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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02
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editor Of the West yir9inian:
/ beg space IN youf valuable paper
.ior an article on Decoration Day
In visiting the Woodlawn cemeIs
Iiound grass allioolslug nice aHt OK
.things 81 best d styie WITH a6w
and care AMI plenty 81 good pscpie
Visiting tile gFasesg Then Went ogs
To the old Fairmont Cemetery, a4a
very few aoWershad been laid a tie
graves and most all that have been sct
out have been taken ont by some per
son or persons. or eaten up ~ satlie.
VIVA. has not been DESTROYED the
Trees, alders. .bFiers and weeds have
snothered ont
Upon entering went to work pun
Ing weeds. setc., from 3'grayes AMI
after working about 20. minntsstthrss
o. four good ladies' entered. ] had 70
get upon. q grave and lpob,oyer BRIEFS.
etc. to see II they were lost. Btt
they were not only came out to put
flowers upon :helI fathers and mu!L-
ers' graves. L was asked one yearasc
o. more to get paper up and wogktas
men said they would help to fix It ~.
ss 1t was a shame and disgrace To
humanity. / intend to see my broom
ers and sisters and fence our 8 graves
and keep them up, and while was IL
the cemetery i had an election aud
nominated myself president and elect
cd to see that the old cemetery Is
fenced in and every brier and aldsr.
ETC., taken out and roots taken out and
graves alltixed,up. &rg
Falrmont people are good people,
but may ihaYe forgot that the greatest
disgrace is staring themtin tie face
that could stare them. i SIN going IL
appoint $ men who owe me favor
and | expect them to act and get tiie
big clock to going. will give'Si 10
start with, and Q other men to actWith
them. The mayor is to put; each nli'-
ster in the city on the committee an;
ask their help. appoint Mayor A G..
Martin, ex.Mayor NJ. NJ. Nicely and ~
5. Black, Captain Thomas Reed, oil;
yer Fleming and Waitmau Manear; -
invite all nationallties and denomina-
lions to help This is charitable
union movement to waken UP tle good
people of Fairmont to the memori IS
Of their dead, who cannot help thcl"'
selves. Most all who are there are
too good to be treated SO, hope l
will not have to ever write again upon
ibis old cemetery, as l will visit IL
every spring as long as live and SCI
that the people-keep 1t pu. ! do mol
want TO write chem up on this subject,
as it must be done If things remain IS
they are. Alllask is to go and visit
the cemetery and your conscience will
tell you that lam right, and that tits
disgrace shall DO wiped out for all tisie
IN Gonna and -whpn the nresent nresi
dent of,t1e Rremetery.tlies We viii
put in one. mqre to look after TIE
graves. All hepeople want is to lie
wakened up and We can raise mOEeJ
enough to fence in the cemetery ALT!
grub out every root and branch ana
kill all, and next summer have It a.
in grass and flowers
saroPCDos OBSERVER.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02
Boost for Dir. Moore.
CHARLESTON. june 1. 1s1

Editor West virginian: ~
viii you kindly insert in your next
issue this my Endorsement. Of DR.. Arch
ibald Moore for the nomination for
Congress at the coming primary cleo
ton by the Republicans Of the First
Congressional district of West Vir-
ginia. He is the kind that makes ey;
erything he comes in contact with just
a little better than 1t was before.
He is a man that, knows; and he
knows that he knows, and what he
knows is too valuable to behid under
a bushel, but should be proclaimed
from the housetops to all the people
all over this broad land.
Send him to Congress once and you
will want to send him again and again
indefinitely. Yes, / know him; and If
you will take an old mans advice for.
this once, and give him your support,
you will materially assist in making
politics cleaner in West Virginia. and
in raising the standard of efficiency in
the American Congress. Vote for the
DR.. and he'll do the rest.
Respectfully
JOHN M. MILAN.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02
IA Banker
Helped Him

~-~4
Bg {. G. Lewis
Some eight Years ago was strils
Cling g build up Hetei . 81 Louis
lwithllttle or no capita what has since
become probably the largest publish
ling industry III America, bringing q
million dollars per year into st. Louis
and sending out Of It more than eight
million copies Of its publications each
month to every corner o. the nation.
| I had reached that point where sue
cess Or failure hung on proper bank
ling credit, the most precious Of capt
tai. Young. unknown, struggling,
working night and day; unless / could
secure that capital ! was doomed to
bitter disappointment.
/ received word that the cashier Of
one Of our banks desired to see me. /
had never met him or been in his bank
FOR any other purpose than to pay,
with painful regularity my notes given.
for print paper to the house that bank,
ed them there. Responding with some
aIacrity to the request to call, and not
knowing its purport, / was met by the
cashier and somewhat the following
conversation ensued:
"What are you doing3p
Working night and day."
"How are you coming on?'
Doing the best can under the cir
cumstances."
Where do you bank39
81 deposit with the
"what is your line ofcredit there?"
"Don't embarrass me; l never had
the nerve to ask for any but once, and
then | found that had to have gov
eminent bonds as security, with a
side commission"
"DO you think you are entitled to
any% sSSy
Eyes"
"HOw much?"
ask thousand dollars is about
right"
"show me why"
And did. I laid before that man,
cleanly and clearly, what was doing
and hoped to do; my reasons for my
self.contdence and the tangible evi.
dences of success in the past, and
what had to offer as basis for the
credit suggested. Point by point he
went over my business with me. The
credit asked was few thousand dol.
lars, but that bank cashier looked as
carefully into each item as though it
were a million, suggesting here. nod.
ding approval there. Finally, he said
he thought l was entitled to the line
of banking credit / had fixed, and ask.
ed what l would do with it If l got it.
To which I replied that I would use
it to the limit and keep it good by do,
ing what / said would do. He told
me to call again that afternoon;
called. The credit was extended; |
filled in note for the amount, as the
time for conversation had apparently
ceased. 1t was placed TO my account.
THAT MAN HAD HUNTED NE UP,
come forward at the critical time in
my business career, extended to me
the help Of his great bank and his own
kindly advice, ndsIargely out of that
little six thousand dollars lift drew a
three and half million dollar corpo-
ration, from which for years hundreds
have drawn their bread and butter IN
honorable industry, while not less than
ten millions of dollars have been
brought to st. Louis for investment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02

Here's a new Richmond in the Con-
ressional race; now boys, look out,
The Parkersburg State Journal says;
"The primary election and such
things being over down here, the
State journal will have to start in
again to electing Editor Tough of the
Fairmont West Virginian, to Congress
some more from the First District"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02
WHY HE LEFT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.

The following from the Ashland In
dependent gives an interview with
Hon. John B. Burgess, of this county,
says the ceredo Advance. He tells
why he left the Democratic party and
Joined the Republican party. MI. Bur
CESS is the scion of an old Democratic
family in Wayne county and this inter-
view viii be read with a great deal of
interest:
eHon. John B. Burgess, of Wayne
county, W. Va, a son Of a noted Big
Sandy family aoi Democrats, was in the
city yesterday, Mr.. Burgess talked en-
tertainly Of politics and business.
When interviewed by an Independent
man, he said: During the last low
tariff Democratic administration adj
mlnistered by the lamented Cleveland,
sheep and cattle on my farm would
hardly sell. l sold calves for three dol
lars and cattle from ten to fifteen dol
lars, and now sheep sell for three and
four dollars; calves for ten and twelve
dollars, and cattle from forty to fifty
dollars. When the low prices under
cleveland struck me. was financially
embarrassed, but the incoming Of Nc.
Kinley with his tariff law revived my
fortunes and recovered from the
Cleveland hard times, with the result
that my farm has given me sufficient
returns until today l may say that my
fortune Is Eve times as much as when
the low tariff law was repealed. Ileft
tile Democratic party shortly after the
mckinley tariff law demonstrated that
the Republicans were the real friends
81 the man who titled the soil. | did
this with some sadness and regret as
my father and many of my associates
had been lifelong Democrats and |
somewhat dreaded the notoriety that
would be, caused by the step ! took
hui my conscience, would not allow me
rs reap ne benefits. OF Republican leg
3isiation and at the same time support
afparty that had nearly ruined me f.
financially. so ]. cut loose from the Ma
ational Democratic party and, voted. for
Mckinley for president and Hughes
Tor Congress. My act made me feel so
good that later / cut the bridges be-
hind me; and have been supporting the
Republican ticket for the State Of
West Virginia, as we'll. l am now the
chairman OF the Republican committee
Of Wayne county, and take pride in
the gradual decrease of the Democrat,
ic votes. eThese Democrats and mug
iwpmps may talk about high prices.
BaIlingeri and such things, but West
Virginlans do not care about those
things as long as the mines and fac
tories are running on full time and the
railroads work double crews to dis.
tribute our products and every man
can get work who wants it. No, young
man. West Virginia win never wane,
as long as she has coal and timber in
the hills and gas in the bowels Of the
earth and the Republican party stands
.by policies that sell those things and
bring wealth to the State.
1--WE greatly admire Congressman
Hughes in our county, and will give
him a majority in November as We did
once BEFORE
MT. Burgessls a prominent mer.
chant stock dealer and farmer and
his desertion from the Democracy ere.
ated Consideration in political circles
SRtthe time 1t occurred"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF FREE
SCHOOLS.

We arc authorized to announce
Carter L. Faust as a candidate for
County Superintendent Of Free
schools Of Marion county, subject to
the decision Of the Republican pri-
mary to be held later.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02

We have heard of but one Republi.
can In Marion county who still says
there is nothing to the compromise"
His promise to the Democrats seems
to have gone too far to be recalled.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02
NOTICE TO NURSES.

The State Board of Examiners for
Nurses Of West Virginia will meet in,
Charleston at the Capitol Building
June II, 1910, at . a. M, 10 examine
Nurses for Registration. Candidates
should apply at once to- DR.. Geo.
.Loundsbery, Secretary, Charleston,
W. Va. lot
81 see that the ministers are refer.
ring to the Johnson-Je1ries fight as
moral calamity"
How do they know"
know what?"
"That Johnson will wln?'--Hous-
ton Post,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02

We hope the comet is far enough
away that the sun can stay out for a
few days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-02

elkNNARt
lrom Gold Mtdal g1ouE. hllnccA
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

against all opposition of this kind
it quickly won the support of the
very people who had opposed it in
the start. Farmers found that the
advantage of being able to go to the
city by a dozen trains a day instead
of one and of having their purchases
delivered almost at their doors the
same day, more than offset the dis
advantage of cut-up farms and
nervous cows.
The country merchant discovered
that after a short time his trade
increased instead of falling off.
The trolley brought the country so
near to the cities that thousands of
city people either bought or rented
country places and transferred their
trade from the city to the country
stores. This was clear gain because,
while their old customers perhaps
spent more money in the city stores
than before, their desire of trading
grew upon them, and with increas-
ing prosperity and business activity
their patronage was larger and
more profitable than ever.
This may not be true of all lines
of business, but it applies as a
general rule and the man who lost
trade lost it more through his lack
of enterprise than through the fault
of the trolley.
The trolley has not only greatly
enhanced the value of farm lands
but of country town property as
well. 1t is an easy matter for a
city man to live on a farm or in a
country town from 80 to so miles
from his business because the troll
/ ley affords him swift, cheap and re-
liable transportation.
Like the sewing-machine, the
reaper, the printing, express trains
and every other modern improve
ment in civilization, the trolley has
proved a blessing by expanding the
country's growth and adding to the
/ comfort and convenience of the
people.-Farm World.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

was almost an unbroken wilderness.
but his untiring labors transformed
IL into one of the most highly cul-
tivated tracts in Cherry Ridge town
ship. In politics, Mr.. Male has al
ways been a Republican but never
aspired to an office. He was a mem
Der of the Episcopal church of Eng
land Mr.. Males parents, John and
Lucy Bant Male, also lived to ripe
old ages, the father died when he
was S5 years of age while Mrs. Male
passed away at the age of 81. The
maternal great-grandfather, John
Bant, Sr.. died at the age of "a, while
the subjects grandfather, John
Bant, Jr., lived to the extreme old
age of SO years. Mr.. Male is sur
vived by three children, namely,
John, Jr., at home; Isaac, of Haw-
ley, and Mrs. j. B. Sitter, of Elmira,
n. Y. also by one brother, Isaac,
who is blind and is now 81 years
old. He lives in England. The fun
eral will be held from his late home
on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. w. II
Hitler, pastor of the Honesdale
Methodist church, officiating Inter.
ment will be made in Glen Dyberry
cemetery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
LABOR BATTLE.
All Quiet Along the LackawaXen
and Dyberry.


and Dyberry.
The pickets of the strikers main
tain their vigil watch to see that
no union or non-union man deserts
and goes over to the enemy, Their
Generalisomo, with headquarters at
the Hall of Fame and Temple of In
dustry, has the situation we'll in hand.
The Independents acrobatic efforts to
get a strangle hold on the labor
vote while he does a little slobber-
ing for the manufacturers, who
have an account in his bank, is
causing a feeling of distrust among
the strikers and disgust with every
one else. There was rumor that a
Padrone was in town last week and
had arranged to bring $50 able
bodied Sicilians TO town. 1t was
stipulated that they must be >suffi-
ciently naturalized so that they
could lawfully carry stilletoes
(Which is the Italian name of tooth
picks) and gatling guns. 1t was
further agreed that they will have
the right to vote for Judge at next
years primary. This clause was
inserted so that the Independent
would consent to their coming. The
only qualifications the manufacturers
insisted upon was, that every man
must be strong in the arms and thick
in the head, on account of the clim-
ate. This body of men are to be
assembled at Port Jervis and in the
dead of night will embark upon gun
boats and by the light of the COM
cts tail will proceed up the Lacka-
waXen and land at the foot of East
Eleventh street (Which is the his
torical spot where the famous
march of the 18th of April began)
and go into camp in the old cleo
trio light station. These men are
expected to reach Honesdale stimuli
taneously with Harry Richard S
gang of Glass Cutters, disguised
as trolley railroad builders who are
now being numbered at Castle Gar
den. 1t is expected that a public
meeting will be called and every
one who is afraid of The Boycott
or Comets Tail be recommended
TO prepare their cellars as a
safe abiding place where their cour-
age shrouded in darkness will not
have any chance to assert itself, and
expose the holder thereof to the loss
of any mans trade.
SALESMAN.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
HONESDALE LOSES
OVER $4,000
WHAT MERCHANTS GET

the Glass Cutters of Honesdale
and the Merchants Receive Large
share of IL.
A careful canvass of the Cut
Glass Manufacturers regarding the
amount of their payrolls shows that
the average amount paid by each
factory every two weeks is S2,100.
This makes a total payroll every
two weeks of $1O,500. and as the
strike has now been on for four
weeks, it means a loss to men of
1000. The greater part of this
money, naturally, would have found
its way into the cash drawers of
our merchants. AS the strike is not
over, this loss will continue to in
crease. The manufacturers claim
that if the strike was declared off
tomorrow, they could not take back
over half their men, as the trade
outlook is bad. Several concerns,
visited. freely expressed their opin-
ions that while they deplored hav-
ing the men go out, yet now that
they are out, it is a blessing as at
this season of the year they could
do with half their force, but rather
than lose them, by laying them off,
they struggled along barely clear
ing expenses, so that the men in
striking and remaining out have
done just what the manufacturers
always hesitated to do. One manu-
facturer stated that he hoped the
men would call the bluff of Organi-
zer Luckock who proclaimed that
the Union had $147,000 to back
them up, if they went out, as he
knew when he made the statement
that the Glass Blowers who are the
bone and sinew of the Flint Glass
Union will not allow their reserve
fund to be used by the Glass Cut
ters. The manufacturers are un-
animous in stating that there is
nothing to arbitrate. They claim
that their men voluntarily threw UP
their positions, and left their en-
ploy; and that they are under nc
obligations to reinstate them, and
Furthermore, they cannot be forced
to do so, and that intimidation
threats, ETC., will not swerve them
one iota in their determination tC
have absolute control and jurisdic
tion over their own property ant
business.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
HOW THE TROLLEY HELPS.

When the trolley began to invade
the rural districts, many farmers
resented their intrusion on the
ground that they took short cuts
through their farms, frightened
their cattle and were a nuisance on
general principles.
The country merchants rose up
in arms against this chariot of
modern civilization and declared
that it was carrying destruction to
their business because it afforded
country people better facilities for
trading in the large cities where
they spent their money.
its way into the rural districts
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

We are not given to boasting, but
we are proud of the farmer boys of
this vicinity. They are, with rare
exceptions, healthy, intelligent
and happy class of young men. We
feel like taking our hat clear off
when we meet them upon our
streets, and no class is more well
coined to our office. Too many
boys leave the farm where they
would have made substantial and
good citizens, and go to the city
where only one in a thousand sue
ceed in life's battle. There are
farmers who fairly drive their boys
away. There is no excuse for this.
The farmer boy is entitled to his
vacations, to several relaXations,
his visits to the city, good books,
magazines and his home paper. To
the observing one it is plain to be
seen that the old farm is the best
place in the world for the average
young man and never fails to bring
a happier and more useful life than
the city. Young men, you who till
the soil and earn your bread by the
sweat of your brow, we are proud of
you; our latchstring is always out
to you and you will always have a
friend in this paper. Come and see
us and give us the news from your
neighborhood.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
THEY ADOPT THE IDEA.
Citizens of Deposit Adopt Editor
Haines' Majority Rule Idea.

Haines' Majority Rule Idea.
Ever since the old, reliable Erie
ran its first passenger train through
Deposit, there has been considerable
suspense on the part of various in
dividuals who have gathered at the
depot to wait for trains; but never
has that hurry feeling come so near
reaching a white heat as on Friday
last, when two union cut glass agi-
tators from Honesdale came to town
for the purpose of making trouble
and blocking in every way possible
the plans of the proprietors of the
new cut glass industry about to To-
cate here. AS soon as the mission
OF these two disturbance-seekers was
known, a dozen or fifteen good,
strong, able-bOdied citizens procured
an officer and escorted them to the
depot to await the arrival of the first
train from the east. Geese feathers
and glittering tar, which in by-gone
days have proven an excellent rem
edy for various evils, were suggested
by the crowd that followed as a
means of expressing our contempt for
these fellows, but they were spared
with the promise that they would
leave town as soon as the Erie and
the officer would let them, which
they did. If Honesdale has any more
of this class she will do well to keep
them within the folds of the union.
AS a rule deposit is a pretty docile
TOWN hut when anV one comes along
looking for trouble and attempts to
interfere with any of her industries,
five minutes is ample time to recruit
an army, that for enthusiasm and
the protection of all within our bord-
ers, equals that of Teddy's rough
riders in their charge up San Juan
hill.-Deposit Courier-Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

This is just the right size town
to settle down in and enjoy life.
Everything for the comfort of life
can be bought here and SO will
go as far as $25 will in the large
cities. When you want to leave
the farm, come to our town and
build a nice comfortable home and
be among the best people in the
world.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

Why is it that no one wants to
live in the country anymore? Cities
are full of people who live from
"hand to mouth" and whose total
wealth is represented by the cloth
ing they have on. Years go by and
these persons never have a home.
They lose that independence that
the proud owner of farm has. II
there is one needed reform it is tc
keep people on farms and away
from cities.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1910.

When a woman wants to get rid
of her husband for an hour, she
sends him up stairs to get some
thing from the pocket of her dress.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

Which is the greater evil to
Honesdale. the Galilean who is earn
ing his bread by the sweat of his
brow, or the Organizer who gets
his bread while lot of other fellows
do the sweating?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

present we do not feel the need of
them as there will be no closed cut
glass factory run under the juris-
diction of the A. f. G. w. U. in this
town and those interested might as
well know it first as last. In this
assertion am sure voice the SEN
cut glass.
MANUFACTURER
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27
ZEPPELIN II. WRECKED.
German Government Balloon Breaks
From Moorines and Is Smashed.

From Moorings and Is Smashed.
Limburg-m-der-Lahn, Prussia, April
26.-The Zeppelin H., one of three dir
igible balloons of the German govern
ment's aerial feet, ran away and was
destroyed. The airship, which was
forced TO descend here owing to a
storm encountered while attempting a
return trip from Homburg to Cologne,
broke her moorings and without a
crew drifted in northeasterly direc.
ton.
A half hour after its escape the dir
igible dropped at Weilburg and was
smashed TO Dieces.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-27

There are many striking exam
pies of the value Of good roads.
Wherever roads have been perma-
nently improved it is found that
there has been very great in
crease in value of the adjacent
property.