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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-05-04
OBITUARY.

Osa Jane Parsons, wife of Lemon
Parsons, was born March II, 1915,
died April 2S, 1910, near Flat Rock,
age 65 wears, one month and II
days. She leaves a husband. two
sons and two daughters and host of
friends and relatives to mourn their
loss. Mrs. Parsons was a good chris
tian woman, was loved by all who
knew her and she will be sadly miss
ed in her home and by all her asso-
ciates. The funeral services were
conducted at the residence Sunday
morning, Rev. Atkinson officiating,
the remains were laid to rest in the
Smith cemetery.
We have lost our darling mother,
She has bid US all adieu;
She has gone to live in heaven,
And her form is lost to view;
Oh, that darling how we loved her,
Oh how hard to give her up,
But an angel came down for her,
And removed her from our flock.
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NOTABLE LINES.

1t has been printed many times,
but as Mark Twain has just been laid
to sleep beside the wife he loved so
dearly We may recall the inscription
on her tombstone, written BY him
and now living in the marble above
her resting place and his
Warm summer sun
Shine kindly here;
Warm southern wind
Blow lightly here.
Green sod above,
Lie light, lie light,
Goodnight, dear heart,
Goodnight, goodnight =
That is the very essence of the
heart of true and gentle lover. 1t
rings and Tits like the song of
young and ardent youth beneath his
sweetheart's window in the moon
light. From way worn and storm
beaten man to the woman who was
his wife, sharing with the vicissitudes
of many years, and the mother of
his children, when she went to her
last slumber. it is indescribIe gallant
and sweet and beautiful Richmond
Journal.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-05-04
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF WEsr VIRGINIA.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
At Rules held in the Clerk Office
of the Circuit Court of Mason County,
on Monday, the 4th day of April,
1910, the following order was entered:
Benjamin Fadely,
Robert E. L. Fadely, Zue King, j.
B. King, Jessie King, John King,
L. F. Fadely, Ethel Moore, VIII
Moore, May Potts, Ida Fadely,
Geo. E. Fadely and Warren Fadely,
In Chancery.
The object of the above entitled
suit is to reform certain deed made
by L. F. Fadely and wife. to Emily
Fadely and B. D. Fadely during
their respective lives and then to the
nearest heirs ofthe said B. D. Fadely.
And it appearing by affidavit fled
in this cause that Zue King and J.
B. King, her husband, and Jessie
Fadely King and John King, her hus-
band, are non-reSidents of the State
of West Virginia, it is ordered that
they, and each of them, do appear
here within one month after the date
of the first publication hereof and do
what is necessary to protect their
and each of their interests.
A Copy TeSte:
CHAS. BUXTON, Clerk.
Somerville & Someville,
Solicitors. april lS-4w.
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LANGsroN HIGH SCHOOL.

First Grade.-Georse johnson,
Elmer Toles, Nettie Cromwell, Cor
nelia Cromwell, Mary Davis, Mar
Sarete Toles.
Second Grade.-Guy Peck, Thresa
Burton, Mary Cromwell, Orelia
Bates, Gladys Johnson. W.
Robinson, Teacher.
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TRACING The TABLET OF TIME.
From Henderson correspondent.

FROM Henderson Correspondent.
The evening shadows are slowly
creeping,
Around my humble cottage home;
But my memory for ever keeping,
Yigils Ger this throbing brain is
teeming
With thoughts of bygone years.
With happiness and gladness dream
ing,
And thoughts, that blind these eyes
with tears.
For my dull memory is dimly tracing
On the tablet of time, so bleak and
drear,
The scenes of bysone years, time is
efacing,
The scenes sorrow, and untold pleas
ure,
Scenes so drearv to many of you and
me.
Many were the gay scenes-that now
broken hearted treasure,
Locked in memory and the KEY hid
in the tablet of time.
All! It's twilight and the stars are
twinkling,
Still l set in silence profound;
Tracing the tablet of time around,
While the dew, the roses are sprink-
ling,
With bright sparkling diamonds glow
ing.
With the silvery moons cloudless
light
The roses are casting their fragrance
IN the shades of night.
In tracing the tablet of time,
By my side two blue eyed girls are
kneeling,
With all the pnthOs imbued love de-
vine.
| look again, with raidence bright,
| behold them at the shrine;
An truly, with atfectionate md holy
light
To guide me to that score so bright.
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There are three kinds of friends +:
Those who love you; those who are
indifferent to you; and next friends,
these being the people who want
something that is yours.
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HONOR ROLL
POINT PLEASANT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR
MONTH OF APRIL.

First Grade.-Bessie Arlington,
Emma Lemasters, Bernice Tippett.
Emma williamson, George Wilson.
Ella Howard, Teacher.
First Grade. Albert BOyles, Guss
Fry, Harry Hammel, George Kenny.
Douglass Harmon, Edith Gardner,
Hazel Tharp, Florence Henson.
Second Grade-Lawrence Harmon,
Fritzie wartenburg, Warren Miller.
Virginia Behan, Teacher.
Third Grade, B.-Frauk Fry,
Charles Lee, othniel Written, Ruth
colville. Flora Gardner, Flo Greer
lee, velma Knapp, Katie Tharp,
Virginia whaley.-Mary E. Work,
Teacher.
Third Grade, A.-Rafph Boggess,
Judson Calhoun, Birtbold Eppie,
Carl Gardner, Harold Haynes, Mar
vim McEIfresh, Victor Park, Sanford
Rhoades, Genevieve Fry, Gertrude
Hale, Gertie wilson.-Carrie Nc
Intosh, Teacher.
Fourth Grade.-John Fenton,
Charles Foy, Eugene Friedman, Rom
aid Gill, Lester Kuhn, Perry simp-
son-PoFenbarger, Dwight Priddy,
Leone Hughes, Alvia Hokanson.-
Lenora Somerville, Teacher.
Fifth Grade.-Helen Smith, Theo
Wilson, Grin Beard, Homer Folden,
Kirby Fenton, Bonnie Gibbs, Rob
ert Liter, Harry Mcdaniel, Stanley
wolf.-Lizzie Hosg, Teacher.
Sixth Grade.-okey Burdette,
Clarence Cheesebrew, Norman Hay
man, Hubert Henderson, Harold
Ruth, Leo Stortz, Lawrence Wolf,
Stella Arlington, Irma Friedman,
Sallie Lewis, Hattie Long, Helen
Steinbach- Hilda Steinbach Anna
Lewis, Teacher.
7th. s. Sth. Grade-Harold Bog
CESS, David Berry, William Heslop,
Nolan Long, Leslie Read Robert
Reynolds, Chester Roush, Elizabeth
Haynes.-Eva Hughes, Teacher.
High School.
First Year.-Imogene Chambers,
Inez Fish, Lorine Friedman, Nelson
Park, Carey Howard, Emile Stein
bach.
Second Year Lillian Asher,
Emma Clark, DIN Roush.
Third Year.-Lois Friedman, Co
Ty R. Love.
Bertha J. steinbach,
Principal.
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BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.

BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
CO $500 1884 iper cent. Sept.
30 $500 III 1854 per cent. Sept. 'oooo 10
l'l9Vt e. $1,000 90
Total. =. =. =. =. 10000 90
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
MASON COUNTY. TO-wIT:
l, w. c. Whaley, Clerk: John L. Whit
ten. Mayor; J. c. Franklin. Robert XII
ger. Couucilmen OF The Town OF Point
Pleasant, county and state aforesaid. do
each solemnly swear that the foregoing
statement is true and correct according
to the best OF our knowledge and belief.
W. c. wHALEY, Clerk
JOHN L. WRITTEN. Mayor.
]. C. FRANKLIN.
RoBT. KIGER,
Members OF the Council.
Taken, subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me this 2Sth day OF April. 1910.
E. c. wINGER.
Notary Public.
Ny commission expires Oct. %. 1919.
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Total
ssE9 20
SALARY OF OFFICERS

John L. Wilton. Mayor. IS %
L. c. Somervllle, Sol ........ IL &c
". Z. whAley, Clerk .... y o.
Vim. Foglesong, 81. Conf. 10 20
! John L. Written. Mayor ...,,.,, 10 90
l.. c. Somerville Sol ID &C
W. &. Whaley, Clerk .,, . 20
John Seb-eIl, st. Com'r ...,..... IS 80
VIM. Fogiesong, bal. 81. CONS / 30
John L, Whitten, Mayor - 10 90
L. c Somerville, Sol 10 BB
W. c. whnley, Clerk ...... IS 90
). a. Sebreil, 81. Com'r 90 90
J. G. Franklin, Council ......,,,.. 8 90
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
At Rules held in the Clerk Office
of the Circuit Court of Mason COUNT.
on Monday, the 4th day of April,
1919, the following order was enter
ed:
Geo. G. SomervilIe, Administrator
of the estate ofMary NJ. Troeger,
deceased,
John T. Troeger, and all the I'M
known creditors ofMary NJ. Troe-
ger, deceased, and all the unknown
heirs of Mary NJ. Troeger, deceas-
ed,
In Chancery.
The object of the above entitled
suit is to ascertain the Indebtedness
of the said Mary NJ. Troeger, deceas-
ed, and to sell the real estate of
which the said Mary NJ. Troeger
died seized and possessed, situate in
Mason County, West Virginia, and
to apply the proceeds of the sale of
said real estate to the indebtedness
of the said Mary NJ. Troeger, de-
ceased, and to settle the accounts of
the Administrator of the said Mary
NJ. Troeger, deceased.
And it appearing by affidavit filed
in this cause that the heirs at law of
Mary NJ. Troeger, deceased, are I'M
known and non-reSidents of the State
of West Virginia, it is ordered that
they and each of them do appear
here within one month after the date
of the first publication hereof, and
do what is necessary to protect their
interests.
A Copy Teste:
CHAS. BUXTON, Clerk.
Somerville & Someryille,
Solicitors. april lS-4w.
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Lawrence aims to make the best
not the cheapest. ]. W. Rhoades x
Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
HOLMAN FOR SHERIFF

In the customary place will he found the announcement of MT. J. D. Holman as a candidate before all the voters of Polk county for the office of sheriff.
 Mir. Holman was born in Franklin county, this state, 39 years ago, and has for seven years been a resident of Polk county, occupied by farm ing and teaching school. In that time he has become widely known by the people as man of integrity good morals and firm believer in the strict enforcement of law on all alike. He was a candidate for sheriff two years ago, being defeated by J. w. Cunningham, possibly be- cause he was unable to make any considerable canvass. If the people should reverse the verdict at the coming election and elect MT. Hol- man as sheriff, they may be sure that the law will be enforced, and their interests well guarded.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17

up of Republicans. When it is re- called that editors occasionally are postmasters or hold other govern ment positions, the meaning of the figures are more apparent.
 In general the editors fairly rep resent public sentiment throughout the country. So the poll shows how overwhelmingly this sentiment re- pudiates the Republican organiza- ton in Congress and all it's works. Even in Illinois, Cannon's home state, there were only 57 votes in his favor to 199 against.
 Is this feeling confined to the country west of the Alleghanies People usually are thinking pretty much the same things throughout the country. It will be recalled that the majority of the Republican governor of Massachusetts sank to near the vanishing point last No vember. It's safe guess that the East is insurgent, too. Kansas City Star
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
PROF. ADAMS WITHDRAWAL

Prof. W. T. Adams, who entered the campaign as a candidate for the position of.county and probate judge of Polk county, has withdrawn from the race. leaving the field clear thus far to w. N. Martin.
 Prof. Adams holds an arduous po- sition as principal of Mena's schools, a place he has filled for years with great credit to himself and benefit to the schools, and even his most earnest friends and well-wishers realized that it would be impossible for him to make a hard canvass and take care of his school work, and it is in accord with his ideals not to shirk a duty at hand in reaching out for other things.
 Prof. Adams has many friends who will regret his decision, at the same time wishing for him even better things than he asked.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
WANTED "SAHREY'S" SNUFF.
Would Have Liked Alcohol Also, But Rules of the City Prison
 Forbade 1t.

"Is this the turnkey"
 The smal. pinched face of a woman of indeterminate age looked up at Turnkey Clutches.
 The turnkey of the city prison peered over his glasses at the bent form of the woman before him.
 Yes" he answered.
 'Is Sahrey still here?" asked the lit tie creature.
 "Sahrey who?" asked the good.na. tured taller.
 Why, our Sahrey," was the an swer, and in the same breath the woman mentioned "Sahrey's' lasl name.
 She's gone over the riyer," said the turnkey.
 The woman hesitated moment and then said: Gan get the stuff she left?"
 What stuff"
 Some raw alcohol and tobacco"
 We don't give back any liquor, but here's box of snuff we took from her. You can have that"
 Well, I wanted the bottle, hul [ suppose I'll take the snuff" com plaiEed the woman as she grasped \ eagerly as the turnkey passed 1t out
 Then she shufiied toward the doOJ and started slowly ID the steps Columbus News.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
Exhaustlng the Soil.

A bulletin issued by the Depart ment of Agriculture, according to a Washington dispatch, tells of the great increase in the productivity of farm lands that may be insured by intelligent rotation of crops. The bulletin hasn'tyet reached this office, but the assertion may be ventured that no subject of more importance to the farmer is likely to be written about in this year of grace than the proper management of crop rotation.
 The era of virgin fertility of soil in the Missouri valley is just about at an end. Henceforth the problem of management of soils is going to be of increasing importance.-Kan- sas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
This Insurgent Land.

The Chicago Tribune has made a poll of all the newspapers mentioned in the latest newspaper directory in the territory west of the Alleghe- nies and north of Mason and Dixon's s line. Two questions were submit ted: Do you favor the reelection of Speaker Cannon? and Do you an- prove the existing tariff law? The editors were asked to specify their political preferences and the replies of all Democrats were discarded.
 The result is an overwhelming condemnation of Speaker Cannon and the tariff law. The speaker was condemned. 3,l94 to SIT; the tariff law was disapproved, 3, ,463 to S39. Only about 500 of the adverse votes in each case came from inde- pendent editors. The tremendous majority in both instances was made
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
The People Must Pay It.

The newspapers have pretty gen erally called attention to the filing of the 175 million dollar mortgage by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in a seemingly boastful manner, as indicative of better things to come. That may be true, insomuch that it is evidence of the improvement of the company's lines in Kansas. We dislike to sound a note of discord at this time, yet the fact remains that it is the evidence of debt against the people of Kan sas, who will have ultimately to pay both interest and principal-it is a charge against the traffic income of the road. -Concordia Kansan.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
To the Point.
Oklahoma State Capital.)

tOkl1nona State CaplJal.l
 In the menu of life some fellows never get beyond the soup.
 The men who have the most theo- ries about women know the fewest women.
 As general rule the model man is one you don't happen to know very well.
 Every man has a keen memory concerning a lot of foolishness he would like to forget.
 A young man may be as silly as a young woman, but he never has a diary to show it.
 The people who have chance of buying something for a mere song are usually those who can't sing.
 If you are betting on which. one the girl will marry, don't bet on the onewhose photograph is on heparlor table; put your money on the man whose face is in her bedroom.
 Marriage seems to have the effect on a Cupid's bow mouth of turning it directly upside dowH, according to the mouths of most women who have been married as long as thirty years.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
Billions in Cold Storage.

Tn the Storagemen 5 own organ and official gnide book it is stated that there are in 558 cold storage plants at present 14,000,000 cattle, 5000, 900 calves, 135, 1000. .000 sheep and lambs, and 50, 900, ,0O0 hogs In another series of cold storage plants there are 1,SOO,0OO, 900 eggs, 13O,- 900, 900 pounds of poultry and fruit valued at $50,000, ,000l
 All told food is held in cold stor- age concerns to the value of 3,000,- 900, 900. Cold storage exists for the purpose of buying food articles when they are cheap and holding them until they are dear. The man. ipulation of food articles in cold storage concerns needs full investi- gation and publicity. The truth and the whole truth should be told.
 Remedial legislation is clearly needed, and the proposed bill intro duced at Washington to limit the storage of food articles to six months is certainly reasonable. At present many articles are carried years in cold storage before they are put before the consumers. The cold storage machinery is at present ope- rated to increase prices and to create monopolies, and it needs investiga- tion in order to render it again an aid in handling foodstuffs instead of means of gambling in such arti- cles.---Oklahoma state Capital.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
THROW OUT THE LINE
Give the Kidneys Help and Many Mena
 People iWilI,Be Harpier.

"Throw Out the Life Line"-
 The kidneys need help.
 They're overworked-can't get the poison filtered out of the blood.
 They're getting worse every mInuto.
 Will you help them?
 Doan's Kidney Pills have brought thousands of kidney suf- ferers back from the verge of despair.
 NJ. T. West, farmer, five miles east of Van Buren, Ark, says: T am just as glad to recommend Deans Kidney Pills today as l was in 1908. 1 had q great deal of trouble from my kidneys for years and my back was so lame and sore that could hardly stoop. When 1 dld manage to do so. it was just as difficult for me to straighten. Another source of annoyance was too frequent pas- sages of the kidney secretions. bothersome at night. Being told to try Doan's Kidney Pills, l did so and have never had cause to regret that action. was relieved and since then 1 have always kept supply of Deans Kidney Pills on hand, using them when the occasion has demanded, with good results
 For sale by all dealers. Price 90 cents. Foster-M MiIburn Co.,, New York, sole agents Tor the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's- md take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
WOMEN OF PAGAN IRELANL
The Property Rights of Wives were
 Recognized Before the Advent of St. Patrick.

The pagan Irish were fierce and proud, but at the same time remark ably just and pure. Those who wish to verify this statement have only to look up the old Brehon laws, the leg islative code that obtained in Erin long before and long after the advent of St. Patrick.
 These laws with very few excep- tions were found good enough to gov ern the land after the reception of Christianity. St. Patrick saw notb' ing to change in them, except the re ligious features bearing on the old Druidlc worship. For the rest, he left them as he found them, and they con tinued to be the legal guide of the Irish nation even down to the seven teenth century.
 Among their most noteworthy fea' lures are their sense of justice and fair play and their eminently high re- gard for the domestic relations-the rights of women, the mutual protec- tion of husband and wife, the recipro- cal duties of parents and children, etc. By way of proof or illustration, we give passage from the Senchus Nor:
 "In the connection of equal prop erty if with equal land and cattle and household stuff. and if their marriage be equally free and lawful, the wife in this case is called the wife of equal rank. The contract made by either party is not a lawful contract without the consent of the other, except in cases of contracts tending equally to the welfare of both. Each of the two parties has the power to give reflection and feast according to their respective dignity"
 In case of separation ample pro vision was always made for the wife's future. If, for instance, her portion at the time of marriage was equal to that of her husband she was entitled to half of the property which they held at the time of separation. If the whole property belonged originally to the husband she received one-third at the separation. If it was all her own before marriage she took two.thirds. ---Ecclesiastical Review.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
At the Leading Photograph Gallery

For the finest photograph work in the city, also pictures copied and enlarged in crayon pastel. sepia and India ink. 1 carry in stock a complete stocksof photo and kodak supplies, also art pic. lures with or without frames: made to order, fine line of mold. ing to select from of latest pat terms. Typography material and outfits oil and water paints, art goods, postal cards, albums, ko- dass for sale and rent. French oval frames all sizes, pictures. mats, gilt paints, passepartout binding, Madona and Cupid pic lures.
 kemem Der the place, Bert Hil. terbrand's gallery, on De Queen 2b7e3.f
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
Evidence all the Other Way

There IS something tiresome in these repeated statements from those in the packing business to the effort that they are not making money and that the profits go really to the retailers.
 Look at the results; they are real ly the best test.
 Who is 1t that gets rich. the pack CT or the retailer?
 If the profits all went to the re- taller, would not he be the rich individual in the deal and is he?
 Who can recall retailer of meats that has become rich? Everybody
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-17
WHERE SUCCESS LIES

The nation is facing serious ques- tion in the reduced quantity of live stock raised, and depicting the soil fertility. The farmer, both east and vest must grapple with the problem, for 1t is his opportunity. In other words, stock raising must become an inseparable part of agriculture if the farmer is to continue to be successful
 These were the words of the presi- dent of the great Swift Packing Company in the course of a state ment as to the cause of high meat prices and the increased cost of liv- ing.
 While there is no doubt but there are other causes of high prices, and one may be shown by Investigating the percentage of profit made by Mir. Swift's packing business, yet his statement is full of meat for the di- gestion of every thinking man. The day when Americans can go on, as they long have, using up and wear ing out their farms, then moving to fresh ones, is near an end. Such unused and unoccupied acres are getting scarce. The best are all taken, and the poorest will soon be in demand.
 This is geod time for Polk county farmers to think seriously of how best to improve their soils. Don't forget that the cheapest and most valuable fertilizer is that from the stock on the farm.