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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19

sessed at $1o7,OOO,0OO and really
worth at least $4,000, 900. VIII
liam Waldorf Astor pays taxes on
S59.0O0,OO0, John Jacob Astor on
Al, 100000 and the Williams Aston
estate is assessed for $4,000, 1000.
The total digures quoted do not in
clude the holdings of the collateral
branches of the family. their prop
critics being worth many millions
more.
Old John Jacob Astor, the founder
of the family, when he died sixty
three years ago, left a fortune esti-
mated at $2O,OO0,OOo. When he
came to this country in 1884 he was
penniless and was forced to accept
assistance from his brother Henry,
a prosperous butcher on the East
Side of New York City. He made
his original fortune, of course, in
the fur trade, but with his profits he
bought farms on the outskirts Of the
city. His heirs now get as much a
square foot for the property as he
paid an acre.
The fabulous fortunes made out
of real estate are commonplace OF
this country's history. The Aston
wealth is the chief illustration, but
there are many others sufficiently
startling. One Leslie NJ. Shaw. who
is vaguely remembered as the one
time holder of a political office, has
recently emerged from obscurity as
defender OF the thesis that 1t is pos
sible to make million honestly
nowadays. Certainly, the man who
is sufficiently wise in real estate in
vestment can do tiff not for HIM
self, at least for his descendants.
In any event, money can be made
at splendid rate of profit in real
estate investments. 1t is a well
grounded proposition that a person
can always dispose of real estate in
Clarksburg at a profit. Values have
increased ten and twenty-fold in this
city during the last decade. Con-
lecture only can estimate what
further increase there will be during
the next decade, but the steadily
growing increase of the last several
years indicates that rich rewards
are in store for the wise investor of
today. While some persons have
made big returns upon realty they
have held for period of years,
many others have increased their
original investment in greater pro-
portion by continually buying and
selling. The profits are assured.
however, no matter whether the
money is tied up for a short period
or for a term of years.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
CONSTABLE on TRIAL.

Ellis Fortney, a special constable,
of Lumberport, was placed on trial
Wednesday afternoon in Justice C. H.
Gordons court on a charge of felon-
ously shrinking George Demyon with
Ratchet last Thursday at Demyon's
home at Rosebud when Ellis, as
special constable, attached a pen oE
igs.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
MINIS REL
Show to Appear at Shinnston
is Praised by Washing
ton Record.

The Washington Record mentions
as follows a minstrel show that is to
appear in the Shinnston opera house
Friday night:
Perhaps the largest initial perform
ance crowd the history Of the Nixon
theater. welcomed the John w. vog-
els Big City Minstrels last evening
and the patronage by amusement
lovers was fully warranted in the
class of the production. The minstrels
were the real openers of the theater
for the season and the popularity of
the Vogels minstrels in Washington
was fully attested.
From start to finish there was not
ia drag. Excellent music interpreted
with laughter and mirth, furnished an
evening of genuine enjoyment and ad-
vanced statements that the VogeIs
minstrels are better this season than
before were substantiated.
Unique features have been introduc.
ed, while the troupe itself presents
new faces. Ed. C. Hayes and Chas. E.
Schofeld more than replaced their
predecessors as laugh compellers Of
the Vogel troupe. Mr.. Hayes, in an
act all by his lonesome, was a scream
Fun and music kept the audience al
ternately listening intensely and hi
larlous with laughter.
The stage setting for the opening
act is the same as last season and it
needed no improvement. The same
beauty of environment is given the
musical and comedy suggestions OF
the possibilities to follow.
Without question, the greatest dane
ing exhibition given in WashingtcA
was that by James Conroy and justin
McCarty, the African Dodgers" Tha
after time this pair was called back.
The audience was simply mad for this
advertisement. McCarty and Conroy
and Hayes and Shoet1cld scored the
hits of the evening in the visibility
tickling efforts Shoefeld's Roosevelt
ian impersonation kept the house in
one continuous uproar. Had the ma,
tional bear cat" himself pulled off o
black face oratlrn, the eSact could
scarcely have been mere startling.
Edmond BALI, singing Mary ! Love
YOU" was one of the Introductory
specials. 1t was real music. George
F. Kelley in "Homeward Bound" also
scored hit. The audience was some
what unresponslve at the outset; but
the coolest could not resist the rapid
fire funny stuff, and before the first
act was nearly over the audience was
beginning to come through right. BY
the time the African Dodgers" had
responded to half dozen recalls and
Mr.. Hayes had anchored his horse,
that was red because It ate horse
redish.' to tho floor. the crook of a
finger was the cue for wave of
laughter.
George c. LeFurroo put on soma
juggling and slack wire work that
was simply sensational. His per-
formance on the slack wire consisted
OF seemingly impossible feats and If
spectators forgot to applaud it was
almost because they were too sur
prised.
4 splendid show was closed with
an laborate and highly artistic opera
tic and pantimlme extravanga, THE
Enchanted Grotto," with CharlesCam-
eron as Faust and Harry Toledo as
Mephisto.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
FORMER BANKER on TRIAL.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-William j
Cummins, former chairman of the
board Of directors of the defunct Car
negie Trust Company, has been plac-
ed on trial here charged with the lar
ceny of $4,000 from the Nineteenth
Ward bank. II
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
NINE. MARCoNI HONOREp.

ROME, Oct. 1s.-The king has ap-
pointed Madame Marconi, wife of the
famous wireless inventor, lady-in-
waiting to the queen.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
An Evening Echo,

Nature paints the best part Of the
picture, carves the best part of the
statue. builds the best part of the
house, and speaks the best part of
the oration.--EN1ERsON.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19

Or. Samuel E. strother, of Salem,
was business visitor in the city
Wednesday.
Jackson Fletcher, of Bristol, was in
the city Wednesday.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
TO INITIATE.

limitations are booked for the regu~
lar meeting of Clarksburg Camp OF
Woodmen of the World tonight in Py-
THAN hall. All members are urged to
attend.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
FALLS OVER CLIFF.

GRAFroN,oct. 1s-Harry Heck
EFT fell over cliff on West Main
street, He is at the Powell hospital
suffering from his injuries.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19

Frank Hayh1aker returned from the
east Wednesday morning where he
attended to business interests.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
CHARTER
Is Obtained by the West Vir-
GINA State Dental
Society.

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Oct. IS
The elevation of the standard o;
professional education, the adj
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
RenIty Profits.

The realty holdings of the Aston
family in New York City are as
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
NEW DRAPERIES
Portiers, Silk and Madras
Curtains

We showing handsome line OF
New Porters in mercerizd tapestry
and Silk effects; many with Persian
tapestry bands, others with edge
effect. The line is the largest and most
all the
range from $500 to $3.50 Tapestry Portier
Complete plain toned
ects also fancy figures sIkol cretonn Art Tn plain fancy
fancy Saline Bagda swes and number Of other popular
Draper Covers furnishing
fabrics All at popular prices s1 So
COUCH COVERS
We have recently large
prices from $125 fine tapestry at So
deed
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19

Real FStale Broker "Lin(enSGd"
Office No. l4,Lowndes Bdg.
THIRD ST.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
A FINE STEP FORWARD FOR THE
PROTECTION OF WIVES.

California has just enacted law
providing that when a wife complains
to the court of the non-support of
her husband, that the husband shall
not be put in Jail as has been the
old custom, but that he shall be put
to work for the city or the State,
and that one dollar and half per
day at least shall be paid for his
work, and that this sum shall be paid
to the wife.
This is hopeful step forward.
There are not only thousands of hus-
bands to-day who do not support
their wives and families, but a large
number of these loafing husbands are
supported by their wives and chill
dren. There are, no doubt, thou
sands of wives who do not complain
to the courts of the non-support of
their husbands now because it accom-
plishes nothing toward relieving the
situation by having their husbands
put in Jail, except to save his board
ii his wife and children are support
ing him.
With such law as the above en-
acted in every State in the union, it
is safe to say that there would NOT
be many loafing, trifing husbands
who would not find work that would
bring in at least a dollar and a half
per day, instead of being forced to
work for that amount, and then not
be permitted to spend even a nickel
for himself
Such law has been in force in
Germany for long time, and stats
tics show that it has worked most
admira bly,.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
WHAT DEFEATS SPECIAL TAXES
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Our attention has recently been
called to several recent cases where
the voters have defeated a PROPOSE
ton to vote special tax to lengthen
the terms of public schools. Unques-
tionably the thing that has Influenced
most of the voters who have children
who must be educated in the public
schools, if educated at all, to vote
against special tax for public
schools, has been the fact that these
voters realize that they had no voice
in the management of the public
schools or the uses of the tax after
they had voted it, but that the whole
thing went into the hands of a Dem
ocratic political machine.
II local self-government could be
restored to the people, if to no great
er extent than to permit them to con-
troll their school affairs in each coun-
ty, we believe that the number of
school districts that would vote an
extra tax would at once be doubled
in the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
PROHIBITING NIGHT WORK FOR
WOMEN.

Fourteen Of the most civilized ma
lions of Europe have prohibited night
work for women in factories. So far
only three States in our country have
followed this wholesome example.
Those States are Massachusetts. In
diana and Nebraska. We trust t.
see the next Legislature of North
Carolina enact a similar law, ano
also pass the ten-hour law. The las,
Democratic Legislature refused t.
pass this ten-hour law.
Hon. John M. Morehead, the Re
publican State Chairman, has already
put the ten-hour law into practice il
his cotton factories. and his example
should be followed by all other fac.
tory owners. even if the Legislator.
will not pass law enforcing the
same.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
GOVERNOR WILSON TRYING TO
REFORM THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.

New York, April 16-Ex-President
Governor Of New Jersey, and prospec-
tive Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, made a recent speech
that has attracted a great deal OF at
tention. He denounced, with espe-
cial emphasis. those legislators. eth
or National or State. who serve the
big interests" and betray the people.
IL the Democratic Legislature of
North Carolina would read his speech
they could not avoid the conviction
that he was talking TO them or about
them.
Governor Wilson closes this more
or less notable speech by declaring
that the Democratic party ought to
quit dealing in platitudes, but should
take a position and let the public
know where 1t stands on concrete
questions of great Importance. He
referred to the Democratic platitude
of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" as being a mean
ingless phrase, unless the party would
apply it specifically to the reforms
that demand present attention, and
then live up to their pledges.
If Governor Wilson wants to re-
form the Democratic party and make
it Democratic, We suggest that he
should rather appeal to the party to
have the courage to keep it's promises
instead Of making more promises.
The Democratic party is as glib and
fertile in making promises as any
party that ever existed ON the face
it's pledges or bungles and shows in
competency when attempting to car
ry out such pledges.
The Democratic party has a great
leading paramount in every campaign
and whole lot of little paramOunts,
but when they get to legislating they
have no paramounts big or little, ex-
cept to make new offices and to in
crease salaries.
We believe that Governor Wilson
is sincere in the advanced position
which he is taking, but he has a gov
eminent contract on his hands when
he attempts to reform the Demo
cratic party and divorce it from it's
idols. Even if he was elected Presi-
dent, he would have a Congress on
his hands more unruly than Presi-
dent Cleveland had
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
What the Legislature shauld H..
Donc.

Dear Sirs: Enclosed aad ra...
order for sl.05. for which I -, !.
renew my subscription TO The ca
casian and pay postage OF pasr J,
premium scissors.
think the Legislature eoula k...
condemned Fayetteville Stree, -
the Capitol 10 the court house =,
the new Offices they have made =,
both county and State. AID s.rx
the cost OF the Administrator Bs.s
Ing.
think IL they had met on the arx
day, shaken hands. had a biz ,in-
and passed q law that there shous
not be any more laws passed for y.
next fifty years. and then adjoarpsS
sine die" 1t would have been mua
better for the State.
Some say the taxes will be h!Eke,
but / tell them they will be lose.
for they cut CD Joseph II. sears
salary from 1850 to s2,75O. That
OF course. is the way TO make the al.
es lower SUBSCRIBEg
Carpenters. n. c.. April Is. 1911
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
SIMMONS AND HIS SWAMP LANDS

IF they keep on investigating
the charges of bribery against
Senator Lorimer, Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina. NAV
also be asked some embarrassing
questions as to why he voted for
Senator Lorimer to retain his
seat. Clinton News-Dispatch.
The News-Dispatch doubtless has
reference to the report that Simmons
has interested Senator Lorimer in
some of his swamp lands in Eastern
Carolina. 1t seems that Simmons has
been interested in swamp lands when
he is in Congress and when he is a,
home, and it is reported that he had
his friend Lorimer down in Jones
County in January, at which time
they were viewing their interests in
the swamp lands. This NAV or NAV
not explain why Simmons voted for
Lorimer to retain his seat in the
United States Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20

s~nasor Simmons says De faxors
State primary 10 scttls the sen
aioraaI contest nexi year. and adds
that IL was in n primary that be wor
the nrst time
However. simmons may and that
&c wfI, not be able TO work another
primary Is he did the fars, one. Ills
opponent In the firxt primary vas not
a politician I; wtli be diaerent next
time. Kitchin has had some expert
ence in politics himself. and Is on 10
all the works and quirks" Of Dem
ocratie primary. While Kitchin has
lost some OF his former friends aud
supporters. so has Simmons. The
next Senatorial contest will probably
be very muddy affair and will be
warm enough TO make bricks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS.
Ina the Superior Court-Aptil Tern
1911,

In the Superior Court-April Tern.
North Carolina-Wake County.
Tenic VI. Louistall,
vs..
Campbell NJ. Louistall
To Campbell NJ. Louistall.
This is to notify you that your
wife, Tenic NJ. Louistall. has brought
suit against you 90 the April tern
1911, of Wake Superior Court. for
divorce from the bonds of mairi-
mony, and that the summons ISSUED
for you has been endorsed thereon;
After exercising due diligence, the
defendant, Campbell N. Louistall. Is
not to be found in this county" You
are. therefore, further notified is
appear at the July term. 1911. Of
Wake Superior Court. which cor
venes on the 10th of that month,
and answer. demur or plead to the
complaint which will be filed In this
court during the first three days Of
that term, otherwise, the plaintiff
will demand to be allowed to prove
the allegations of her complaints and
have judgment accordingly.
WILLARD MIAL,
Clerk Wake Superior Court
j. c. L. HARRIS,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
SOT ABLE TU UNDERSTAND srsf.
MONS VOTE FuR IDRIs1En-

The Charlotte Observer. comment
Ing upon the movement 20 re-opeu
the case OF Senator Lorsn3v Ia sha
United States senate. says.
1t looks aa If Senator Lori
msr wiII have to 90. Without
sharing the intolerance Of opln~
lon toward the pro-Lortmer sea
/ atorz which many people show.
we have never been quite able 10
understand their vote"
In this editorial paragraph the
Charlotte Observer gives Senator
Simmons = chance TO explain why be
voted to keep Senator Lorimer in his
seat Senator Simmons gave out
quite a lengthy and emphatic state
ment, pitched on high grounds OF
duty" explaining why he voted TO
keep Senator Lorimer in his seat. He
said. in substance, that even IL I,
was unpopular to vote In favor szf
{ ~SAA%oA A~|a fAsAs tadA JET ne was
placed in a position where, under bis
oath OF Office and his convictions, he
could do nothing else, no matter what
the results to him politically might
be.
1t would seem, however, that the
Charlotte Observer still has doubt on
the subject, or at least is not able TO
understand Senator Simmons vote, in
spite OF his bold declaration about
being forced TO cast such vote from
sense Of duty and under his solemn
oath OF office. That paper no doubt
remembers that Senator Simmons.
when voting for the ship subsidy bill,
gave to the public a similar state
ment in defense of his vote, but that
at the very next session Of Congress
he reversed his vote and explained
that he did it because he found his
vote in favor of ship subsidy was
unpopular in North Carolina.
We predict that if the Lorimer
question is re-opened that Senator
simmons sense of duty under his
oath OF office and his self-professed
convictions will again disappear and
that ne will again shift his position
and vote against Lorimer, and ex-
plain that he did it because he found
his vote was not popular in this
State
A man must have a certain stand
ard of character and conscience to
nave convictions. In our opinion,
Senator Simmons does not measure
up to that standard, and therefore we
have never believed that he was seri-
ously troubled by convictions on any
subject.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
THEY ARE REAPING WHAT THEY
HAVE SOWN.

The recent Democratic primaries
in both Charlotte and Asheville seem
to have been stepped in fraud and
corruption of every kind. In Ashe-
vile, the papers report that a num-
Der of citizens are threatening to in
dict election officials guilty of frauds,
and also to punish those who are
charged or suspected of using money
and whiskey to corrupt the voters.
The situation, if anything, seems
to have been worse in Charlotte. The
election frauds in that city were so
much worse than usual that DR.. Hal
len, pastor of the Baptist church
there, felt it his duty to publicly de-
nounce the same. The Burlington
State Dispatch, in commenting upon
what Dr. Hallen had to say. states
as follows:
Wonder if that Charlotte
preacher is just awaking to the
fact that money is being used to
prostitute the electorate, or was
the offence SO glazing that it
dare not go unchallenged
If those Charlotte Democrats
will buy and steal from each 9TH
er, pray tell us what show an
honest opponent would have in
their midst"
Thus We see that the rotten ballot
box stuffing machine methods organ
lied by the Simmons machine in the
east have not only permeated Char
lotte, but have infected the sanctity
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
ALARMING INCREASE II THE
DRUG HABIT.


DRUG HABIT.
The Coca-coia Company has iuss
wou in the courts orer the efforts o:
the Government. 10 punish them an
der the pure food Iaw. OF the alleged
ground that cocaine or other drugs
we're being put into the drink called
coca-coia- This case. however, will
be appealed. and It Is though, tha;
the Government sill win In the high
CT courts.
Since the enactment OF the social
ed prohibition law in North Carolina
and In other States that have enacted
similar laws. there has been an
alarming increase in the use Of CO
caine and other drugs. The cocaine
and other drug habits are ten times
as bad as the use OF whiskey, and
ii is almost criminal 10 pass a So
called prohibition law and then not
regulate the sale of such horrible
drugs as cocaine.
The Washington Post in a recent
editorial on this subject says:
''Prohibition and Drugs.
In presenting figures to show
that there has been an increase
in the use OF drugs in the prohi-
bition districts of New England,
DR.. Cabot, OF the Massachusetts,
General Hospital, has raised
question that should be Of inter-
est TO the delegates to the inter-
national opium conference which
is soon 20 be held at Shanghai,
DIR. Cabot makes this startling
statement:
The moment you limit
the use of alcohol you in
crease the use of drugs.
Nothing is more sure than
that men accustomed to the
use of alcohol will come to
use morphine If alcohol is
withheld
DIR. Cabot has pointed out
that his premise has been prov
ed by developments in the South
under prohibition. 1t is certain
now, as it has always been, that
it is impossible to legislate tenn
perance into men. Where they
are deprived of liquor by law
they will seek some other slim
ulant.
Great Improvement has been
noted in the drinking habits of
this country in the last century.
The reports of drunkenness are
becoming fewer each year Edu-
cation rather than legislation
has brought about this improve
ment. Where men are bent on
their own ruin they will accom-
plish it despite all the laws that
can ever be framed.
eff the general tendency un-
der prohibition is to turn men to
drugs, then education should
be relied upon more and more,
and legislative restrictions de-
pended upon less and less
Drinking is less fatal to a nation
than the use of drugs. The one
may be injurious, but the other
is deadly.
"1f the international confer
ence on the use Of opium would
look into the matter it might
find the relation of prohibition
to the use of drugs a fertile field
for valuable research
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20
BALLINGER TRYING TO MAKE
THE SENTIMENT OF THE COUN-
TRY UNANIMOUS AGAINST HIM.

Mr.. Ballinger, the former Secre-
tary of the Interior, seems deter
mined to force any part of the peo-
pie who did not favor his resigna-
ton to now make the approval of his
departure from public life unani-
nous.
The first thing he did upon return
ing to his home at Seattle, Washing
ton' was to make speech attack
ing the Appalachian Forest Reserve
Law, and he did this, we suppose, to
prove to the country that he was
really in favor of conservation of nat
ural resources
The next thing he did was to- de-
nounce the direct election of SEN
ators by the people. He referred to
this reform "as conglomerate COM
pound of popularism and socialism. -
The next thing he did was to at
tack the initiative and referendum
and he referred to this great reform
as scheme to turn our Government
lover to the mob"
These deliverances on the part of
Mr.. Ballinger will make the country
doubly thankful that President Taft
has appointed his successor in mis-
Cabinet.