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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-24

ter, Erma Camp, Alta Keister,
Alton Mccoy yerna Meadows,
Lewis Steele, Essie Meadows, wor-
lie Camp, Della Meadows, Homer
Meadows and Bessie Mccoy.
W. c. Hagley and wife, of Les
age, were visiting friends here, last
week.
worlie Camp was seen on this
Branch, Thursday evening.
Jacob Meadows took dinner with
J. E. HessOn, last Friday.
J. E. Meadows was visiting his
nephew, Cecil Meadows, on White
Pine, Saturday.
Ella Mccoy, of spurlock Creek,
was visiting relatives here, Sunday.
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GAP.

The funeral of Tossie Higginboth-
am and Mrs. Matison Tucker were
preached at ArbuckIe church, last
Sunday.
Miss May and Roena Tucker, of
Red House, are visiting friends and
relatives, in this section.
o. Clark, the leading merchant of
Gay and sister, Mrs. Mary Gray,
are visiting their father and mother
Allen Clark and wife, this week, in
Ohio.
Ross Harmon was at home, Sat
urday and Sunday, near this place
from Columbus, where he has en-
ployment.
Harry Balls and wife returned to
Columbus, Monday.
Earnest AID Earl Harmon were at
home Sunday, from Charleston,
where they have employment.
Jap worrell, of this place, was
at Blackbetsy, Friday and Saturday
on business.
Mrs. Ethel Harmon, ofCharleston
is calling on friends and relatives
here, this week.
Tn" Craig Brothers set up Their
thr~sher few days ago, hear WV.
Smiths place.
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WATERLOO.

Orval Rifle and two cousins, Of
Charleston, spent Sunday here.
G. W. Hill is getting able to be
up again after severeillness of six
weeks.
Mrs. NJ. o. Raines visited Mrs.
Della Greenlee, of Arbuckle, We'd
nesday.
B. p. Williams is at home from
Boomer.
Mrs. Lon Rifle and daughter, Ber-
tina, returned from Charleston Tues
day, where they spent few days
with Mrs. Eva Boles.
Quite a number from here were at
Leon to the show Friday evening.
Vim. Kimberling, of Nat, spent
Monday in Point Pleasant.
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MILTON

Mrs. Stella Ball and little daugh-
ter of Memphis, Tenn, who have
been visiting relatives here left Sat
urday for their home.
Mrs. Hiler Melton and son, re-
turned Thursday from several months
visit with relatives in Virginia.
Miss Nellie Parrish spent several
days in Cincinnati last week.
Mrs. Bertha Green, of Hunting
ton, was visitor in Milton wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Baumgardner,
spent Friday afternoon in Hurricane.
Miss Ruby Vaughn who has been
attending business college in Hunt
ington, returned home Thursday.
Misses Ruby Quinn and Eta Viii
son spent some days at the Falls,
fishing last week.
Children's day service were held
at the Baptist Church Sunday night.
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Correspondent out of Sta
tionary, will please notify
this office and a new supply
will be sent.
HEIGHTS.

Mr.. and Mrs. burst, of Pomeroy,
were visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Albert Grueser, Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. Lem Wright and baby, of
your city, were the guests of Mrs.
Matte Wright and family, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Roush and
two children were the guest of friends
at Mason City, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Jas. Burris is quite sick with
typhoid fever.
Mr., and Mrs. Taylor Pullin, of
Middlepert, were visiting friends here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Fred Smith, of the Register
force, was seen on our streets Sun
day in handsome rig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Gaskins spent
Sunday with friends in the country.
Mr.. Sam Luton came up from
Huntington Sunday and spent the
day with his family.
Joe Armstrong visited friends at
West Columbia Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. B. H, Blagg and little son,
okey, have returned home after a
visit with son, Don Blagg and wife,
at Charleston.
Mrs. Frank Miller ne daughter,
Miss Samantha, and son, Warren
Miller, wife and baby, of GalIipoHs,
were calling on J. NJ. Miller and
wife, Sunday evening.
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GUYAN.

James Holley, of this place, pur-
chased fine buggy at GalIipolis, on
last Friday.
The produce men, of this place,
will have to ship by rail as the water
is too low to ship by water.
Preaching at Fairfield every first
and third Sundays of each month.
Rev. Woody is our pastor.
The crops here arc very poor.
We should consider this and be
more thankful for our good crops
heretofore. For he who causes the
crops to grow is mightier than those
that till it.
c. W. Wise, of near Glenwood,
and his friend from Charleston, were
at Fairfield, last Sunday.
Mel Holley will have new barn
constructed and his house repaired
in the near future by 7. ]. Holley,
from near Glenwood.
l hear it passing around that the
Glenwood Blues would like to play
US. Can we let those boys back US
down:
Veal calves stand good chance
now, as the water is too low for the
boats to run.
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GLENWooD.

The Glenwood Blues crossed bats
with Apple Cove Sunday on the for
mer's ground to the tune of $ to 4 in
favor of the Blues, with quite num-
Der Of spectators.
Misses Ethel and Iva Meadows
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with friends and relative on Palestine
Ridge.
Quite number of young people
from Christian Valley attended the
basket dinner given at Fairview Sun
day, and report an enjoyable time.
A. Mccoy spent Sunday afternoon
with his son Herbert, of Upland, and
report Mrs. Mccoy some better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Hagley, Ollie
sage, spent few days last week
with relatives here.
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HENDERSON,.

Mrs. Leila Faudree and son Robt.
of Chester, W. Va, was here last
week visiting her father-in-law, Mr..
Joe Frudree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kve Morriston was
visiting Mr.. James Womsley, sun
day.
Miss Nettie Belle Salmon of Win
field, here visiting her cousin Miss
Bessie Renolds, for the past week,
has returned home.
Mrs. John Gibson has been on
the sick list for several day.
Miss Marie Smith left last week
for two weeks visit with Capt. H.
Miller, and family, at Charleston,
While there will consent a throat
specialist.
Mr.. Ed. Nutter is having a nice
cement walk made from the
street to his house. He has one of
the prettiest lawns in town.
Mr.. Sam woodward of the firm of
woodward and Fisher is off on a
vacation. His vacancy is filled by
James Messick.
Mrs. TOrk McCarley and children,
of Macarthur, o., are here visiting
her parents Norman Gibson and
wife.
Robt. Darst, wife and son, of
Lock 90, came up Saturday to visit
their parents, returning Sunday
evening,
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FORMER RESIDENT HERE.

Rev. L. NJ. Rhoades, of Baxter
Springs, Kansas, was in town few
days the first of the week, looking
up old friends. Mr.. Rhoades had
charge of the wharf-boat at this place
some 80 years ago. He said Point
Pleasant had made wonderful i'm
provements in that time, and many
old friends he asked about has pass
ed to the great beyond. He return
ed home yesterday, Stopping in Hunt
ingtOn for few days where he has
relatives. While here he called at
this Office.
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J. V Sterne and wife are spend
ing n week with their son. Will, of
Rockcastle, Jackson county.
Those visiting John AXE Sunday,
were Elmer and Roy Rifle, Hoy
Pullin, Horton Greer, Ray Gill, and
Chas. Daugherty, Sydney and Glen
BogGess.
Mrs. Thina Ball and children were
visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles
Love, the latter part of last week.
Frank Daugherty, who has en-
ployment at Columbus, spent Satur-
day and Sunday at home.
Miss Lola Rayburn spent Sunday
with Miss Grove Daugherty.
Misses Mary Smith and Gusta
Sterne attended the festival at
Hickory Chapel, Saturday night.
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FLAT ROCK.

Miss Rachel Smith is seriously i'll,
at this writing, with typhoid fever.
Mr.. John Mckinney, wife and
children, of Charleston, are visiting
re.atives here.
Miss Sibyl BoGgess spent Sunday
with Miss Zelda Daugherty.
Mrs. Hugh Daugherty and daugh-
ter, Faye, spent Sunday with the
formers mother, Mrs. Gill, of Gill
Ridge.
Mr.. Ray Gill, of Point Pleasant,
was visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
Martha Greer, over Sunday.
o. D. Kent, wife and son Ralph,
and Miss Gusta Sterne spent Sunday
at H. A. Carpers, of Brighton.
Mrs. orn Pullm and daughter,
Grads, and Mrs. Taylor FridIey, was
calling on Mrs. J. H. Smith, Sun
day.
San McDermitt, wife and daush-
ter, Grace, of Hickory Chapel, were
visiting Mrs. McDermitt's sister,
Mrs. J. H. Smith, Sunday.
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KENDALIA.

J. E Hanson made trip to Rock
Camp, Friday, with some horses.
NJ. A. Grecnlee is visiting his
family in Mason County, this week.
J. S. Rifle, of witcher's Creek,
was here, few days ago, on bust
ness.
Mrs. ordell, who has been on the
sick list, is some better, at this
writing.
A. y. Rifles saw mill caught fire
one night, last week, and destroyed
several belts.
Crops here on the mountains
seems to be suffering for rain-corn
nearly burned up. The apple crop
is coed, here.
Conductor f. E. Heck, on the K.
& NJ. V. R. R., is one of the most
accommodating conductors the writ
er has ever had the pleasure of rid
ing with. He always greets you
with a smile.
Several from here attended the
show at Charleston, Monday.
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George Sterrett and wife, of Three
Mile, spent Sunday with Charles
REYNOLDS and family.
Mrs. Alice johnson, of Beale, and
son Stacy, of Detroit, Mich, are the
week end guests, of Mrs. John Glib
son.
NJ. H. Lyons and wife, of Lock
90, was up Saturday and Sunday,
visiting relatives.
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THURSDAY, THE 2lST DAY OF SEPTEM.
Der, 1915

at llo'clock a. M, at the front
door of the Court House of said Ma
son county, sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, the property des-
cribed in said deed of trust, which is
situate in Cooper District, Mason
County, West Virginia. and is bound
ed and described as follows, to-wit /:
Beginning at stone corner, at or
near corner of land of J. NJ. Eckard
heirs; thence with their line n. IS
deg. W. 81 poles to black oak tree,
corner to land of J. G. Kincade I;
thence with his line S. 60 II deg.
W. 2$2 poles to dogwOod sprouts
(dogwood called for in old decd said
corner is in the westerly side of small
drain, same corner to land of ]. G.
Kincade and corner in line of land of
L. \. Knight; thence with his line
\. So f. 81 poles to stake in small
drain, little gum, little maple and
small white oak seven inches in d.
ameter, marked as witness, same a
corner in line ofland of L. n. Knight
corner to land of VIM. r. Hawkins
thence with line of land of VIM. R.
Hawkins n. 263 E. l59 poles to the
place of beginning, estimated to con-
tain one hundred acres, more or less.
also a right of way for ingress and
eGress coming down the hollow out
above the fence coming through gate
and out the road leading from the
barn and interSecting the Eight-mile
road, being the same land conveyed
to said Robert f. Rayburn by VIM. R.
Hawkins and wife, by deed dated the
eth day af September, 1901.
Terms of Sale:-Cash.
L. c. SOMERVILLE,
aug. 2+-4t. Trustee.
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FEAS BRANCH.

Weather hot and dry. We are
needing rain bad, at present.
A. X. Meadows was business
visitor at GallipOlis, Saturday.
There was merry crowd of young
people, of this place, went to the
basket dinner at Fairview, Sunday.
They were J. W. Young, Iva Keis-
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN COOPER
DISTRICT.

By virtue ola deed of trust made
by Robert E. Rayburn and Ella F.
Rayburn, his wife, to L. c. Somer-
vile, Trustee, dated the eth day OF
September, 1901, and recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of the County
Court of Mason County, West Viz
gina, in Trust Deed Book No. %,
page 90, &c, which deed of trust
was given TO secure to John Somer-
vile the payment of a certain prom
issory note therein set out, aud de-
fault having been made in the pay
ment of said note, and being hereun-
tc requested by the said John Som
erville, / will on
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Look on our Remnant Counter for Bar
gains. We have many more specials,
but haven't room to mention them.
Our new line Of fall and winter
goods are arriving every day now and
we are compelled to make room for
same
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
By CHARLES r. CASE.

President State Federation of Labor.
One of the first startling conditions
which confronts the visitor coming to
our state is the large number of Grip
Piled workingmen found here. men who
are destitute and DEPENDENT upon char
ity and friends for the necessities OF
life This leads to the question: How
did it happen? The inevitable answer;
They are the victims of Industrial ac-
cidents and courts of Qn) Justice.
1t is with the latter that the writer
at this time desires to deal. Ten years
of honest endeavOr to secure the enact
ment of liability legislation, the de
filming by statute of the terms fellow
servant" assumption of risk and
'contributory negligence" finds us
where we were in the beginning with
nothing accomplished by statute.
Courtmade law has developed rapidly
in additional decisions, rulings, reasons
for non suiting, taking away from jur-
les decisions, cutting down of iuries'
awards, the elimination of rs per cent
of the working men of our state from
jury duty and other features, each of
which under the system followed by
our courts, becomes a precedent to be
followed in similar cases in the future,
the stability of court being solely
dependent upon its ability to keep from
reversing itself in seemingly parallel
cases.
With each new ruling, decision, etc,
etc, the possibility of recovery for
damages for injury or death of employee
has become less. for, bear in mind,
that the supreme court of our state has
not been responsible to the people Of
our state to any extent during all this
time With the exception of a single
election THAT of 1909 they have been
chosen by 1.-The Interests in convention
assembled, and Immediately following
the 1908 election, when the people
chose their own, two new positions on
the supreme bench We're created and
filled by appointment in order to make
sure the continuance of past politics.
Attorneys practicing before these
courts who have dared to criticise have
been promptly sat upon and if still in
clined to complain publicly-disbarment
proceedings or suspension from practice
before said court for limited time, in
evitably followed.
The writer had called to his attention
a short time ago a most fragrant deci5-
sion-taking absolutely away from a
Jury matters which had always here
tofore been left to them to decide
by our supreme court. When he started
to make note of facts as related by
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ONLY
FOR PLEDGED
CANDIDATES

Four state organizations, viz, the
Washington State Grange, Washington
State Federation of Labor Direct Leg
islation League and Direct Primary
League of Washington, have issued
jointly circular to the voters of this
state. Read it carefully and then go
to the candidates for the legislature in
your district and ask them point blank
these two questions:
First-Will you work and vote ii
elected for the submission to the peo-
pie of a constitutional amendment pro
viding for Direct Legislation, Initiative,
Referendum and Recall
Second-Will you work and vote if
elected for the restoration to the Direct
Primary Law, the partisan nomina
ton of supreme court judges?
Let there be no equivocaton about
their replies. The people can afford
to take no chances. If the primary law
is to be upheld and strengthened and a
direct legislation amendment submit
ted the forces of machine politics must
be decisively defeated at the polls.
Following is the circular letter re
ferred to:
Citizens of Washington:- Defeat any
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candidate who was in last legislature
who repudiated republican platform and
took away from the direct primary law
nomination of supreme court judges
ana placed same in convention, then had
convention packed by delegates mostly
selected by political oligarchy.
How humiliating it must be to any
Judge of the supreme court to owe his
nomination to political combine They
have robbed you of your right to nomi
nate supreme court judges. win you
submit to such an outrage
Demand of all legislative candidates
that nomination of the supreme court
Judges be restored to the people and
that they pledge themselves to vote
for submission to vote of the people
constitutional amendment for direct
legislation, initiative, referendum and
recall If legislative candidates will
60 to the legislature for special inter
ests. we must have direct legislation
to keep direct primary law and protect
our political rights.
The enemies of direct primaries or
rule by the people are organizing to re
peal the whole of the direct primary
Continued on page S.
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TO DIRECT
LEGISLATION

The laboring people of the State of
Washington, through the State FEEDER
alton of Labor are DESTROYS of being
informed as to your attitude if elected
to the legislature on the question of
submitting to the people of the state
necessary constitutional amendments,
providing for Direct Legislation and the
Recall. Other matters of direct inter-
est to workingmen and women will be
before the legislature, but these ne
cessary fundamental principles are the
only ones we ask you to approve at
this time. The following pledge is one
ton League, which organization has the
unanimous support of the Farmers
Union, State Grange and State Fedora
ton of Labor, as well as a ma iority of
the voters, who believe in a government
by the people:
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for the accident. Can you imagine worse
conditions than these?
Without legislative enactment to di-
rect them otherwise, our courts are fol
lowing the old "fellow servant" doctrine
of England of nearly a century ago ie
that every man in the employment of a
corporation is fellow servant of ev-
cry other employe of that corporation.
England abandoned this doctrine fifty
years ago, recognizing its great injus-
tice with the growth and development
of industry. The employers of our state
in the years of 190S-9, paid for liza
bility insurance for the protection of
their employees the sum of 81 1886, 1926
AZ. These liability companies paid en-
ployes for losses during these years
$6S6,636.72, leaving 649,9S9.76, or
over as per cent of total gross prem
iums, as the companies percentage for
assuming the risk of the So per cent
received by injured employees About
one half went to attorneys to fight the
cases through the courts for them. Thus
only 25 per cent of total premiums
paid by employers ever reach the in
jured, and then only after years of
struggle and delay in our courts. Dur
ing this long period of delay the vic
tins of this system must remain in
the state, must earn at least partial
livelihood-for neither state nor "sys-
TEN" will assist them while they and
their families suffer the pangs of hun
ger and inconvenience of absolute pow
erty as a result of the delay.
Would it not be better for all con-
cerned to stop this one, fine gambling
game, adopt compulsory workingmen'
compensation, with fixed scale for in
Jury or death, payable Immediately fol
lowing the accident without any re-
course to lawyers, iuries or courts
Such a system is in vogue in all civil
lied foreign countries and in Canada.
While the fixing of a set price upon life
and limb is naturally obnoxious to all
of us, is in a sense cold blooded and
cruel proposition, it would unquestion-
ably result in far greater benefit to the
injured employees las whole) than the
present system, where but 20 per cent.
of the injured ever receive any compen-
sation whatsoever, and then only 25
per cent of what they were insured for.
1t behooves workingmen to study this
question and be prepared at the next
convention of the State Federation to
give expression to their views so that
definite conclusions may be reached as
to the policy to be followed. In a later
article the views of the writer will be
given as to the best form to be followed
by MS in providing just compensation
for workingmen.
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and possibilities afforded by hearing
before the supreme court, have stand
ing rule with their attorneys to appeal
ALL damage suit cases irrespective Of
merit of decision of judge or jury Of
lower courts. Thus today over rs per
cent of the time of our supreme court
lis taken up with these cases of poor
working men injured and crippled in
industrial life, who without means of
sustenance became a burden upon their
families, friends lodges, unions, char
titles and the public. Their condition is
worse than that of the slave in the days
of slavery. for he, if injured. was cared
for, as upon recovery he again resumed
duty. The injured employee of today
is east aside by his employer, his ser
vices discontinued. his wage stopped,
and any and all assistance that some
tender-hearted employer might desire to
grant is denied by the insurance com
pany upon the thory that to assist the
injured puts the employer in the po-
sition of recognizing his responsibility
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PLEDGE.

Recognizing the fundamental princi-
pie that the people should rule, | here
by promise the people of the State of
Washington and of my legislative dis
trct that if | am elected to the leg
islature at the election in November
1910, l will vote for the submission
of such amendments to the constitution
as will effectually provide for Direct
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02

The general Labor Day committee
| is DESTROYS that the parade start
promptly on time. 1t is necessary that
this be accomplished, not only for the
comfort of the thousands of spectators
who will gather to view the pageant,
but for the successful carrying out of
the long program of sports arranged
for the afternoon at the Fair Grounds.
The attention of all union men is
therefore earnestly called to the fol
lowing formation of the line of march
which has been arranged by the Parade
Committee: stfs3
The parade will form on Rucker
avenue with the head of the column
resting at the corner of Hewitt and
Rucker. The boys are urged to be on
Rucker not later than $50. That each
man may readily find the position his
union will hold on Rucker avenue, the
lineup is given below and each union
numbered. LIE
Section No. l will form on the right
side of Rucker avenue, facing Hewitt
and is composed as follows:
/. Marshal of the Day and his Chief
aide.
2. Platoon of Police. 81
3. Assistant Chief of Fire Department.
4. Carriage containing speakers of the
day. NI
| 5. Wagner's band. 800
6. Electrical workers with their fint1
Z. Carpenters I
8. Painters. #l
g. Plumbers. Ill
10. Lathers. M3l
III. Building laborers. %fl
Section No. will form just north RI
Section No. l on the left hand side sof
Rucker avenue and is composed of the
following: l
liz. Norland's band. III
l13. Shingle weavers. MI
Ia. Brewery workers with their floatA
Is. Boot Blacks #3
16. Transfers. Wa
Section No. will form Just nortltpf
Section No. 2 on the left hand side Bf
Rucker and will be composed of Wt.
following: Ni.
IN. Baldaufs band ~
IS. Stage workers with float. Mh
l19. Machinists ana blacksmiths. ~
20. Stationary Engineers and firemHlt
I21. Bridge and Structural Iron Wdr'
ers. Ut
%. Typographical. #
%. Printing Freshmen. III
"a. BARRIERS. Ill
%. Retail Clerks. H.
26. Cigarmakers. e.
81. Longshoremen. ILL.,
20. Commercial carriages and flod*b'
Ii everyone win bear in mind al.