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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
Woold uuas ,M5,oIroes.z

Muskogee. Okla Farmers in
Okfuskee county, the most populous
negro county IN the State. have
organized q white farmers congress
and immigration bureau" for the pur-
pose Of discouraging the negro who
seeks to locate in that part OF Okla
homa, and to encourage the white
farmer. Members Of the organise
tion are required to take an oath that
they will not sell ar lease q piece of
land adjoining that Of Z white farmer
to q negro.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
Tono Thanks Wtnthrcn.

Washington Acting Secretary OF
the Navy Winthrop received the fol-
lowing wireless message from Ad-
miral Togo on board the steamer
Tamba Mari In the Pacific returning
to Japan: Permit me to express to
you my high appreciation Of the
special honor you have kindly done
me in giving me an escort Of the
squadron npon my departure from
the port Of Seattle
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
Naother,e Quick Wlt.

Pierre, S. D.. Myrtle Olson, 4
.nine-year-old girl. of Lantry, was
bitten in the leg by rattlesnake and
was hurried to her home. Her
mother, considering the case requir-
ed heroic action, slashed the wound
with table knife, washed it out
with kerosene. then covered the In
cision with salt and waited for q
physician. As 4 result Of the, treat
ment the child il walking about little
the worse for the experience.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
A. So Ears 81 Corn.

Boston, Mass. Charles w. Gid
den, o. Lawrence, came to this city,
ana cornered' much OF the visible
supply BY slowing IS ears Of the suc-
culent cereal somewhere under his
belt. It took hour and So minutes
in an Atlantic avenue restaurant for
him to stow the cargo, One Mr..
Dugan. Of New York, who heretofore
has worn blushingly the tasseled
wreath Of Ceres with = record Of 81
ears Of corn, now takes his place with
the discredited heroes Of other years.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
A FIVE YEAR man
HUNT IS ENDED
Negro and Wife arrested on
C0unterfeiting Charge.
COINS AND OUTFIT CAPTURED
Bogus Silver Dollars Vtero Most
Dangerous In the History q
the Govsrninsnt--causi,t
Near MsmpiiIs.

Washington. "A wavering red
line, struggling across q street map OF
the city of Memphis, on the wall at
secret service headquarters here, re
cords the story OF ive-years' hunt
for counterfeiter of silver dollars,
which reached its climaxin Memphis
with the arrest OF John G. Payne, 4
negro, and his wife.
For more than five years the dol
lars, which Payne Is charged with
making, have been passing through
banks in Memphis and some have
even reached the subtreasuries. They
were accounted among the most dam
gerous counterfeit money with which
the government has had to deal. All
the resources of the secret service
failed to turn up clue as to their
source.
Three !. months ago, Assistant
Chief w. H. Moran, the government
crack man on difficult cases, sent Bill
Nye, also one Of the flower Of the
service, to Memphis. Al few weeks
later at negro emancipation cele-
bration at Paducah, Nye picked up
the first information which led to the
identification of Payne as the man
alleged to have been passing the dam
gerous coins Nye followed Payne
back to Memphis, consulted with
Moran and the two men laid out q
campaign. s..
Then almost inch by inch Nye be-
gan picking q trail through the
streets of Memphis to Payne's house.
Every day Moran In Washington with
q pen and red ink, recorded the prog
.ress Of Nye's search upon map Of
the city Of Memphis. A few days
ago the thin red line came to an end
in the suburbs of Memphis, eight
miles from the heart OF the city. It
stopped in front OF an isolated farm
house, surrounded by q high board
fence, which made it impossible for
Nye to see In the windoWs. s.--
Moran flashed a message over the
wires to Memphis and few hours
later Nye reported the arrest. Of
Payne and his wife, as well as his
capture OF several Of the counterfeit
coins, the outfit for making them and
the genuine dollars from which the
mouIds were made.
On the counterfeits have been
peculiar little dents and scratches.
Nye reported that he topnd them IN
the genuine coins he too the raid.
Moran says that proves that the
moulds from which the counterfeits
were made were 30 perfect that they
even reproduced the scratches and
hicks Of the genuine coins.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
NEW CENTRE or POPULATION.
Has Moved as Miles East 10
eIoemlnaten, Ind.

Has Moved 80 Miles East TO
eioomlnoton, Ind.
Washington.The center of popu-
Iation of the United States just an
nonnced by Director of the Census
Durand, 4s in the Western part Of
the City of Bloomingdale, Monroe
county, Indiana. This Is eight miles
farther west than the location an
nounced, July II. when director
Durand placed 1t four and one
quarter miles south OF UnionEille, in
the same county. SS; 4.
The exact longitude Of the center
OF population is eighty-six degrees
thirty-two minutes and twelve sec
onds west, difference of nine sec
onds. or eight miles from the pre-
vious announcement. Bloomipgdale
is in Southern Indiana. Ten years
ago the center OF population was six
miles southeast of Columbus Ind,
thirty-nine miles east of its new loca-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
Flfteen Non lIlEltllec.

Saint Moritz.. Switzerland "A rail-
road bridge. which was being con-
structed across q deep gorge at BruiI
In the Upper Engadin, SIX miles
south of this village. collapsed,
carrying with II so Wofkmen to the
depths below Fifteen Of the men
were taken out of the wreckage dead
and the other IL are probably fatally
hurt.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
PRESIDENT TAfT's TRln.
Advance Guard Of Secret Service
Has Started.

Advance Guare OF secret SoeVlco
Has Startoa.
Beverly, Mass.-So far have plans
for President Taft's Western trip adj
vanced that L. c. WHISTLER, the ad-
vance guard Of the Secret Services
has started out to make the prepare
ti6ns for the Presidents receptions
Mr.. Wheeler Will visit all the towns
and cities at which the President is
to stop on the swing around the cir
Gle, make arrangements for the
speeches, dinners, ETC., in which the
President will figure, and see that
the police are ready to take care of
guarding the Chief Executive. "A On
the last long trip the President nade
Mr.. Wheeler started out weeks In adj
vance OF the presidential party, but
was unable to keep the lead, and
along toward the homestretch the
President was within few days Of
his advance guard.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

They have put man in lunatic
asylum in Ohio because he believes he
mas invented telephone that viii en-
able him to establish direct con-
nection with heaven. II they are GO
ing to shut up all people who think
the universe listens when they speak
the asylums viii soon be overcrowded.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
GET S. 600. 900 SCHOOL
Southern Bureau 81 Edueatlon I,
Get 1t At Raoiandvllle.

Nashville, Tenn. Ragland, Ala.
will get the fve million dollar In
dustrial school for white children.
which is to be established by the
Southern Bureau Of Education with
funds to be given, It is said, by John
D. Rockefeller, the Russell Sage
Foundation. Mrs. e. HI. Hartman
and others. This was decided at q
meeting in Nashville Of the board OF
directors Of the bureau. s#.8s
Ragland offered I'VE thousand
acres for the site, 400 lots in town,
water power and other considera-
tions. The location is about 40 miles
from Birmingham.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

The New York Tribune has heard Of
d woman who desires to draw I'VE pen
pions because she was married to five
men who served in the Civil war. It
looks as IL she had tried to turn mat
ximony into sort Of progressive pen
sion game.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
UehIaa il Jspanas,o Cabinet.

Toxic. viscount Uchfda, the> Jap
anese Ambassador to the United
States, has been named BY Marquis
Saionji, who Is forming the new Jap
anese Cabinet, is Minister Of For
eign Affairs.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Tearing his shirt from his back. an
Ohio man tagged train and saved
Il from a wreck. That was good for
j mere man. but the regulation article
nor tagging a train in an emergency
d red petticoat.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

. Pennsylvania has book agent one
hundred years old. Undoubtedly he is
tough enough now to stand all the
alleged witticisms that viii be printed
about him
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Mary MacLane. silent In a literary
Hense for nine years. says coniidential-
b. Take II from me, " in giving an i'm
precision This phrase Is not coun-
eenanced even>ln the discerning use
Of slang.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Squirrels are busy destroying the
Kansas corn crop. Don't blame the
squirrels. II they were hot destroy
Ing the crop something else would be
doing so,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
Moore ano Moore
Insurance, Real Estate, Loans, Sturdy Bonds.
Representing the Following Fire Insurance
Companies.

Representing the Following Fire Insurance
Companies.
North British and Mercantile Insurance
Company. of London and Edlnbnrg. Atlas
Assurance Co., Limited, of London. Con.
tinental Insurance Co., New York. Under
writer's Agency, Hanover Fire Insurance
Co. German Alliance Insurance Associa-
ton. Fidelity Phoenix Insurance Com
pany. Fidelity Underwriters and Gefmania
Fire Insurance Co., of New York. Glenn
Falls Insurance Co., OF Glenn Falls, N. r.,
Philadelphia Underwriters, Pensyln ania
Fire Insurance Co, Spring Garden Insur-
ance Co., and Girard Fire and Marine In
snrance Co., OF Philadelphia. Springfield
Fire and Marine Insurance Co., OF Spring
field, Mass. Citizens Insurance Co. and
American Central of St.. Louis Missouri.
Fireman's Fund Insurance CO... Of San
Francisco and Colonial Fire Underwriters
lrhe JOHN HANCOCK Mutual Life In
surapce Co.. Of Boston, Mass. The UNITED
STATES FIDELITY 4 GUARANTY CO.,
Issue all forms Of Surety Bonds. Bonds for
Administrators, Executors. and ell other
Judicial Bonds issued Immediately upon
notice. Farms, Town Properties and Real
Estate of every description for sale, We
ara prepared to make loans both large and
small on short notice
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
Atlanta. Ga.
Coal and Woou.

We have in stock at our yards Lykens
Valley Stove and Nut, free burning
white ash broken, genuine Pocahontas
lump and run Of mine. Wood sawed and
split. Hay corn and clover seed. AL
orders left with the Farmers Supply
Company win be fillel day received.
Both 'phones. A visit to our yard vii
convince you that we have the goodswe
advertise. Thanking you for the past
patronage we are, Very truly,
John G. BURNS & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07
Anotbe. Aviator K,Hed.

st. Petersburg. Lieutenant Zolot-
nehin, q Russian military aviator, fell
with his aeroplane while making q
flight here and was killed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

New York Is going to keep card
index OF the drunkards, which shows
that the bigness of an undertaking
doesn't daunt little old New York
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Tho insect that bit a St Louis
clergyman. and stopped q wedding EVIL
.-Iaently wanted to show that his sting
was more effective than Cupid'sl dart.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

A Western oil man has lost his wife
IN New York for the second time.
Always thought opportunity was sup
posed to knock only once.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

4 Chicago traction road has award
ID gold medal to polite conductor.
Such rarity In Chicago certainly
merited some recognition.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

a Tacoma man, on a bicycle won a
race with a wild cat. but he cannot
hope to compete with the French avi-
ator who won . battle with an eagle.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

The Denver man who has an ach-
ing void where his appendix once
Reid forth also has an aching void in
the vicinity Of his pocketbook.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

4 q not tine NOV for tPs jpy I'D
:. 2 gu. "A Il ! ~ (
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

It is to be illegal In New Jersey for
women to wear birds on their hats.
The women will doubtless be able
10 find something equally expensive.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

The hobble skirt 10 to 60. which
will. be loss to the contemporary
humorists but decided gain to So.
cfety at large.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Doctors tell rs that the old oaken
bucket IL unsanitary. but It strikes NJ
that our forefathers were healthy indi-
Vtduals. 5,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Rnril The agitation against the
Nigh prizes 81 proVisicha continues
and disorders Of considerable pro-
portions we're repokksd from many
places.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Now comes a learned scientist and
proposes that the snake shall be sub
,sfituted for the cat as the household
mouser.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

A new ocean. liner Ii to be called
the Gigantic, and In this case no
doubt there win be something in q
aame0
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Mark TW6ints estate fo6ts dp near
y half a million Eyidently ~ wasnt
Joking for nothing.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

The eastern woman who died and
left ten sets Of teeth evidently was
web equipped to chew the rag.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Why become. excited II you do not
happen to own any sheep7
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Ana now the fair ladies have taken
mn the practice Of wearing false eye
Iabhes. False womanl -
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

me reckless autoist and bis IN
4erty should be parted
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Women ara displacing men In all
wATks Of life. One Of. them has been
killed in an aeroplane flight.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Indiana farmers break into print
~ predicting an early winter Rush
ing the season. as 1t were
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Possibly you wouldn't Ike TO ~ TIE
- man II you had to carry thssiceGs
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Europe without Naf scare On .its
Ahnas sPuld - f4RsDpy.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Stylish new. well tailored wash suits
in white, tan. and eolors. Shirt waists,
the styles are the newest design. price
within reach Of ali. Burns & Shugert
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07


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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-09-07

Royal Nei0hborso Of America, r. n. Of A
No. 2, 1852, Meets every Thursday.
Mrs. BrinkeY Oracle.
Miss Clara Leslie, Recorder.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
UNSATISFACTORY NEGOTIATIONS.

TNSiTISFACTORY NEGOTIATIONS.
Present reports are that the confer
cnces between the authorities and the
Intcrborough Rapid Transit Company
will come to naugEt. If they DO the
public will he impatient Of their rcS,llnp-
ion after The conferrecS representing
the Board of Estimate aud Apportion-
mont report 10 that board The nego-
tiations cannot he allowed 10 drag on
forever. The city should decide upon
well defined policy and carry It ont.
either through the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company or through some of
the other interests Offering To operate
subways Promptness should he one of
the first elements in that policy.
The Board of Estimate and AppOrtion-
mcnt's handling Of this problem leaves
much TO he desired. Although the pro
vision Of rapid transit facilities was one
of ifs most important duties. it IS agreed
upon nothing, so far as the public is
informed. has no plans and is not in
position 10 close promptly with n bidder
or 10 negotiate with him upon even
terms. The committee which was APP
pointed for the present conference had
not. so far as the public has learned. any
well defined instructions from the body
that appointed it, IT went to neco-
tiate without knowing positively what
il was after and appears 10 have felt
IFS way to formulating demands. Is IT
cortain those demands represent the
views Of the board itself? If the Inter
borough company should agree tc them
is il sure that the board would not re-
iect the agreement? IF the Interhorough
company should reject them. as ii is
now said it will. is there any certainty
that the board will not then offer easier
terms? If the board had resolved upon
a definite policy the committee repre-
senting II would have been strengthened
in the recent negotiations.
II Is time that the Board Of Estimate
and Apportionment made up It's mind
definitely what IT intended 10 do and
rut period to endless conferences. Bar
gaining promises to lead nowhere.
Hagglng only begets more haGglins.
It suits the purposes of the Interior
ough company. which wants to protract
negotiations Indefinitely. The city au-
thorlties should decide upon reasonable
terms representing its minimum de-
mand. and If the Interborough company
does not accept promptly they should he
prepared to look elsewhere.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
TIE RUSSIAN CRISIS.

Two years ago Mr.. KOkOyS0f was pub
licly thanking God that there was uo
parliament in Russia. To-day. because
of the existence Of parliament and be
cause Of It's practical power, he is called
10 he Prime Minister. For this crisis
has really arisen over the refusal of the
Council Of State 10 accept measures
which are desired by the Douna. II j.
not altogether unlike the resignation Of
IA British Ministry because the Lords
had rejected bill which the Commons
had passed Practically the incident In
dicatcs. or at least strongly suggests. the
development Of ministerial responsible
iiv 10 and Identification with parliament.
There Is a parliament in Russia, and
Mr. Kokovsoff would not now utter the
ndscrcet denial of that fact which he
was betrayed into making two years
ago
Despite that unlucky remark. the ad-
vent Of Mr.. kokovson 10 the head If
things is 10 he regarded with compla-
ccnce and large degree OF confidence
Ills chief repulc has been attained rs a
fnanccr in which capacity he il. per-
haps. unsurpassed i'm the empire; but he
has shown himself II progressive and en-
lighicned statesman I'm various other dl
rcctions. Since his fling at the Douma as
"no parliament" he has cordially co
operated with that body in its reform
legislation and has frankly recognized
its authority 10 speak for the nation.
Ia foreign affairs. toward The allied ma
tion Of Finland, and ON the domestic
question of the Jews. his attitude has
bccn more liberal tha' that Of most
other Russian statesmen. II is Ia hc
expected. therefore. that he will in gen
crdl continue the policy Of his prede-
ccSsor. with perhaps even some acccs-
sion of liberalitI.
one gratifying feature of ihc case is
the inability of the rcactionary parties
to put toward II statesman of sufficient
character and capacity to he intrustcd
with the direction of the government.
The men who command the confidence |f
the Emperor and who are chosen TO ad-
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
THE EXTRA SESSION.

It is encouraging To- see representa-
tive Democratic newspaper like The
pbiladelphia Record" which has been
longing for years for an opportunity 10
smash the tariff schedules recognizing
the wisdom of President TaftS suGSes-
tiOn that Congress COntine itself at the
extra session 10 approving the Canadian
rpcinrOcitv agreement and establishing
q statutory tariff commission. Those are
the two particular things which the last
Congress should have done and failed 10
do. thus making an extra session desir-
able. Our Washington dispatches say
that the President depreCatcs the idea
Of irving 10 revise any of the tariff
schedules until after the Tariff Boards
first report is ready. IT is AL the more
an evidence Of "Thc Records" sincerity
and spontaneity in supporting the PreSi-
dents programme that It's approval Of a
cautious course At Washington was
elected not 50 much hy what Mr.. Taft
advised as by the Sagacious counsel
of fellow anti tariff Democrat, the
Hon. \. Is Farquhar Of York. Penn,
also widely known for his activities as
II free trader Of the Mils-Norrison per
suaSion.
MI Farquhar wants the now Demo
cratic House Of Representatives tO cut
the extra session rs short as possible
In a recent letter 10 "The Record" he
said:
!.
the extra session 10 accomplish what Il
IS called together for quickly and return
home. alike for the interest Of our old
party and the public generally.
To that our Philadelphia contemporary
earnestly cries Amen and urges heroic
sclfrestraint on Mr.. Clark aud his ass0-
oates. 1t believes, as the President
does. that before any revision is under
taken by the House the findings Of the
present Tariff Board ought 10 bc sub
millcd and studied. Says THE Rec
ord:
The push 81 popular demand unqucs-
tionaDly warrants carly action in shear
ing uhe tariff duties of their offensive
predatory character. But the work
should be systematic fair and prcdicated
on study ard knowledge OF facts. ~Thcre
is no delay incident to lrst carefully
getting ready.
If the new powers -that-bc in the House
of Representatives consult the public
interest. and Indirectly their own inter
est. they will Try 10 accommodate them
selves 10 fine new order of things. of
which the demand for the creation Of Il