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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28
WoMaN IS ACTIVE AT TIC.

"..H-
Mrs. Sarah Brandon OF M~oundsviIle.
W. Va, is sud by many to be not only
the oldest woman OF her state, but
also one of the most distinguished.
Mrs. Brandon is one hundred and ten
years Of age. is hale and hearty and
does her own homework. washing.
ironing. scrubbing. and tends a tiny
garden in the rear OF her humble
home Just on the outskirts OF the city.
She has seldom been Ill during her
long and strenuous career. and then
only with slight colds. headaches. and
such minor ailments.
Almost one hundred years ago Mrs.
Brandon. but a slip OF a girl. while
playing with her little brother, SUI.
fered an accident, the marks OF which
she has carried through life. The boy
and girl were playing Indian. and in
discharging his crossbow. the young.
ster shot out the right eye of his lit.
tie sister.
This venerable lady was married at
the age Of fifteen to a man much
her senior. The couple were then
living in Ohio. their native state.
Twenty.three children. two sets of
twins. blessed their union. only one a
girl Sixteen of the boys served In
the Civil war. fourteen fighting on the
Union and two on the Confederate
side, while all escaped the severe &C.
tons with their lives. Every one was
wounded in battles, Evan. the young.
est now seventy years old, being shot
or stabbed II times, bearing the scars
today.
For producing the most soldiers OF
any woman for the war, Mrs. Bran.
don's picture adorns the national gal.
lery at Washington, while at Colum.
bus. O., she has been similarly hon.
ored by her native state.
She is a smoker and says that her
pipe is her only comfort as the weight
Of years bears upon her. Tobacco OF
the strongest variety is the only kind
suited to her taste. and her teeth are
worn away where she clamps the pipe
stem.
Her husband has long since been
dead, but ten Of her sons still live, and
all are the fathers Of large families.
Her Oldest, now eighty-nine, boasts
that he never suffered a sick day in
his life. He is a milworker, and lives
at Bellaire. o. Her youngest. Evan,
is a coal miner and seldom loses a
days work. though he was recently
badly mashed by a fall OF slate. He
has nine children. all grown.
Beside receiving personal notice
from the government for her sons wa,
service. the aged woman receives a
liberal pension. owing to her husband
having also been a soldier. Each pen.
sion day. the stopped figure may be
seen vending its way toward the coun.
ty clerks Office. where she receives
her check, then tramping back to he,
cottage. a distance Of over three miles
Beside this, Mrs. Brandon also makes
her weekly pilgrimage to market, re
turning with a well-flled basket OF
vegetables and staples on her arm.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

NJ. Luc!en Magne, the French in
spector general OF historical monu-
ments, has made one of the most re-
markable discoveries OF recent years
in the old abbey of Fo~ntevrault. That
certain of England's kings and queens
were buried there was well known.
but 1t has always been told that the
tombs were rifed many years z
Henry II. and Richard l. were buried
there. as were the wives OF King John
and Henry II;
The architects who were engaged
in restoring the abbey. after digging
down TO the original level Of the nave
and demolishing the seventeenth-cen-
fury partition, discovered traces Of IN
scriptions and paintings IN an arched
c e of the northwest wall of the
transept. It would seem that the alb
bess, Louise Of Bourbon, In redecora-
ting the cloisters had closed up the
opening of the tombs. and hence they
had escaped being rifed as so many
other tombs were In the revolutionary
movement Of 1889. And so they are
unearthed today-the actual remains.
of Richard the Lion.Heart. and Of his
father. Here the Psychologists and
other onlookers had before them all
that remains Of the once fiery Richard.
The most curious detail, however. is
that the sixteenth-century builders.
who transferred the tombs Of the
Plantagenets to this side chapel. did
not hesitate to bend forward the up.
per part Of Henry Ms skeleton down
to the lower part IN order to shorten
the tomb so that it might serve to
support the vaulted arch designed to
protect the second pair Of tombs; and
he who died OF a broken heart through
the ingratitude of his sons was thus
cruelty and irreverently maltreated
after death. It is believed that the re-
mains Of all four sovereigns will be
reburied under Its own funeral monu-
ment at the entrance to the choir Of
the ne%iy.restored abbey.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28
Must Keep People. Informed.

Before a representative body OF
business men at New Orleans recent.
ly. Gordon Swift, manager for r. G.
Dun 6 Co.. in that city. remarked:
"a merchant Is rated largely upon
the amount Of judicious advertising he
does" Giving as his reason for this
Mr. Swift further states that no mer.
chant a last long in any line Of
business who doesn't keep the public
well informed as to what he has to
eel.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

In the District Court of the United
States, for. the Southern District
of West Virginia:
Southern District of West Virginia.
IS:
On this 18th day of December, A.
D., 1910, on reading the foregoing
petition it is ordered by the Court,
that a hearing be had upon the same
on the 18th day of january, A. D.,
1911, before said Court, at Charles
ton, in said District, at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon: and that notice there
of be published in Point Pleasant
Register, a newspaper printed in said
District, and that all known credi-
tors and other persons in interest
may appear at the said time and
place and show cause, if any they
have, why the prayer of the said Pc
titioner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the
Court, that the Clerk shall send by
mail to all known creditors copies of
said petition and this order, address
ed to them at their places of resi-
dence rs stated.
Witness the Honorable Benjamin
F. Keller, Judge of the said Court,
and the seal thereof, at Charleston
in said District, on the 18th day of
December, A. D., 1910.
EDWIN NJ. KEATLEY, Clerk.
dec. el-st. D. c. U. S. S. D. W. Va.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

Advertise your goods where
you have them for sale.
The Mystery In Advertisino.

It Is commonly thought that adver
Using is a mysterious thing tina,
makes some people rich and some
poor. whereas, II my opinion, the
term advertising was merely coined
to conveniently diferentiate the wrir
ten from the spoken word.
1t is, therefore. purely and simply
sa!esmanship. and no man has YET
risen to ask the why and wherefore
OF vending merchandise.-H. T. Nor
gan in Springfield (1ll.) News.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

AD-IsMs.

Advertising is the insur-
ance which the shreWd ;
merchant carries to pre-
vent the disturbance Of his :
business by the sudden ap- ;
pearance Of a competitor I;
in his field. BY his adyer-
Using he has led the people ;
to form the habit Of buying ;
at his store. Habits are
not SO easily broken up as ;
some may imagine. By his {
advertising he has also ex-
banded the volume Of his
business, so that the ap-
pearance Of a competitor
has less effect than il
otherwise might have. A
new competitor may be
able to get a few of the
merchants customers, but
cannot reach that great
mass Of them who have
been patrons through years
as a result Of his wide ad-
vertising.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28
safety Valve Of Memorv.

He who forgets nothing learns moth.
ing and becomes a Bourbon. By all
means pluck from the memory the
sorrow that else would take roo,
there, and cast It into forgetfulness.
uhe unfathomable waste basket Of OBJ
iivion, and rae out the written
troubles OF the brain. Your forget.
terry is the very safety valve OF your
memory.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

Asia has the highest mountains 0,
the world as wen as the deepes. sink
holes" The Lukahun depression In
central Asia is 400 feet below sea
level and there the yearly amplitudes
Of the barometer are greater than any.
where on earth.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

The Oldest shot tower in the world,
which William Waits made In Bristol.
England. in 1853, by saving a hole in
the center OF the floors OF a house and
building a well in the cellar. Is still in
operation.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28
Petition for Discharge:

In the District Court of the United
States, for the Southern District
of West Virginia:
In the matter of Tallie W. Foard,
Bankrupt, No. 455, in Bankruptcy.
To the Honorable Benjamin f. Kell-
er, Judge of the District Court of
the United States for the Southern
District of West Virginia:
Tallie W. Foard, of Buffalo, in the
County of Putnam. and State of West
Virginia, in said District, respectfully
represents that on the slst day of
January, last past, he was duly ad-
judged bankrupt under the Acts of
Congress relating to bankruptcy /;
that he has duly surrendered all his
property, and rights of property,
and has fully complied with all the
requirements of said Acts and of the
orders of the Court touching his
bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may
be decreed by the Court to have a
full discharge from all debts provable
against his estate under said Bank
rupt Acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this Goth day of April, A.
d. 1910.
(Signed) TALLIE W. FORD,
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

There was washed up by the waves
in st. Margaret's bay. near Dover.
England. recently a curious root that
has the appearance Of a veritable old
man Of the sea. It is Is inches in
height and is pictured herewith Just
as 1t was found. net having been al
tered In any way.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

If you are a business man.
did you ever think of the field
of opportunity that advertis-
ing opens to you? There is
almost no limit to the posi-
bilities of your business if you
study how to turn trade into
your store. If you are not get
ting your share of the business
of your community there's q
reason People go where they
are attracted - where they
knoac what they can get and
how much it is sold for. If
you make direct statements in
your advertising see to it that
you are able to fulfill every
promise you make. You will
add to your business reputa-
ton and hold your customers.
1t will not cost as mitch to run
your ad in this paper as you
think. 1t is the persistent ad-
vertiser who gets there. Have
something in the paper every
issue, no matter how small.
We will be pleased to quote
YOU Our advertising rates, par
ticularly on the years bust
ness.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15
.RICKETTY RIGS
CONE 1900 MILES

A most interesting and pictur-
espue emigrant outfit passed down
main street yesterday, pausing at
the livery stable of j. E. c. Will
liams, for grain and hay. The party
consisted of an old man, his wife
and two grown sons. There were
two rickety old wagons, a team OF
horses hitched to one and to the
other was a hurro and a pinto. a
saddle horse was tied to the rear of
the hind vehicle, and three weeks
old colt ran besides its mother.
The little fellow was shod on all
fours in order that he might stand
the trip. They have already
covered 1000 miles.
The trip from Roswell, n. NJ,
was undertaken primarily for the
benefit of the father, who was car
ricd on couch in the second wagon.
The old gentleman was too feeble
to rise, but it was admitted that
the bracing air of the upper plateau
had benefited him wonderfully.
Fifteen miles day is the average.
Leaving New Mexico over four
months ago the outfit journeyed to
Flagstaff, Arizona, thence to Cliff
ford, Nevada, via. Quinn's Canyon
and across Railroad Valley. They
left yesterday morning for Potts
vile, Tulare County, California, and
will travel via Ida, Oasis, Bishop
and Big Pine, through Walkers
Pass TO Bakersfield. The family
all show the effects of constant and
hard travel. yet are in excellent
health. All sorts of blacksmith
implements are carried, also fire.
arms, and underne ath the rear axle
of one of the wagons was constructed
a chicken coop containing some two
dozen chickens, The old couple
are fond of fresh eggs, which they
gather every evening from the coop.
GoldReld Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15
THE PROTEST AGAINST
FIGHT SHOULD Be STOPPED

1t looks very much as if jeff and
johnson sold out at the right mo-
ment on the fight picture game.
If they have received their money
in really true coin they can be
counted on the lucky side of the
game. At the present time there
is a general movement in most of
the large ci es to suppress the
showing of the fight films, but TO
those who witnessed the real fight
it seems that there is uch ado
about nothing.
Many of the big cities, especially
in the south, where the negro popu-
lation ranks high in numbers. the
authorities are putting the ban on
the fight pictures fearing hat they
further swell the chests of the
colOred men.
If the protests have the same
effect that the suppression of litera-
ture has there will be such a de-
mand to see them that the operators
will have to beat back the mobs.
About all you have to tell an Amcri-
can is that he can't do a certain
thing and he will face a full arena
of police to see or do it.
To those who were at the ringside
this protest is silly proposition,
for it was the slowest, poorest and
tamest exhibition of the so-called
manly art that was ever staged.
1t is the general opinion that the
safest and sanest way to kill the
sport is to show the pictures that
were taken in Reno on the 4th of
July. Anybody who puts up over
five cents to see this set of pictures
will be handed a lemon.
If the pictures could have been
taken on the outside of the arena,
where the boys were scaling walls
to witness the go, they might be
worth seeing, but as a fight all
gospel meeting that was ever pulled
off. The regret and protests that
will come from Nevada is that the
public is being flim-fammed and
that we hope to give them someth-
ing better in the future. Carson
Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15
MRS. GEORGE P. ROBINSON

Mrs. George P. Robinson, mention
OF whose death we made yesterday,
was born in Bonneville, Missouri, in
1854. She was married to Mr..
Robinson in NJ ouri and about
1880 she came to Nevada and set
tied in Ruby valley, where her
husband had preceded her and made
a home. She resided there con-
tinuously until a few weeks ago
when she went to Santa Cruz, Calf
ornia, in the hope that change Of
climate might restore her failing
health.
Mrs. Robinson was one of Elko
county's most highly respected
women. She was a true home
maker. Her every thought was
centered on her family and her
home. Today that home is dark
and cherries because its hight has
gone out forever.
Two daughters, Miss Ernie, one
of tn" teachers of the Elko public
school, and Mrs. Wilbur Smiley Of
Starr valley, and one son, Harry.
now in Elko, are bcreft of their
mothers love and counsel. 30
them, we extend our sincercst
sympathy.
The remains will arrive from
Santa Cruz some time tomorrow
and will be laid by the side Of her
husband who passed away in 1908.
No arrangements for the funeral
can be made until after the arrival
of the remains.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15

Harry Butler ATTEMPTED to kill his
wife. from whom he had sepera ted
two years ago, lat the Masters hotel
in Reno Wednesday night. lie
threw the woman on her back on
the bed and would have shot her in
the abdomen had not his boy aged
IL years interfered and took The
pistol from him. In the struggle
the gun was discharged and the
bullet struck the woman in the
fleshy part of the thigh, inf'icting
a flesh wound. Masters was arrest
ed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15
SOUTH FORK NEWS

Joseph Capriola and family of
Humboldt valley spent the Fourth
with Arthur l.. .Clayton's family and,
after visiting Mrs. w. S. Clayton
and number of other relatives and
friends left for home today.
Archie X. Clayton, Ed McCon-
nell and Ed Grandson came down
from North Fork Sunday.
Those afflicted with the measles
are recovering nicely.
AS il looks now, TIE hay crop here
will he short, owing to unfavorable
weather conditions.
Frank Batchclder of Elko, w. J.
Landon and John McTnnis' families
spent the Fourth at the home of
Mrs. w. S. Clayton.
p. J. Ogilvie and family went to
Lamoille for the 4th.
The weather is exceedingly dry
here at present.
Gualtcrio.
Lee, New, July 6, 1910.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15
GRAVE OF NOAH

Weight VI SOTTOW
VIII be lifted from the hearts of a
long suffering world, we fancy.
when it becomes generally known
that the grave of Noah has been
definitely located by certain
scientific gentleman given strenu
ousiy to knocking round and about
the earth and sticking his nose
INTO the haunts of the quaint and
curious of the long ago. Noah
sleeps the last sleep, it seems. in
the summit Of Jebel Judi, near by
and overlooking the plains of Meso-
potamia.
Noah was a most picturesque indi-
vidual. He was an extremely wise
man in his generati n, for he had
sense enough to get in out of the
ram, when, according to the record,
getting in out of the rain was all
but universally considered ex-
tremely foolish and i'll advised.
Nevertheless, had he not shown his
surprising wisdom by acting faith
fully upon it, he would not have
come to be known subsequently as
the real, gen linely authenticated
worlds champion oldest inhabitant
and the final appeal in all matters
of ancient history.
Noah-who surely must have been
in the original edition the Hon.
Noah or Col. Noah-probably may
safely be set down as Exhibit A
among prohibitionists. If congress
had been invented during or before
Noah's day doubtles he would have
been a member and a shrewd and
result-gctting member at that. He
knew how TO play both ends against
the middle most successfully-a
sure sign of the intuitive and prac-
teal politician. He built and
personally conducted the greatest
water-wagon expedition of all time,
and yet it was known to Noah's
closer friends and associates that
he did not hesitate to laugh it to
scOrn on occasions and refuse to
ride upon t quite frequently.
Astute old Noah! Amid a world
Of wctness, he alone was able to
find place to get off.
OF course some of the spicicr
tales told concerning Noah may
have had no real foundation in fact.
| They may have been circulated by
opposition, and after ward dIly and
truly swamped at the psychological
moment, rightcOusly enough it is
to be hoped. 1t must be remem-
bered that. Noah held an undisputed
monopoly of the carth's transpor-
tation business for a time, and
probably was, in consequence a
particularly engaging target for
the muckrakers and malcontcnts
vf the day.
Anyway. whatever his shortcom-
ings or virtues, and waving the
possible prcponderance either way
for the moment his was compelling
personality and inspires solemn con-
temptation and speculation even at
this late hour. Rest his bones
over there on Jebel Judi! He
played stirring part in an exciting
drama of considerably more than
tank dimensions. s. washington
Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15

When you feel lazy and out Of
sorts and yawn a good deal in the
daytime, you can charge IL to a
torpid liver which has allowed the
system to get full of impurities.
HERBlNB cures all disorders pro-
duced by an inactive liver. IL
strengthens that organ, cleanses the
bowels and puts the system in good
healthy condition. Price soc.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15

A bilious, half.sick feeling, loss
of energy, and constipated bowels
can be relieved with surprising
promptncss by using HERB1NE.
The first dose brings improvement,
a few doses puts the system in fine,
vigorous condition. Price soc.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15

Health for tn. Children. Rest for Yourselves. La
moille Mere. Co.'S Store and Meat Market two min
utes walk from the grove and the Lamoille Cream
cry directly opposite Foorsd and furnished tents
for sleeping, Including bedding and linen also cook
ing stove, $1.OO per day $500 PER week $500
per month. Fresh milk and vegetables can always
=== be obtained
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15

Lee, New, July 6, 1910.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-09-27
Resignation.

To The Calhoun County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee:
Gentlemen: i feel that | can
not give proper attention to the
County Campaign in this county.
AS a candidate for Congress, l
have eleven Counties to canvas,
and perhaps cannot be in this
County more than day at a
time. and that, not often. For
that reason, | feel that / should
tender my resignation as Chair
man, and ask you to name some
one else to act in my place. |
therefore tender my resignation
to take effect when my successor
is appointed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-09-27
Democratic Campaign Book.

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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-09-27
Bryan Bolts Democratic II ket.

Lincoln Nob. Sept 20 In n
statement in which he declares that
the crusade which lo feels impclle1
60 wage against the liquor torests
of the state aud nation oycrshal5v
apersonal and political friendship Of
twenty years WlIlom = Bryan this
evening announces bo has bottled
tho head of the Democratic State
ickct'u Nebraska and woulj not
support james @. D1hIman for Cow
omor Mr. Bryan soys me regrets
that Dee is compelled 20 tako the
stand he doos--his FIRST departure
from political regularity but he
says me feels itha dntr Co d. 10 be-