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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19

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culated in Harrison. Taylor and Mon.
ongalia counties. The petitions read.
ing as follows:
ITO His Excellency. William. E.
-Glasscock, governor of the State
OF West Virginia. and the legisla.
ture of the State of West Virginia.
We, the undersigned citizens of the
State of West Virginia, beg you and
your honorable legislature to pass
suitable laws establishing a whipping
post for the punishment of persons
who IAN ScaIes Tor 6efs ,minor chill.
df ,s d a5S ne c5hyls led ot insy;of
these otfs ssea I'D also i6se WHO ii are
convicted ehinHuman and brutal treat.
nientsof their wives.r5s Hs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19
Charters Issued.

Hughes River Oil and Gas Co.,
Clarksburg, W. Va, chief works in
Grant district. Richie county. Au.
thorized capital $4,000; paid $50.
lncorporators. W. ]. Haney. L. J..
MCGEE. &C. j. Sans, F. G. Rickard,
Clarksburg; Albert Sans. Ravens.
wood.
Eagle Galleries Co.. Charleston,
W. Va, chief works in Fayette and
isanaYha counties; authorized capts
tai 100000; paid $50. lncorpora!
'torss Harrison ?. Smith, s.. sspil:
man, Buckner Clay n. NJ. Prince, d.
w. Adams. all Of Charleston. s3s.,7
- = ~ 3 z Is 4
Subscribe for the West vlrginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19

q SCENIC POEM:
ysoNe 4RY; Mr.. saANL 81.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19
lions of the law.

Shortly after the first article ap.
,peared Justice E. S. Amos was also
quoted as advocating the same thing,
starting the movement in this section
of West Virginia. -
A petition has been in circulation
in this vicinity for the past two weeks
for the signatures of all worthy men.
The instrument will be presented to
thelnext Legislature and will ask that
this county be given authority to es.
tabllsh a ;whlpping:post. \
Similar petitions are now being cir.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19
KALEM ---
49, ...A
EN- - kALEM
The Roses
sofsthl,e !. Virgin
ia Ett fSE NORTHERN
$50, NEW -

Thes Roses Of the vlrsin"-tfis Is
as storH tof the Canadian woods and
NJ hassths atmosphere delightfully."- pre-!
scented, with story that has touching
Esentiment. The scapegraces soh OF
the wealthy father Is sent away from
home when 1t is discovered that he.
has a wife and baby whom, he has
neglected. The father sends him to
the woods to make a new man Of him.
self. and he proceeds at once to at.
tempt 10 ruin the woodsman's daugfir
ter who Is SO impressed with his ele,
gance that she is about to elope with
him when she is stopped by her dis.
carded native lover. who has learned
In the meantime that the rascal ii
already married. The youth haii
borught bunch of roses from a
shrine togiye to the, girl nd after the
dep ttlre Of the nhgia ksd libH ftine,
The Young man replaced 4 he ro esI at,
the shrine. Reconciliation folliys. !
" r i1fe
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19
WHIPPING 4 c POSTS
WANTED IN OTHER COUNTIES
II. NEAR HERE-PETiTloNs ARE
NOW BEING WIDELY GIRO uLAT.t
LED. NJ 4;

Nearly three months ago the West
Einglnian carried a story quoting
Justice n. W.sBoydston as being in
favor Of q whlpping.post for this coun.
~ for wife;beaters and similar viola.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19

URIDE FREE nd rHE- GREAT IN s,,t,.

We pay train or car fare on p
ehases of5s1o. or over for within a Z
dIas Of IS miles Of Fairmont. W
you Gomez
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19
DELEGATES NAMED.

The president Of the West Virginia
Board of Trade has named Hon. Geo.
q. sturgiss and Hon. Henry G.. Davis
to represent the State Board at the
meeting of the National Board of
Trade which convenes at Washington
on January 18th. N
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-19
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STATE news:
HIGH : school pAY.

III order 10 promote scholarship. Ill
serary prof cheney and pure athletics
among the High schools 81 the STATE
sof West virginia and % strengthen
| the friendly relations existing between
The West Virginia University and The
schools Of the State, annual High
school days have been established by
the university The dates Of the first
OF these days will be Friday and sat.
prday, May IS and Is, an public High
scHqois in West Virginia on the uni.
ii3yersst List 3of sither aesfe died or rec.
.ognized high schools are eligible to.
compete hesmu1tauns splm6ert from
any one. school Is four. Railroad fare
in excess of zen dollars viii be re-;
funded n Nil
six8scholafships VII be awarded,
good fer a period Of four years IN
any College department Of school sof
the university These Will be award
ed as the result Of examination 10 To
be held at Morganto%n May Is and
49, 1911, in Latin. history, English
algebra. geometry. physics French.
and German. Applicants VIII be;
examined in two subjects only. aud
they may choose in who two they
will be examined from the above list
Cash prizes will be awarded as
follows: Original orahon, first prize,
$40; second prize. $25: essay; first
prize, 1885,, second. ts25t debate first
prize, $40; second, s25; declaamtion,.i
first prize, $25; second, 81. The
time for debates will sbes1 H. minutes
for each speaker; for grafton, ten
minutes; for essay.st ten minutes; for
defamation, eight minutes. Five me-
dals will be given for excellence on
the athletic field. M.
The debate will be onaope OF the
following questions, TO be determined
by the wishes of 4 the greatest mum.
Der OF students entering the contest:
Resolved, That a countryhigh school
should be established in every c3anty
in West Virginia ~ "That West. Wiz
ginia should have an Educational
qualification for suffrage" Every
debater must let his choice of
subjects be known not than Jan.
uary 1, 1911, stating also his3 choice
Of sides. 4. =, IS .3 Z
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
BalIinGer's First Law Case.

Richard ~ Ballinger. secretary of
the interior. tells of his first law case
which he had ut Kankakee. Ill. ~
had hung out my shinSle good while
before any client arrived" he said.
FINALLY one came. He was n weak.
meek being whom three determined
women had welded in rapid success
sion. and lie was being tried for big
amy. AS all of the wives appeared
against him, we lost the case. and he
got term or two years. But this did
not seem to worry HMM fact, he
seemed anxious for more. lie was
taken TO the penitentiary, and just be-
fore his term ended / got letter from
him. Do you think, the blgamist
asked anXiously. that it will be safe
for me TO come OutY"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
Pi.OPLE OF THE DAY
A Power In Railways.

Among the lieutenants OF the late z.
ii. Hartman none is better ..aown In
the railroad world than Albert J. Ear
ling. who was held i'm high esteem by
his former chief. Wherever railroad.
ers gather Mr.. Earnings nane is men,
toned with respect and enthusiasm,
because he began ut the bottom and
won his way
Sixty years ago Mr. Earring was
born i'm Il little town in Wisconsin. and
his education was acquired IN the
common SChnolS At the axe of eight
cen he entered the employ az the 81.
raul aud minnesota aS clerk. and
since then has career has been ever on
the up grade. After serving for time
as clerk he learned biography and be
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
Punishment For PERJURY.

Perjury IS a crime more severely
punished in Germany than in any 9TH
er country IN the world. Even an ap-
parently trivial misstatement under
oath carries sentence of ten years in
prison. Excepting murder, there are
few crimes that carry as heavy a pen
atty as perjury. The German theory is
that the entire system of jurispru-
dence rests on the respect for an oath
administerc. under the forms of law
and that this must be strictly guarded
In order to secure the punishment Of
other crimes and insure justice in civil
cases. Germany stands at one extreme
ana the United States at the other.
Fewer people are punished in the
United States for false swearing In
the witness box than In any other
country.-London Telegraph
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
A Sticklcr For the Law.

1t is said of Judge Elmer Il. Adams,
one Of the four United States jurists
who declared the Standard Oil COM
pany to be trust in restraint of trade.
that he originated the phrase the
man higher up" Whether or not this
be true, it is well known that Judge
Adams is a stickler for the law as it
is written and has a stern sense OF
justice.
1t is told of Judge Adams that on
one occasion a man came before him
who was charged with aSsaulting a
mail carrier and taking from him reg
istered letters, burning all save the
money contained in the pouch. I'm
able to believe the evidence against
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
The Rejeaser.

II he hadn't been a dreadful bore
and the hour wasn't so late it is quite
possible the lovely girl would have
refrained from the exercise of q stra-
tegic scheme, says the Cleveland Plair
Dealer
"Hark!' she whispered as he paused
In the midst Of a long winded de-
scription Of his camping outfit.
What is it?" he whispered in re-
turn.
She smiled reassuringly.
Its only papa. He must be oiling
the releaser"
And what is the releaser?"
ITS one Of papa's ingenious
schemes. Every night. at exactly IL
O'Clock, he pulls up brass chain that
releases our brindle bull pup from
his annex adjoining the kitchen; that's
ALL"
And she laughed merrily. The caller
glanced at the clock on the mantel.
1t. indicated 1851
II find / must CO." he said in a
slightly hurried manner. "And good
night"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
A SELF FEEDING HOPPER.

so that the bottom will be about five
inches above the floor. A platform un-
Gerneath Oh which the fowls may
stand while feeding should go with
the hopper This prevents litter from
being scratched into the hopper. The
sloping cover of the hopper prevents
it being used by chickens for a roost.
The total cost of construction for this
is about 81. A grit hopper. made of
the same material. hemmed in about
the edges with wire. can be used for
grit. shell and charcoal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02

came a train dispatcher 1t is said OF
him that he never made Il mistake
For five years he controlled the
movements of the trains on the st.
Paul system and then became success
sively assistant superintendent and
general manager, achieving the latter
position ut the age Of forty. Ten
years later he was elevated to the
presidency of the st. Paul. Under him
that road became part of the trans
continental route established by Mr.
Hartman.
in consolidating the system outlined
by Mr.. Hartman and since the latter
death has been the real head OF the
Union Pacific.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
FRATERNAL ORDERS

Rock bl idge Lodge, No. So. l. o. o. f
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Eel
ows' Hall.
Lexington Ledge, No. &C, X. Of p
meets every Tuesday night, al Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, 2, Daughters Of
Rebekah, meets every Monday night, at
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons, meets LIST and 3rd Mon
day nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No.192O Royal
Arcanum, meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday
aights In each month. at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lex. Council. No. 179, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, meets
every Friday night at Odd Fellows
Hall
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
Gems In Verse
THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM.

THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM.
~LOw are the steps OF Freedom. bu,
her feet
Turn never backward: hers no
~ bloody glare.
Her light is calm and innocent and
sweet.
And where Il enters there is no despair.
Not first on palace and cathedral spire
Quivers and CLEANS that unconsumins
fire.
While these stand black against her
morning skies
The peasant sees 1t leap from peak &c
peak
Along the hills. The crattsmsn's burn.
ing eyes
Own with cool tears its influence mother
meek.
1t lights the poets heart up like a star
All. while the tyrant deemed 1t still
afar
And twined with golden threads his fu-
tile snare
That swift. convicting glow all round
him ran.
Twas close Ieside him there
Sunrise whose Memnon is the soul OF
james Russell Lowell
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
THE VAGABOND.

GIVE to me the life I love;
~ Let the lave go by me;
Give the jolly heaven above
And the highway nigh me.
PED IN the bush with stars to see.
- Bread I dip in the river.
There's the life for a man like me!
There's the life foreverI
I EFT the blow fall soon or late,
- Let what Will be DER me.
Give the face OF earth around
And the road before me.
WEALTH I ask not, hope nor love.
w Nor friend to know me-
All ask. the heaven above
And the road below me.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
AMERICA.

~" ShiSNs
MY country-'tis of thee,
AL Sweet land OF liberty,
or thee 1 sing.
Land where my fathers died,
Land OF the pilgrims pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.
MY native country-thee.
NA Land OF the noble, free,
Thy name / love.
love thy rocks and rills.
Thy woods and tempted hills.
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above
7 EFT music swell the breeze,
- And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedoms song.
Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake,
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
OUR fathers God-to thee,
~ Author of liberty.
To NEE We sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedoms holy light
Protect US by thy might,
Great God. our King.
Rev. Samuel F. Smith.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
THE LIFE OF MAN.

7 IKE to the falling OF a star
- Or as the flights of eagles are,
Or like the fresh springs gaudy hue,
Or silver drops OF morning dew.
Or like a wind that chafes tho flood,
Or bubbles which on water stood
Fen such is man, whose borrowed light
Is straight called in and paid tonight
The wind blows out. the bubble dies.
The spring entombed in autumn lies
The dew's dried up. the star is shot,
The flight is past, and mans forgot
Francis Beaumont
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
"GOD GIVE US MENIr

~OD give us menl The time demands
Strong minds. great hearts. true
faith and willing hands:
~ Men whom the lust OF ONCE
does not kill:
Men whom the spoils OF office cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions and will:
Men who have honor: men who will not
lie;
Men who can stand before demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries
without winking;
Tall men. sun crowned. who live above
the fog
In public duty and private thinking!
For while the rabble with their thorn
worn creeds.
Their large professions and their little
deeds,
hingle in selfish strife, 10. Freedom weeps
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice
sleeps!
John G. Holland
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02

the well dressed man before him. the
judge looked for some indication that
a mistake had been made. When con
WINGED that the culprit was guilty he
sentenced him to Imprisonment fol
life. AS the astoundcd offender stag
gered from The room the judge ca!let.
him back and added sentence OF
twenty years.
Judge Adams is a native Of Vermont
was educated at Yale and got his law
degree from Harvard. He is sixty
seven years old and was appointed to
the federal bench by President Roose
welt. He is Il Democrat in politics
but voted for Taft at the last cleo
ton.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
Fattcninu Place For Chickens.

Every poultry raiser knows what n
feed hopper is and how ii saves II
waste of feed. 1t may be made of
wood. but galvanized iron (No. 26) is
better. Such a one as is shown in the
Illustration will hold about sixty
pounds OF meal or 100 pounds of grain.
The hopper may be divided into three
compartments for different kinds of
feed. 1t should be hung up by hooks.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
Dairy rioures.

The dairy population OF the United
States Is about p 900 600 or one COW
70 every five people The average
yield. according to official figures. is
only about $500 pounds year or.
roughly. FIVE quarts n day on the aver
age Ii Is figured that each person in
the country eats about twenty pounds
OF butter each year. Very little butter
Is imported.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
LISTEN


"For your kindly co operation
and friendly aid at all times,'
I thank you
"For your forbearance with such
shortcomings as are unavoida-
BILE IN the conduct of a far
reaching organizations"
I thank you
"for the favors you have bestow-
ed upon me in the past and for
those you may confer in the
future" I thank Won
For your confidence in my abili-
ty, sincerity and straight for
wardness. A confidence 1 es-
TEEN one of our most precious
possessions I thank you
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
NOW THAT | TURN THE LEAF
AND BEGIN THE YEAR 1910

wish to thank and friends for their
patronage My business has been
is treat right goods hight year
to do better
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
j. IREsToN Moore FRANK MOORE
Moore g. Moore
FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANIES REPRESENTED.
Aetna Fire Insurance Co., Hartford.
Conn.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.. Hart
ford, Conn.
Liverpool & London & Globe Insur-
ance Co., New York.
Home Insurance Co., of New York,
New York.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co., of
England.
Springfield Fire and Marine Insur-
ance Co., OF Springfield, Mass.
Petersburg Saving & Insurance Co., OF
Petersburg, Va.
Southern Fire Insurance Co.. OF
Lynchburg, Va, mch. 3 20
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02

This Bank issues certificates of deposit
at
three ( cent their provided morey
remains sixty (60) days longer
Morris tribune., 1910-06-03
KILLS WIFE AND PRIEST
South St. Paul Man Commits
Double Murder.

In fit of insane jealous rage Pat
rick ]. Gibbons, prominent live stock
commission merchant of South St.
Paul, shot and instantly killed his
wife, Nellie MCGOWAN Gibbons, and
a few minutes later also shot and
killed Father E. ]. Walsh, pastor of
st. Augustine Catholic church, South
st. Paul, afterward giving himself up
to the police.
Gibbons, who has been a we'll known
resident of South st. Paul for almost
twenty years, had been for the past
week in Minneapolis at the Lawrence
sanitarium. He telephoned his wife to
go to Minneapolis to return home with
him. They made the return trip on
street car in company with one of the
attendants from the sanitarium
At South st. Paul the attendant was
left at the hotel, and the couple went
to their home in the west part of the
town. Within fifteen minutes after
they had reached home Gibbons had
shot his wife twice, then leaving her
body lying on the kitchen floor he re-
entered the buggy in which they had
driven from the street car and drove
directly to the residence of Father
Walsh, which is Immediately in the
rear of st. Augustine church.
He called the priest to the door, and
after a few moments excited CONVEX
sation fired two shots, both of which
took effect in the head of his victim
AS the priest staggered and fell
through the door leading from the hall
to his study Gibbons calmly walked
out of the house and went to the po-
lice station, where he gave himself up.
Morris tribune., 1910-06-03
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GREAT FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Blaze Causes Loss Of Three
Quarters of a Million.

Twelve buildings were DESTROYED,
causing loss placed at $4,000; one
square block of property was devas-
tated; one man was probably fatally
burned; several people narrowly es-
capped death and the monstrous milling
district of Minneapolis was threatened
by one of the worst fires in the his
tory of the Twin Cities early Satur-
day morning.
The fire broke out shortly after 1
o'clock and burned fiercely for three
hours.
With the aid of three companies
from the st. Paul department the fire
was gotten under control at 4 o'clock,
although water was thrown on the
smouldering ruins for some hours aft
erward.
The devastated district is mostly
within the block bounded by Wash
ington avenue and Third street and
Sixth and Seventh avenues south.
Christ Madison may die from inju-
ries sustained when he was caught by
the falling roof of the Sixth Avenue
hotel. The losses in detail are:
Northern Rock Island Plow COM
pany, 100000.
Great Northern Implement company,
$25O,OOO.
These two firms are located in what
is known as the Implement building
and the losses above are on the stock
of the firms only. The building was
owned by C. w. Wright of Saginaw,
Mich. The loss on the building is
100000
The building of the Waterbury I'M
plement company and stock suffered a
loss of 100000.
The remainder of the loss, estimat-
ed at $75O,000, is divided among a
number of property owners in the
burned district.
Morris tribune., 1910-06-03

Minnesota Woman Confesses to Com
hitting Crime.

Minnesota Woman Confesses to Com
hitting Crime.
Mrs. Joseph Dillon has confessed to
Chief of Police Peter Wiring of Hib-
bling that she shot and killed her hus-
band on their homestead near that
place. Dillon was at first saia& to
have been killed while resistingSad-
vances some stranger made towards
his wife. ...-.... .--. g.. a.
The woman, who went to town and
told the police her husband had been
murdered while trying to defend her,
told different story when Chief
Wiring put her through a severe sweat
ing process With much weeping she
admitted she had killed her husband.
She said in effect she killed him be-
cause he sought to force her into a
life of shame. T
Dillon, who was cook and had
lived near Hibbing about ten years,
was about forty-ive years old and NJ RS.
Dillon gives her age as twenty-eight,
She says her home was in Chicago
and that she married Dillon there
about three years ago. Dillon and his
wife have been running an alleged
blind pig about six miles south of
Hibbing.
Morris tribune., 1910-06-03
LEDBETER CASES DROPPED
No Further Prosecution of Woman Ac-
cused of Murder.

The indictment against Mrs Grace
Ledbeter and William SchWandt and
his wife, Goldie Schwandt, are to be
dismissed in the district court of Blue
Earth county when the June term
opens on June 6.
This was decided upon by the coun-
ty board after consulting with County
Attorney Plymat and Special Assistant
County Attorney H. L. Schmitt. The
two latter advised the board that the
decision of the supreme court in Mrs.
Ledbeter's cases makes it impossible
to proceed against her further under
the Indictment charging murder in the
second degree and that there is lack
of evidence against her to secure a
conviction on the charge of being an
accessory after the fact
Morris tribune., 1910-06-03
Coal Oil Explosion Fatal.

Following an explosion caused by
pouring kerosene on a fire in a cook
stove Mrs Edna Spangl of ST. Paul,
twenty-three years old, received burns
from which she died several hours
later. Mrs. Spangl was heating some
water in the kitchen of her home for
a little son who is i'll with diphtheria.
The fire was not burning well so she
poured some coal oil on it, and an ex-
plosion followed enveloping her in
flames.
Morris tribune., 1910-06-03
BOATING TRIP ENDS FATALLY
Young Man and Woman Drowned in
Lake Pokaqema.

A pleasure trip by four young people
of Ely ended fatally for two, M. A.
Mulvahill and Miss Ruth Bachus
drowning in Lake Pokagema when a
rowboat in which they were seated
overturned in rough water. i
The other members of the party,
Harley Caldwell and Miss Anna Beck
er, chung to the overturned boat and
drifted ashore, a short distance from
the scene of the accident. Miss Becker
was overcome by the excitement and
the effect of the cold water, but re-
covered in a few hours.