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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
PROMISE Of A
RECORD YEAR.
Is Given by Statement Of
Earnings of the Fairmont &
Cfarksburg Traction Co,

BY displacement of figures, the
statement of the earnings OF the
Fairmont & clarksburg Traction
Company as published in newspapers
of Saturday got twisted around and
made it appear that the company was
losing money at a great rate, but as
a matter Of fact the statement when
given correctly, shows exactly the
reverse of that
The company promises to break all
previous earning records this year.
The ten months proportion Of inter-
est on the bonded debt, the full
years dividend of per cent ON the
preferred stock and 5.45 per cent
on the common stock was earned up
to November 4. In other words the
surplus at the end OF the year after
deductIng all charges and dividend
on the preferred stock, provided the
ratio of earnings in the remaining
two months is maintained, will APP
proximate ~ per cent on the cone
mon stock: The detailed figures for
october and the ten months ended
October 81, are as follows:
October, 1910.
1910. 1903.
Gross earn s5s,5o4.47 s41.4Ss.15
op. expenses 19,SS5.s0 14.315.O2
Net earnings sSsn1s.67 s27,oso.13
Fixed charges, tax
es and ms. 1s,112.21 12,s54.sS
Net surplus. s2s,OsO.4s $14,425.2O
Ten Months-Jan. to Oct.
1910. 1909.
Gross earn. s504,496.7O sss7,S74.O6
op. epns. 175,sS3.O2 1Ss.e64.S5
Net earn. s82s,sss.ss s2542Os.s1
Fixed charges,
taxes and in. l2s,7ss.1o 12s.soa.2s
Net surplus 500, s24.5s s1sO.4o5.95
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
ELKINS AFFAIR.
Continental Newspapers Print
Stories That Miss Elkins
is in Europe Now.
AND SEES A BISHOP
Washington Dispatch Says
She is at the Bedside of
Her Father.

LONDON, Nov. 19-Despite the
fact that Miss Katherine Elkins ha.
returned home to America, some
continental newspapers continue &c
print stories that she is stopping al
Lugano, Switzerland, intimating that
the Elkins family with the exception
Iof the senator recently returned to
Europe ipcognito.
A dispatch from Lugano today
states that Miss Elkins is there ar
ranging with the Gishop of Ncino
for her conversion to Catholicism
and that she was visited last Mon
day by the Duke of Abruzzi.
The secolo, at Milan. Italy, says
that inquiry at Laguno has shown
Miss Elkins there and the marriage
of Miss Elkins to the Duke of Alb
ruzzi is likely to take place late in
December or early in January.
1t is thought in London that
Lugano correspondents have mis-
taken another party for the Elkins
family.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 10
Senate ELkins who was brought here
recently suffering a severe illness, is
reported today considerably improv-
ed. Mrs. Elkins and Miss Katherine
EESins are in Washington, and they
expect to remain here until there is
a change In the senator's condition.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
SENATOR SCOTT
Is Back at His Old Quarters
in the Willard Hotel
in Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 1s.-
Senator Scott is one of the early ar
rivals for the coming session. He
went to New York for few days af-
ter the election but has returned TO
Washington and taken his old quar-
ters at the Willard hotel. During the
remainder of his stay in Washington
he Will have very attractive offices,
for during the summer they were
freshly painted and decorated, and
partly refurnished.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24

o.
Because Sundays the only day
youIl be invited. Dinner nsweekdays
Is from u to 1890. and IT'S strictly a
business matter. no time for guests.
But you needn't fret. They won't ask
you till they've sized you up pretty.
carefully"
"ohr'
Moreover. you must be very par
tIcular about your dress. 1t must be
absolutely faultless. but very quiet
Clothing sober, dark grays and blacks
and plain. but the very last word as
to cut and 1T And everything must
be in keeping, the very best Of shirts,
collars, des, hats, socks, shoes. under
wear Kellogg caught Duncan's
look and laughed. "Your laundress
Will report on everything, you know.
so you must be impeccable."
'T'll be even that. whatever 1t IS"
"Be very particular about having
your shoes polished. shave daily and
manicure yourself religlously. but don't
let 'em catch you at it"
Would they raid me If they did,"
and then. my son, you must work"
kellogg paused to let his lesson sink
III. After time Duncan observed
plaintively. az knew there was a catch
in it somewhere. What kind of work y
at doesn't make any difference, so
long as you get and hold some job in
the town."
well, that lets me out. You'll have
to sic some other poor devil on this
glittering proposition of yours. /
couldn't hold a job in"-
"wait! I'll tell you how to do It in
Just minute
81 don't mind listening, butt
you'll cinch the whole business by
going to church without a break.
Don't ever failAmorning and evening,
every Sunday. Don't forget that"
why"
ITS the most important thing of
ALL"
"Does going to church make such a
hit with the young female Jasper-the
Jasperette, as it were?"
"It'l make you more solid than any
thing else with her pepper and NOM
mer. and that's, very necessary when
you're a candidate for their ducats as
well as their daughter. You must
work and you must go to church"
"That can't be all. Surely you can
think Of something else,
"Those are the cardinal rules
church and work until you've landed
your heiress. After that you can move
back to civilization. Now, as soon as
you strike your town you want to
make arrangements for board and
lodging in some old woman's house
preferably an old maid You'll be sure
/ to find at least half dozen of EN-
willing to take boarders. but you want
TO be equally sure to pick out the
one that talks the most. so that shell
tell the neiehbors all about you. DOM
worry about that, though. They al
talk. When you've moved in stoeE
up your room with about twenty Of
the driest looking books in the world
tawbooks look most imposing. Fix III
IT table with lots of stationcry-peni
md pencils. rod and black Ink, and oil
that sort Of thing. Make the room lool
MS II you We're the most sincere stu
+, dent ever. And by No mcsns neglcc
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4la4
The mysterious stranger merely asked
to be driven TO the best hotel. This Is.
not like most commercial travellers.
who. as rule. know where they want
to 60, even In a strange town, having
made inquiry ID ADVANCE from their
brothers of the road
VIII Bigelow was doing behind the
desk, lulled BY the Sound Of al Nuts
voice in the barrooin as he explained
to all ana suhdry just how he had In
advertently permitted Watty the tailor
to best him at checkers that morning;
otherwise the Office was deserted.
Tracey wakened wiit by stamping
heavily across the door, and win me-
ehanleally pushed down his spectacles
and dipped a pen In ink. Slowing the
register round for the guests sigma
ture. He says he knew at glance
that the mysterious stranger was no
travelling man. But this Is a moot
point, Tracey'B memory being minute
ly accurate and at variance with
Wits assertion.
The mysterious stranger was a
young man. rather severely clothed in
dark suit which excited no interest
In Bigelow's understanding. although
/, when 1 saw him later, had no ditIi-
. Guilty in realizing that it had never
been made by a tailor whose place or
business was more than ave doors re-
moved from Fifth avenue. BE was
-tallish, but not really tall. and carried
himself with slight stoop which took
away from his real height. Tracey
says he had a way Of looking at you
as II he was smiling inside at some
joke he'd heard a long time ago. and
don't know but that's fairly apt
description of his ordinary expression.
He had a way, too. OF nodding jerkily
at you-just once-to show he recog.
nized you or understood what you
were driving at; at other times he
carried his head a trifie to one side
and slightly forward. He was a man
you wouldn't forget. somehow, though
, what there was about him that was
remarkable nobody seemed to know.
He nodded that jerky way in an
swer to viii Bigelow's "G'devenin'."
and without saying anything took the
pen and started to register. he had
to sop. however, for Tracey was
pressing him so close upon the right
that he couldn't get any play for his
elbow. and after a minute or two he
asked Tracey politely would he mind
stepping round to the left, where he
could see just as well. So Tracey did.
Then he wrote his name in a good
round hand, Nathaniel Duncan.
| N. Y"
I'D like room with a BATH" he
told VIII, something simple and
ehaste, within the means of nan in
moderate circumstances"
! VIII thought he was Jokfng at first.
but he didn't smile. so VIII explained
that there was a bathroom on the
third floor at the end Of the hall
though there wasn't much call for it
Il could give you room next to
that" he said "but you wouldn't want
it, guess
CTo be contlnued).
DIR. W. W. Reynolds, at Weston, is
la guest at the Waldo.
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IT doesn't sound natural but you
certainly seem to know what you're
drooling about
= You can anchor on shat, Nat
= And are you tinished3s
n am ofcourse hi probably think
Of more things TO wise yon to before
you go,h
Duncan laughed shortly and tilted
back % his chair. selecting another,
cigarette. 'sAnd you're the chap who
wanted me to so to some bromide old
show tonight Harry. you're immense.
Why didn't you ever let me suspect
You had all this romantic Imagination
in your SYSTEM"
Imagination be blowed, son. This
is business" Kellogg removed the
stopper from the decanter and filed
both glasses again. ..well, what do
you say?".
"l'ye'Just said my say, Harry. It's
amazing. I'm proud of you"
''ButEwiIl you do it7'
Everything else aside, how can i?
I've got to live, you know
But I propose to stake you"
Duncan came down to earth. mo,
you won't-not a cent. I'm in earnest
about this thing-no more sponging on
you, Harry Besides'-
no, seriously, Nat, mean this,
every word of it. want you to do 1t,
to please me If you like. I've no
ton something win come of 1t. And l
believe from the bottom of my heart
there's not the slightest risk II you'll
play the cards as they fall. according
to Hoyle."
Harry, 1 believe you do"
II do firmly. And I'll put the prop
osition on a business basis If you like
eco on. There's no holding you.p
You start out tomorrow and order
your war kit. Get everything you
need, and plenty OF It. and have the
bills sent to me. You can be reaGy In.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24

TO have a wen worn Bible prominently
In evidence. you can buy one second
hand at some bookstore before you
start out"
sra have to, Of course. thank You
for the battery. Proceed with the pro-
gram OF the gay. mad life must lead.
I'm going to have swell time; that's
perfectly plain"
"As soon as you're shaken down In
your room make the rounds Of the
stores and ask for work. Try TO get
into the dry goods emporium II you
can. The girls all shop there. But any
thing Will do. except a grocery or a
hardware store and places like that.
You mustn't consider any employment
that would soil your clothes or rough.
en- your nly white hands,
"You expect me to believe I'd have
any chance Of winning a miliionaire's
daughter II Iwere a ribbon clerk in q
dry goods store7"
1.-THE best in the world. The ribbon
clerk is her social equal. He calls her
Mary. and she calls him Joe"
Ozone with you! Me for the ribbon
counterI Anything else?"
"The storekeepers aren't apt to en-
ploy you at first. They'll be suspicious
of you.n
"They viii be afterward. all right.
However,
so you must simply call ON them,
walk In, locate the boss and tell him,
I'm looking for employment Don't
press 1t. Just say It and get out.n
mo trouble whatever about that. It's
always that way when ask for
work"
They'll send for you before long.
when they make up their minds that
you're decent, moral young man, for
they know you'll draw trade. And
every Sunday
II know-churchg'
Absolutely! Pick out the one the
rich folks go TO. Go in quietly and do
! just as they do-stand up and kneeL
look up the hymns and sing just when
they do. Be careful not to sing too
loud or anything ike that Just do It
all modestly, as If you were used to 1t.
Better go to church here two or three
times and get the hang Of it"
Here, now
Nearly all the wealthy dodgers in
such towns are deacons. you see, and,
though they may not speak to you for
months on the street, It's their busl-
ness TO waSlay you after the service
is over and shake hands with you and
tell you they hope you enjoyed the
sermon and ask you to come again.
And, you can bnnk on It, they'll all
take notice from the first"
Its no wonder Bartlett made you a
partner. Harry"
Now. behnve want you to get in
right, If you follow the rules I've out.
lined. not only Will all the girls in
town be falling over themselves to get
TO you first, but their fond parents will
be cgging them on. Then all you've
got to do is to pick out the one with
the biggest bundle and
MIKE play for herr"
Not on your life! That would be
fatal. Your part is to put yourself in
her way. She'll do all the counting
and when she scents the psychological
moment she'll do the proposing"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
L bTeathisssly. am sure / shouldn't,

lie breat hlessiy. I'm sure / shouldn't.
but will.''
Kellogg flung hand across the
table. palm uppermost.
Word of honor. Natf''
Duncan let his hand fall into it
WORD of honor! III see 1t through"
-Goedi It's bargain" Kellogg
lifted his glass high in air. ITO the
fortune hunterln he cried. half laugh
ingly.
Duncan nervonsly fingered the stem
of his glass. God help the future
Mrs DuncanEr he said and drank
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
MAIL SERVICE
Changes in the State Of
West Virginia Are
Announced.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. IS
The mail messenger service between
Whites Creek and Lockwood has been
week. "
The mail service between Burch.
field and Earnshaw. wetzel county
has been changed, emitting Burnch.
field, and is now between Sincerity
and tEarnshaw only, taking effect
November il.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24

Mrs. BENJAMIN R. BlackSord, OF
Parkersburg. who spent few days
this week with her parents. Col. and
Mrs. Henry Raymond. has returned
home.
James Looman. Of Lumberport.
passed through the city Saturday
morning on, the way home from
Huntington, where he attended a
meeting of the Grand Lodge of odd
Fellows.
Luke Murray. OF Glen Falls, was a
Saturday visitor here.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
vRNsoN
Has Important Conference with Dc.
partment of Justice officials.

WAstITNcToN. D. C.. Nov IS
Col. z. 7. vinson, of Huntington. ha,
returned home after having had a
protracted conference with officials in
the department. of justice. No pub.
ictty was given to the nature Of the
business which took him before these
ottieiais but 1t must have been a mat
yer Of Importance as he spent several
hours in conference with them.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24

side d fortnight. The day you start
I'll advance you $500. When you're
married yon can repay me the amount
Of the advances with interest at 10 per
cent and I'll consider ii mighty good
deal for myself. Now, will youg'
you mean it,"
Every word of It wellT'
For a moment longer Duncan hest
tated; then the vision of what he must
return to otherwise decided him. In
desperation he accepted. ITS n
drowning mans straw" he said. lii
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
POSTNAsTERs
For Three West Virginia Of
tficers Are Named by the
Federal Government.

WASHINGTON. d. C., Nov. 21.-
Solomon NJ. Reedy has been appointed
postmaster at p er. Mcdowell coun-
", vice r. L. Johnson, resigned,
Sidney r. Johnson has been oppoint-
ed postmaster at Fort Spring. Mon
roe county, vice r. A. Perry, resigned
Ora L. Pollen has heen appointed
postmaster at Queens, upshur coun-
ty vice w. L. Rphrbaugh, resigned.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
SAVE eanLoNs: sAYE aAlLoNs

ID
You want a cheap Job Of paint for
cheap house. don't yong
IT'S pevoe, rs the regular thing In
p.eyoe; there's nothing, in ali paint.
50 cheap as Dsyoe.
Oh YES, you can paint With mud;
but that isn't paint; SOU want Il 10
look about right for month or two.
Paint Devoe; can't DO it tor less:
there's nothing 50 cheap; say nothing
of wear. there's nothing so cheap as
Devoe.
II goes 50 far; save gallons; no mat
ter about the price, save gallons. IS.
gallon OF paint put-on, costs 81 or SIS;
save gallons
Devoei Is y,ohr paint; save gallonls:s
Devoe is YOUR paint.
81 Holden-Barnes.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
ExrLoRER MARRIED.

LONDON. Nov. 1s-Mrs. Sumner
Clark. of Peoria, and Col. ]. J. Har-
rIson, explorer and discoverer of the
Pygmies in Belgian Congo, were
married here today.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
= THE &
FORTUNE.
HUNTER
. =
Novelized by
Louis JOSEPH VANCE
fl. From the Play of The
Same Name by
WINcHELL SMITH
. =
coayrisht. 1910. BY winehell Smith and
Louis Joseph Vance
coayfistt, 1910. BY winehell Smith and
Louis Joseph Vance
Continued from last weekl.

CONTINUED from last week).
ooh, they don't count. The girls al
ways know people in the city-can get
there easily. That spells the game"
"How about the game laws"
'Tm coming TO them. OF course
there isn't an open or close season. and
the hunting's always good, but there
are few precautionary measures to
be taken If you want to be sure of
bagging an heiress. You won't like
Most Of 'em."
Like 'em! I'll live by themv'
''Weli, here come the things you
mustn't do. You mustn't swear or use
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
NOT GUILTY.

HUNTINGTON, Nov. 1s.-After
being out three minutes and thirty
seconds. jury in the case of j. n.
Stanley, local merchant indicted for
incendiarism. returned verdict Of
not guilty.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24

CHARLESTON. Nov 2i.-Adjutans
General c. D. Elliott OF the militia,
states that he knows no grounds for
the story to the effect that he will
resign 70 accept business position.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24

Mrs. Hattie NJ. Eye is here on a
visit to her sister, Miss Lille stea-
ley, of Mechanic street. from Corn
wall-on-the-Hudson, N. ". where
her son. Harvey, is attending school.
She win remain until after Christ
mas.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24

slang; you mustn't smoke and you
mustn't drink"-
Heavens! Are these people as lnhu-
man as all thatT
Worse than that. 1t might be ia.
tai If you were ever seen in the hotel
bar. And. to begin with, yon must
refuse all invitations Of any sort,
whether to dances. parties, church So
cables or even Sunday dinners"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
ELKINs CHOSEN

Elkins has been chosen for the
next meeting place OF the state odd !
The Appeal., 1910-10-29
BEULAH POINTER.
The Attraction at the Grand Theater
Next Week.

The Attraction at the Grand Theater
Next Week.
Beulah Poynter is called the wo-
mans actress. She is small. slender,
essentially girlish, with dainty
ethereal beauty, which first Of all ap-
peals to the gentler sex. So long as
sociated with the character Of Lena
Rivers" which she wrote and GREAT
ed, it was no easy task to find sue
cessor to that most successful play:
but in ''The Little Girl That He For
got,' she has not only written a play
as good as Lena Rivers" but better,
containing all the sweetness Of char
acter and the heart interest that made
Lena so successful. The play is
written around broader and stronger
lines, giving the actress an opportu-
nifty for emotional work of the high
est order. The comedy element is
prominent all through the action of
the play. A car load of magnificent
scenery is carried. The electrical
and mechanical effects are said to be
nlarvels of ingenuity. The support
company is strong and we'll balanced
THE Little Girl He Forgot" will be
at the Grand next week, commencing
Sunday matinee, Oct. 30
The Appeal., 1910-10-29
JOHN ROSS
Republican Candidate for Representa-
tive 36th District.

Republican Candidate for Representa-
tive 36th District.
John Ross, the Republican candi-
date for Representative of the seth
District, comprising the 4th ward, has
lived in the ward for twenty-five
years and has always worked hard
for the success of the Republican
party and is at present secretary of
the Fourth ward organization. If he
is elected he will support the Hon.
Moses E. Clapp for United States
Senator and will be found voting for
him when the last ditch is crossed.
He will also support Hon. F. c..
Stevens for Congress from the Fourth
Congressional District. He is against
county option first, last and all the
time. He will always be found doing
all in his power in the interest of his
constituents regardless Of party poll
tics. Don't fail to place an X oppo-
site his name on your ballot Nov. 8.
The Appeal., 1910-10-29
DANIEL J. kEEFE
Republican Candidate for Attorney.
Ramsey County,

Republican Candidate for Attorney,
Ramsey County.
Daniel J. Keefe, the Republican can
didate for County Attorney of Rant
sey County,, who received the very
large vote at the primaries and who
is conceded by. many will be the win
her in the coming eection, is ~ years
of age. He is a graduate of the Uni
verslty of Minnesota and has been a
resident of ST. Paul for over twenty
years.
Mr.. Keefe is one of the leading
lawyers of the city and state, and is
we'll qualified to fill the position of
county attorney He is a member of
the Commercial Club, and at the city
election last spring was vice chair
man of the Republican city and coun-
ty committee.
Mr.. Keefe is a member of a large
number Of fraternal societies, and is
we'll and favorably known through
out the city and county as an able,
fearless and conscientious lawyer. and
he has always been friend of, the
laboring man He is man of pleas
ing personality and is easy to ap-
proach. He has been a hard worker
for the party and is deserving of
recognition by the party Cast your
vote for him on election day, Nov 8.
The Appeal., 1910-10-29
M. w. FITZGERALD

Republican Candidate for Register
Ramsey County.
The popularity of M. W. Fitzgerald
is one of the first things a stranger
hears of when he comes to St. Paul.
1t is founded upon that most solid of
rocks, ability to do what his con-
stituents placed him in office to do.
He is very painstaking in the duties
OF his office and looks over all papers
carefully. frequently giving advice as
to proper wording.
A man Of this character undoubted-
~ saves many troublous lawsuits for
those who transact business through
his Office.
His legal training helps him consid-
erably-and incidentally it probably
saves many poor man or woman a
lawyers fee.
Torrens system Of registering lands"
This system provides an insurance OF
title by the state and makes all lands
registered under it secure from con-
tests over titles.
Fitzgerald never loses friend The
result is that he has been returned to
office each time he has filed, with in
creasing majorities.
Those who follow elections closely
expect him to win this fall with a
larger majority than ever before.