, Commissioner, at his office in
the said county, on or before the ed
day of July, 1910. next.
Witness, W. S. Black. Clerk of said
Court, this 18th day of June, 1910.
W. s. BLACK, Clerk.
June II, "a, July /, s, L. q.
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andI would Ike to
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FROM female trouble
! and fearful painsin
my back. Ihad the
] best doctors and
1 they ALL decided
that Ind tttnior
in addition 70 my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
Hon lydia IL.
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HEST VIRGINIA
ENlEAv0R union

6lNUElelUll UAylUly
VILE HOLD AflNlA COS II
TON AT TERRA ALTA on 4
july 2s-2s.
The West Virginia Christian 81.
deapci convention viii he held Al
Terra Alta July I6-2. .; md ap p,ins
sra I cling spared q male II I, !. tsst
;:irention in the history Of the tic
'ni.- The a-ssnss ;cN;s haze been
unleF way for spme lme for the
Ct 1rlnuon Sn,, III. rro. ii. has Se.L
almost completed only Jew details
beng left 10 fill J, .le Terra Ats
Board OF Trade and al tue CHURCHES
Of hat towr are ..rbin;n, We, the
cndeoyors 10 mafa = Races q: the
cpnrentior ana III 49, cheers af
ths Eadeavor Union have wtrlsGl
n-rd { make I! iiott,urthy &c.
casip1.
The program will SIZE be eon.rlat.
ID. State President W. W. smita /,
Wheeling having the mat,er.in charge
and is making the final arrangements.
Among those on the program is Earl
Lehman o: Boston in.;-n t!ona; Geld
worker vino will maze several adi
d;esses and be present at the confer.
enccs. Rev. Willis B. Gclston, Of Phlla'
delphIa superintendent o. Young Pc
pies work IN the .sptycrlan cnu.cl
will be present and give talk IN
conference work. Rev; H. G. ,;;ians.
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cn address "Thc lie Noi.n While
aud A T. Arnold Ct Wheeling secte.
taiy of the State Sunday scho asso;
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school work and Young Peoples wsll.
Res. t. NJ. Hare OF Clarleston state
superintendent Of tho Ant: Saloon
leegue will be present and make an
address. Col. Tnumas E. Hodges h
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c.rtaln that he can Ia crescent prof.
n E. Hathaway Of chicago wifi have
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LOOKING OVER AMERICAN
LEAGUE FOR 1910
Continued From Preceding Page.

shall keep Lord on the bench. The out
field in any event, is to be reckone'
upon as a green combination, whic
must make It's own headway.
Behind the bat there is to be M
chanme The catchers are not above th
average. as catchers. although all hav'
their strong points, and all are hltter
IN an emergency.
In the box Cleveland will have raf
Of youngsters to assist the veterans o.
| the staff 1t IS simply out Of the ques
tion TO try To place the team with 81
much rebuilding going on.
Repetition of Opinion.
Exactly the same thing is 10 be salt
of both Washington and ST. Louis.
Here are two teams which shift mau
ayers, so to speak MGAleer, with 81
Louis last wear, becomes the manager
of the Washington team. and o Connor
who was with st. Louis in 1909. IS re
tanned as the manager of that club; u
O'Connor has to build hls team from
the ground He has released many OF
the veterans. On the infeld changes
have been made at second and third
base. In the outield he has retained
| Stone of last wear, Behind the bat he
will depend on the services Of Stephens
and young PLAYERS whom he expects to
make a formidable showing.
The pitching talent is mixture OF
veteran and Young blood. His team
generally is one which may be whipped
into n powerful machine within year
and which may take two seasons be
fore he will have the wheels regulated
to suit him. He has secured an out.
fielder from New York-Demmitt-and
a pitchcr-Uake--from the same club.
His trades have been advantageous and
l.. &C oil ,,in
TO be we'll selected
The task before McAleer Of Washing
ton is not so much one Of securing
Young players as to obtain results from
the PLAYERS who were the Washington
team of 1909, If there were any in that
season who felt that the Washington
club was nto being managed as it
that was in 1T, perhaps there viii be
an opportunity at the end of this year
for Them to confirm their belief.
Washington has good pitchers whu
did little or nothing in 1909 IT has
some excellent infielders who seemed
always to blunder at the most critical
moments IN a game, 1t is provided with
one OF the best cntchers in the American
league 1t has an outield which could
be strengthened. and viii be strength
ened.
The team played ball in 1909 on some
days with so much assurance that il
seemed as if neither Detroit. Philadel-
phia nor Boston could beat it, and OF
others as If any team in Class +
league could defeat il,
To correct those faults is the task
before McAleer. II is quite differ
cnt undertaking from that which is be
fore any other manager of the Ameri-
can league. and it is fair 10 say that if
he succeeds in rehabilitating baseball
in Washington as he has in every other
city in which he has been basebal II
factor, there will be different games
this year in the national capital,
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lock with his lsft leg. when Caunt threw
his weight upon him and brought him
down underneath. The big fellow won the
fall In the next session.
Caunt was stronger and waded into the
forty-seventh round with renewed reso-
luton. He was dangerous, and Bendlgo
broke ground, The champion followed
and they milled. taking and giving short
arm Jots and slashes. With bettor aim
than he had yet displayed. Caunt
whipped through a powerful blow tQ the
forehead. Bendigo gave way milling des-
perately on the retreat and footing II
swiftly. AS Caunt rushed In Bendigo
smashed a pretty one 10 his usual tar
get, the face. and slipping through
Caunt's Srasping hands fell and grinned
derlsiyely at his baffled adversary.
The next ten rounds were fought by
BendIgo with variations on his Merry
Andrew and lightroot tactics-hit and
drop. The practice was perfectly per-
missable so long as he received blow
before falling, but the d-tlmers sighed
for the days of Spring and the knee TO
knee milers who knew how 10 give and
take with science. Caunt stood the or
deal we'll and Bendigo was growing
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In the thirty eighth Caunt was himself
again for moment. He forced Bendigo
Into n corner. where the sly one had no
excuse for slipping. and pounded him over
the head with hard swings. Bendigo
found the interview expansive and closed.
when Caunt with 4 sudden excrtion OF
strength plucked him OF his feet and
tossed him over the ropes, falling himself
on the inside. Another futile session was
followed by BendIgo's usual left to the
race. right 10 the ribs and drop.
In the forty-first round Bendlgo again
peppered Ceunt's mouth, but retreated
before the big fellows rush. Caunt
caught him at the ropes. threw him and
fell upon him. \ short, shifty session fol-
lowed and In the next Bendigo by scien-
tihc maneuvering got through neat
lunge to the throat and went down to
escape a receipt.
Respite From Hard Smashes.
The champion had had some respite
from Bendigo's hard face smashes and
seemed quite fresh when he came ND for
The forty-fourth round. He forced the
lighting vigorously and Bendigo after tax
ing blow to cover himself dropped
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digo by main strength and fell heavily
upon him.
Led Merry Dance.
Bendigo seemed TO have suffered no
III enects AZ the opening OF the eleventh
round. In fact Caunt had hardly
touched him and his skin was still fresh
lie resumed his jigging tactics and led
his huge antagonist a merry dance, iunp-
ing In ana bway with the speed OF light
As usual. he tormented Caunt into INT
Ing his guard and swinging high. then
swept In like a flash jammed his left
10 the Jaw and his right To the ribs and
furious and followed him. dropping on
his knees beside him. Luckily The giant
restrained his temper in time and Ben
dleo Knocked him while both were being
oorne away by their attendants. At this
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into n corner and IL looked serious for a
moment. Bendlgo could not fight out
again and was hard put to 1t 10 dodge
and parry the blows that sung about him.
Finally he had recourse. as usual to
dropping. but the evasion was patent and
the ring rang with Jeers and catcalls.
The many expressions OF disapproval
drove Bendigo out OF his lippant attitude
Tor n time and he came more soberly
into the thirteenth round. For all his
stiffness and fondness for playing the
clown he had n punch that "Jern" Bel
cher in his best days might have envicd
and lie was looking for n chance TO use
II now. He crept around caunt warily.
taking every chance and parrying the
swings and drives launched by the other
by straightforward parryng and ward
ing. Caunt slammed a wicked ono with
his left that lust Grnzcd the top of Ben
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("BENDIGO")

er. CaunJ knew his man and waited
for his chance. suddenly letting out with
humming left swing Bendigo ducked
aud srinned like an imp. tapping in light
)y to the body with left aid right, get
ting out again, and acting altogether like
a mischievous schoolboy. Caunt went as
ter him doggedly and swung again. when
BendiSo. coming up under his guard,
smacked him hard under the left eye.
Caunt drove wildly and the challenger re-
peated the blow. opening an old scar on
Caunt'S check and drawing first crimson.
Bendigos friends went wild at his clever
ness and Bendigo. dancing away. laughed
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MS inscription. . "Caunt and Bendigo, for 200
September, 1s45. May the best man win. /"
Ihere was much confusion at the last
moment. caused by the failure OF the box
ers TO get together I'm the choice OF a ref
cree. Fortunately. some ono espied the
famous Gorge Osbaldiston known
throughout England as ~ Aud Squire"
VINO had retrcated TO his carriage to es-
cape the crush. lie finally consented TO
serve and the battle was declared on
Ihe men presented a remarkable pic
tufe OF manly and athletic grace as they
advanced 10 the mark. Caunt was six
iect TWO and half inches IN height and
trained TO a point he had never before
equalled, having dropped from 23S 10 1876
pounds. his weight on the morning be-
TORE the hight. He was nothing but bone
and sinew. hard hitting. brulsing lion
OF man, with an arm like a swinging
beam and built like windmill. Bendigo
slenderly but compactly formed. was
about five feet ten inches in height and
weighed 1s9 pounds. He dragged his lcfr
leg slightly, part OF the after effects
OF an injury received while skylarSing
which had once cffectually shelved him.
Save for this he was handsome, rugged
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Caunt, indignant at
being foiled when
ever about to seize
an advantage, leaped
after him, but un-
fortunately fell on
his knee beyond him
The move was taken
10 mean the inten-
Ion Of foul tactics
md brought loud
ilsapproval. Bendigo
aad recourse again
20 his Hop o My
Thumb methods and
ripped his fancy
steps into tho forty
fifth round. seeking
q way for his left
wallop. Caunt. en-
ragged, flung the
crook OF an arm
around his neck and
swung him around
twice clear of the
ground. Bendigo
t-,,,,aI o,,l 1an-lf n
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ilS ults III Ills 8lll-
tude Caunt showed
little science. stand
ing erect. with feet
near together. Ben
digo kept his right
foot well advanced
and brought his fists
UP and close, with
head back.
They came togcth-
er smiling. Bendigo
opening the usual
fire of jests with n
humorous greeting
and Caunt respond
ing easily. then. eft
or touching hands.
both snapped on
guard. BendiSo flew
instantly into his
tactics. all bounce
and dash. hopping in
and dancing out.
Ieinting here. there
and here again
like a sha dow box
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LAST OF THE LIST
OF THE REALLY
GREAT CHAMPIONS

: Tom Spring stands as the last
!. Of the list Of really great champ
: ions that began with Mendoza,
i and the sport sensibly declined
: after he vacated the title in 1924,
! 'Jem' Ward, who held the po-
! sition of champion for the next
: eight years, fell under the
: suspicion of crooked tactics sew
: eral times, and, though an able
: fighter, was never matched with
: man who could give him trouble.
: For quarter of a century the
: championship was not held by a
!. single man worthy to be classed
!. with such as Belcher, Gully and
: Cribb.
!. After the retirement Of "Jem''
! Ward, in 1888, he left the belt
!. for competition. "Jem' Burke,
= 1.-The Deaf Un,' claimed it, but
: in 1889 he was beaten by William
!. Thompson, better known as Bendi-
: go, who received the belt from
: Ward. Bendigo retired from the
: ring as a result of an injury, and
Benjamin Caunt, after defeating
/. Mick Ward, received another
!. belt and the championship Bendi-
: go recovered and challenged
/. Caunt for the title and the new
belt.
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"a who alternated
.mpionship fought
three rounds.
~ BendlgO's Famous Third Battle With Caunt

,s,o nv the New York Her.
~ an rights reserved.)
and hounds when the day
anal settlement Of the long
~ The two leading fighters OF
~ fhe pugilists, their attend
rrowd OF ten thousand chasing
o,, across county lines 10
hands OF constables who
n spoil the sport, Up stakes
~as The word until the harried
,cok cover at Sutfield Green.
through OXfordshire. Bed
"a Rucks, and here the TWEEN
ring was pitched upon the
.-rer British style.
"a interest attached to this
-.'i,e aside from the fact that
9onshjp was at stake. Both
.,w Observation-Disclosures
co,,nty town and Cnunt from
here his parents had been
iord Byron. In trying out
-<ics hands for the prize ring.
y a Londoncr knew of the cX-
z sueh men. they had been
--n.Inst each other. Bendigo
rsfar In 1888. when both were
4 and rising. they had fought
y seventy-iiv round contest,
|2,ng the decision on a foul,
1 1RsndIgo had held and relin-
4. .fifIe and Caunt had won It.
a be their third meeting. on
q. 1876.
fhompson. tho challenger. was
"a one OF three children at a
dghtIng name of Bendigo
.-oular contraction from the
. c1dcr which he first appeared
dng. Some irrevercnt person
a The triplets. who were all
<lively. Shadrach, Meshach
ID. For want OF n better
:fe young Thompson. as a
-ounced himself "Abednego OF
\ and the word, transformed
4 aIcheny OF general use. re-
. oHn through life.
Clownish Bendigo.
MAS the clown or the profess
M his irrcpresslblc tendency
\ jokes and horse play did not
|u from fighting when there
||ght need OF IL. In many a
eId he had shown himself a
|cr and a boxer OF endurance.
mas better and less favorably
his trlclsIness and his method
for time by dropping To hands
nd crucial moments. For the
10. oil rl CT 4,
Is a. huge. slow WitteG. beef
Hist of tremendous physical
10 was never remarkable for
I2e of the fine points. but who
his prominence through sheer
pluck. The nimblc BendiSo
|, infected TO make butt OF
him a "clodhopper" TO his
,bed him numerically In the
he two. Caunt had the better
Illng. was far the stronger and
leaIs accomplished pugilist.
been one OF the first boxers
tour of America at time
|port was regarded as kind
Is novelty on this side. and |
ID al the Bowery thcater In
|IuOU. AZ tIIS lllllt JIG was
.. four years younger than
minutes past 3 the men en-
ms, having first thrown their
! the arena. Caunt was at
'0ung MolyneuX, an American
'Jem" Turner as seconds. with
charge OF the bottles. Ben
pporlcd by Mick" Ward and
man as seconds, lem" Ward
Burn as bottle holders. The
shook hands before stripping
Tor corners. Caunt won and
|lhge of position on slightly
nd. with his back to the sun.
1ce with the articles. Spring.
'cking Caunt. produced the big
h championship belt. Bendi-
/ II on with some braVado, TO
he said. that II would fit him,
Il TO lem" Ward for safe
ne men then tied their colors
Aes. blue and white spot for
nd en- elaborate orange affair
order for Caunt. bearing the
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stage of the fight both adopted the GUS
tomary course Of refraining from the
least unnecessary exertion after falls, al
lowing seconds and bottle holders TO lift
them bodily into their corners.
The twelfth round opened with a
charge by Caunt, who looked and acted
the goaded bull He drove al Bendieo,
swung at him, slammed and volleyed and
mllcd, all to no purpose, for the nlmble
boxer would not stand 10 him and was
as hard 10 find as q flying insect Final
ly Caunt, In desperation, drove his man
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openly at his adversary. Caunt closed
furlously. missing with his left once
more, and grapplcd for fall Bendigo
was no match for him at this and was
forced down in a corner by the giant.
Gould Do No Damage.
The second round was almost n rene
titiou OF the first, save that BendiSo could
do no damage. Caunt was apparently
laboring under his delusion that ne was
lighting a man OF his own size and his
terrific. rock crusher swings passed where
Bendigo could dodge them easily Mean
while the little fellow was boring I'm re-
peatedly 10 face and ribs. and at the end
that would have fcled an OK RendIeo
exercised his usual stiffness In slipping
quickly TO his knees when threatened by
one of Caunt's bruising clinchcs.
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Caunt lost on a techni-
cality, Bendigo termi-
mated his career by be-
coming a clergyman.