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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
MORE RAILROAD.
The Clinchfield to Build Through
the Breaks OF Sandy.

The Clinchfield to Build Through
the Breaks OF Sandy.
1T has been learned that the Car
DINA, Clinchfiell and Ohio Railway
Company is preparing to build the
long-projected extension north from
Dante, Va, to connect at Elkhorn,
KY, with the Chesapeake and Ohio
The building company, which VIII
be called the Clinchfield Northern
Railway of Kentucky, has been
chartered under the laws of Ken
lucky with capital stock of SIS, 900.
The name of J. C. Stone, Treasurer
of the Carolina, Clinchfield and
Ohio, heads the, lists of incorpora-
tors.
This sudden activity on the part
of the Clinchield is taken as an
indication that the long-deferrei
deal between the Clinchfield and the
&c. & O., and Seaboard Air Line is
about to be closed after hanging
fire for over six months.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
Taft to Spend Ten Hours i'm Morgan.
town

Morgantown Oct. 3O-The pro-
gram Tor the presidents visit has
Deen completed. President of the
Chamber of Commerce, DR.. G
White, who is the chairman of the
committee to arrange a program.
states that the president will spen1
ten hours in the city, arriving here
at an early hour, but will not be
disturbed until 9 o'clock. At that
hour he will be taken over the CITY
In an automobile and at $50 will
breakfast at the home of DR. White.
At 1880 the school children will
gather on DR.. Whites lawn and the
president will make them an adj
dress. The cadet corps of the uni
yersity will then escort the presi-
dent to commencement hall where
he will deliver an address. Govern
or Glasscock will preside and intro
duce the president.
At II O'Clock Mr.. Tart will make
an address from the front porch Of
the residence Of President Hodges,
OF the university, after which lunch
will be served. A public reception
will take place, the callers being
presented by Hon, George C. Stur-
giss. The president special will
leave at LIE p. m.
DR.. White is brother of Mr.. H.
S. White, Of Matewan Owing to
his duties as deputy collector which
are particularly heavy at the first
of the month Mr.. White was unable
to be present at the home OF his
brother to greet the president, as
he had planned.
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}&
NOTICE TO PARENTS.

Little children who have never
gone to school, who have to enter
the first primer class in the primary
grade, will not be allowed to start
to school this term, but can enter
after Christmas. The primary rooms
can not make proper arrangements
for the instruction of these pupils
now, without sacrificing the work
for those who entered earlier.
Glasses will be. formed for beginners
after Christmas
s# BY Order of Superintendent.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

For the average person working
for wages or on a salary, there is no
investment so good in all respects
as stock in a growing building and
loan Association. The money paid
the Association IN tie shape Of dues
at the rate of one dollar per share
per month is working earning money
all the time. The dividends are
paid each siN months and credited
to the stock, consequently, it com
pounds itself.
FOR THE WAGE FARMER
Who ought to have absolute safe
ty for his savings ond at the same
time fair return, there is nothing
better than Building & Loan stock.
If he wishes to invest in home or
build house, he can borrow from
the Association the amount neces-
sary and pay it back in installments
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
MILLION INCREASE FOR THE
XTRGlNIAN.

The Virginian Railway company
which was the pet project of H. H..
Rogers, has issued it's second annual
report covering the twelve months
ending June 80. although gross
showed an increase of $1,608,034,
compared with the previous year, the
property was operated at deficit of
$1,113,355. This report was con-
sidered better than that for the pre-
vious year, as the deficit was $685.
Ill smaller.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
GOVERNOR HARMON ATTACKS
UNJUST TAXATION.
Discrimination Against the Small
Property Holder i'm Tax Rates
is OBJECT of Governors

10 oDJtIb Olt OUtSFnOF b
Opposition.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov AFTER he
laid the foundation for equal taxa
ton by obtaining laws reducing ex-
travagance by limiting expenditures
of public money ana stopping ex-
cessive tax rates by limiting the
maximum levy, Gov. Harmon's next
move was to obtain law whereby
the millions of corporate AMI per-
sonal property that had been escap-
ing taxation could be placed on the
duplicate
Injustice has long been done as
between owners of the same class
of property, and still more as be-
tween owners of different classes of
property, said Gov. Harmon in
opening his fight for his tax reform
two years ago. This is caused by
departing from the plain and just
command of the constitution that
all property of every kind shall be
taxed by a uniform rule according
to it's true value in money"
AS means of correctig the tax,
ing conditions, Gov. Harmon urged
the general assembly to create a
state tax commission and to give it
authority to assess all corporate
property, to determine the amount
on which special corporation taxes
are to be computed, and to exercise
supervision over local assessors for
the purpose of compelling them to
appraise all private property at its
true value in money. This was done
and the Governor appointed to that
board, Judge R. M. Dittey, F.. E.
Mum and Christian Pabst.
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Reports on Stream Flow.


The United States Geological Sur
vey has announced the publication OF
four reports on the flow of streams
in the United States. They are desig-
mated as Water-Supply Papers 265,
266, 267, and 268. The first men,
toned relates to rivers in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, North Dakota, Illinois,
and Iowa, which drain either into the
Mississippi River or northward into
Canada. The second reiates to
rivers draining into the Missouri, the
streams being located in Montana,
Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado,
Nebraska, and Missouri. The third
comprises those streams draining int
the lower Mississippi, mainly through
Arkansas, and Red Rivers, the
streams being located in Colorado,
New Mexico, Arkansas, Missouri, and
Mississippi The fourth gives in
formation concerning streams drain
ing into the western part of the
Gulf of Mexico, such as the Rio
Grande and the Pecos.
The records contained in these re-
ports show the flow of the rivers for
each day during the year 1909, as
measured by employees of the Geo.
logical Survey at permanent stations
maintained along the streams. They
are essentially record of the per-
Torrance of those streams and they
furnish an account of the water re-
sources available for use in the re-
gions in which the records were
made.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Another Menace to Personal Liberty

.
At last the bachelor is political
issue. The Womens Homestead AS
sociation of Massachusetts has lined
up practically every Massachusetts
woman's organization, with a total
membership of one hundred thous-
and" against Louis A rockingham,
Republican candidate for governor.
ItNhas resolved:
that no man should be elected
governor of Massachusetts, no mat
ter what his party affiliations are,
who Is a bachelor. Bachelors shirk
their duties to society, are failures,
always have been, ami always will be
because they are not good citizens.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
Uncle SANS Navy Finest Il World

Secretary OF the Navy Meyer be-
lieves that the United States will
have the finest navy in the world in
another year. Speaking of the new
naval training station at Lake Bluff
near Chicago, which President Taft
dedicated recently, the secretary
said that when it is in full operation
10 per cent. of the men Joining the
navy will come from the Middle
West
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AN OPEN LETTER.

addressed to the Republicans of
Pike county:
/ ask your support in my race
for the remainder of the term to
which | was elected two years ago .
Juage Holt, after taxing upon him
| self solemn oath to try the contest
cases two years ago although Re
4 publican himself, said Jim Scott was
not elected, an 1 the court Of appeals,
Judge O'Rear being on the bench,
said that Jim Scott was not elected
Jim says: ''If you ask Democrat
why vote against me, they say he is
a fighting Republican, and to that
charge plead guilty.
| No, the Democrats don't say that
| They say that he is a boss, and
| that he would buy or steal, or do
any other dirty act to get the office,
Jim says: They threaten to break
me ups and seemingly want to
hang me without judge or jury; and
III because H. have been a faithful
Republican"
There is mo- one threatening to
break him up, and no one wants to
hang him, but there are those who
ire tired Of boss and ring rule, ami
the people OF Pike County want to
enjoy the Liberties accorded to them
by the constitution and laws Of this
great country.
Jim says: Now, my friends, when
the Republican party was in trouble,
The night was never too dark nor
weather too cold but that | was
always working in the defense OF
the people -
No, the night was not dark enough
in 1907 when Judge Hatfield, RIOS
coe Vanoyer, Willie Coleman, Robert
Williams, j. F. Pauley, Col. w II.
Trivett, and Whetsell Blair were the
Republican candidates for the var
ious county Offices of pike County, 4
and A. w. Campbell was the Repub-
lican candidate for Representative
l.. Fl. Lawson, for Jim Scott not to
be able to find his way to his safe
in his store, in which Robert Fuller
a Democrat, was clerk; and after
the Republicans had divided up the
funds for each precinct, and had
labelled the packages, giving the
amount therein for each precinct,
and the Republican fighter who was
to go to that precinct, Jim unlocked
his safe and allowed Bob Fulle.
to copy the labels on those packages,
quarters in order that the Demo
Gratis might know the amount OF
funds going to each precinct for the
Republicans; and this act alone, on
the part Of Jim Scott defeated the
Republican ticket and broke all Of
the candidates up.
We are tired OF Benedict Arnold
and Judas Iscariot.
About the time of the primary
two years ago, Jim Scott, in a CON
versation with the author of this
letter, intimatei that John Ell Rat.
cliffe was dishonest and wouldn't
spend the money put in his hands.
and he said that Will Coleman was
nothing but penny fist, AMI that
no one void believe anything he
said. He further stated that he was
going to wear the horns in Pike
County-they might put up J.. E
Radcliffe, but that BY Cd, he
meant to wear the horns
Every good citizen of Pike County
should vote for ]. b. Polly, and
elect a man to that office who will
not have his nose in every suit that
is tried in court The people are
tired of bosses, and boss rule J B
Polly is content to serre the people
and not to boss them.
Respectfully,
]. NJ BOWLING
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
Newspaper Men Honor PuIitzer.

Leading newspaper men of New
York and prominent citizens paid
honor to the late Joseph Pulitzer,
editor and publisher of the New York
World and the St Louis Post
Dispatch today. Editor Pulitzer's
body arrived from Charleston yes
terday. All the city's newspaper in
terests- were. represented at the
funeral.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
A Violent Outlook

widow with ten children was
married in syracuse the other day
to a wido@er who has the same
number Of offspring. This looks like
licensing rio ing Rochester Union
AMI Advertiser
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Mrs. Murphy: My goodness, Mrs.
Riley, but your house is warm Can
you tell me how you DO it,
Mrs. Riley: BY buying the best
coal | can get from
VIM. WILLIAMSON.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

New and attractive furniture at
the Bronson-Fowler Furniture store.
Don't forget to call and ee tech
new arrivals.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
An Altruistic Burglar.

A Gotham robber who broke into
a fashionable residence took only
poems and lohgs. In some neigh
borhoods such burglars would be
welcomed as not altogether foes
to their ini.-Baltimore American.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02
IMPERIAL TROOPS BURN CITY OF
HANKOW.
Report of Massacre of Men, Women
and Children by Manchu Sol
dierS Confirmed

U1OH OU1Hfh
The German legation received a
wireless message from the vicinity of
Hankow stating that the imperial
forces are burning the native city of
Hankow and confirming yesterdays
report to the Chinese war board that
the Chinese imperial troops massa-
cred men, women and children during
the several days hghting. 1t is
evident that Manchu soldiers are in
Mlriated over the earlier Chinese
successes and they are now beyond
the control of their officers.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Nickel Plated Ware and aluminium
You should see our assortment Of
Ware. You will readily recognize
the real merits of our wares.
THE A. H. BEALL HDWE. co.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Several of our churches failed to
send in their announcements of ser
vices for Sunday, but we presume
the hours will be as usual.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Did you notice the pricking up
or South Williamson ears when some
one said Clinehfeld Northern Ry.?
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Bronson-Fowler Furniture Co. is
in receipt of a fine new assortment
of every kind of merchandise.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Read the announcement of the
Bronson-Fowler Furnit re company
in today's paper.
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Is it furniture you valt? Yrcn-
son-Fowler can give vol the very
best terms and price.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

Where would you rather be now
in China, Tripoli,. or Pike County?
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-02

"And the dawn comes up like
thunder,
Outer China 'crost the bay"
observed Mr.. Kipling once upon. a
time. Was he anticipating the pres
ent tempestuous state of affairs?
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know what you talking about" he said. Your
margin has off and we don't you a cent You
may the books, if you likeits all down in black
and white. Would you care for memorandum of
the transaction"
1t was really lucky for me that the policeman was
there. If he hadn't should have killed him or tried
to-Rice, l mean, the slick smooth scoundrcl with his
faultess clothes and diamonds!
broke out like maniac, waving my and
yelling that would get ustice-that would proclaim
him everywhere the cheat and defaulter he wasthat
would subpoena the clerks and telephone girls, and bring
the thing right home to him in a court of law
% | want my money!" | roared hammering the table
with my fist. "You rascal, you sharper, you thief.
give my money!
But he could shout as loud as could and threaten
'You stop that!" he yelled back. You stop
that I'll put you where you belong! We're onto you.
Mr. Benjamin Haswell! You eighteen hundred
dollar clerk in the Metropolitan City Bank and live at
81 West 1OSth-st and it all lie about your
selling any lot in the Bronx You sell anything you
deadbeat, you tinhorn gambler you bogus insurance
agent! Where did you get that three thousand dollars
from? Answer that, will you? Answer that,
or shut up! Answer me that, take your medicine!
Take my medicne-yes that all could do.
One rogue had outmatched another had stolen from
the bank and this cold blooded rascal had erreted it
out and held it over me like club. 1 had won him
sixtysix thousand dollars, and he would give
Continued on page II
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out of the bag and land me behind the bars. dreaded
the place dreaded that had to return to it for
final settlement
FIFTY thousand dollars! Fifty-five thousand doars
Sixty thousand dollars! The stock still skying Merr
man still short of CONTROL But he fast reaching the
mark. With U. P. at 6225s was too the deadline
to monkey with my chances. l got away from the
bank and teephoned Mr.. Rice to SELL l waited till
he was the other end of the wire himself; would
not trust anything so important to subordinate.
remember him prasng me for my daring. He said the
stock ought net something near sixty-sx thousand
and that he would hurry right out the curb and get
rid of it in three shakes of lambs tail.
l was still anxious that l telephoned him again
at noon and had the nexpressibe satisfaction of hear
ing that he held sixty-six thousand hundred and
eighyseven dollars and fifty cents to my order, less
commission. After that my only interest in U. P.
to watch for the slump. 1t was very slow of coming
closing strong the market eight points
higher. l did not go down after hours to get my
money; but put it off till the following day. You see
l meant to take casino teltale certified check-and
would have been forced to keep all night in the fiat
1t was wiser to wait till could lock it up in safe de-
post only half block from the brokers door.
The next morning l reported sick the phone,
and took hanson downtown, stopping the way
at the Hoffman House to how U. P. had opened.
1t had gone plump the rocks, and the Exchange
was in pandemonium. The stock at 81; the
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bottom had dropped clean out of it; Merriman had
secured control of the road, and did what
happened after that Neither did l. | sang in the
hanson; smiled at everybody like a unatic could
hardly wait till closed my hands my winnings
TT not | who nervous this time; it was MIR.
l Rice. He hemmed and hawed before | knew what
he coming at and his face grew whittier and winter.
Its too bad you didn't sell at the top" he said at
last. Il was hoping to receive your instructions all
yesterday"
Instructions" screamed out "Why told you
to sell at 6225s!"
He shook his head. You're mistaken he said,
eyng me cooly. eve got no instructions.
Why, teephoned to you personality" cried. ~
telephoned to you twice. talked with you five
minutes How dare you say did not?''
jumped up from my seat, ready to choke him; and
yet spite of ALL unable to believe he earnest
He suave and well dressed, with handsome
diamonds gltterng in his tie and cuffs. No, l could
not believe it; there mstake-some dreadful,
hideous mistake!
Don't make scene," he said, touching the bell
for help, and becoming visib1y holder a big
appeared in semipolce uniform. IF you cannot
moderate your voice or your extremely insulting man.
ner, shall have to ask you to leave my Office
mot without my money!" l protested furiously.
"You sixty-six thousand dollars and I'm going
to get it,
He pretended to be very much surprised. II don't
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BY ADACHI KINNOSUKE

three violation of law, gossip, 1centious
ness, deceit.
If this the only character wickedly belous to
womanhood then it would be easy dismiss the sad
exception but it is not. Figure is the character that
alike resembling, "just like it,. 1t is made
up of two characters: the right stands woman and
the left the character for mouth. One need not
look at it all day hatch up serious suspicion that the
old authors of the Chinese characters could not tell the
difference between woman and mouth.
In Figure is the character for slave. 1t is also
that has the character for woman incorporated
into its making And then the characterfor wife Gig
1O the upper half of it is the character for bamboo
and the is below it. In China the bamboo was
used, and is being used for broomstic< and also
for rod of chastsement The character is exceedingly
ambiguous, therefore One cannot be whether the
ancients meant to be companion of the broom
tost under punishment stick. But there shadow
of ambiguity as to the high esteem in which ancents
held woman, whichever Interpretation may prefer
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A FEW months ago travelling American stepped
n into the composing room of of the great
newspapers in the city of Toxic, "The Kokumin." He
astounded notwithstanding that he knew great
deal about newspapers and newspaper business for he
the general manager of the Associated Press The
reason of his amazement was simply this:
He something like ten thousand tiny in the
composing room of 1.-The Kokumin,' containing as
many different Chinese characters and little boys chas
ing after various characters the compostors called
you may say-how could that be? The modern writ
ten Japanese which entirely different from the spoken,
is made up of the original Japanese alphabes (Which
letters and not characters and characters imported
from China. These two mixed up in a marriage
about distressing and bewldering the majority of
why who read line of the Japanese daily
paper of necessity be fair Chinese scholar That
is the also that the late Lafcado Hearn could not
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read a book in Japanese, after all his
years of scholarly toll. That again is
the reason why Japan is barred from
the civilized blessings of typewriters
and linotypes.
Hence, the astounding sight that
scandalized the manager of the Asso-
ciated Press.
Naturally, at the very daybreak of
the New Order of Things in Japan,
many attempts were made to do away
in some way with this nightmare under
whichits written language groansitsway
through nine cycles of the linguistic
hades. Count Inoue, the doyen of the
Elder Statesmen, has been for many
years president of the Ronaji-kai,
the Roman Letter Society. 1t has tried
to spell out the written language with
Roman letters, such as are used in
Europe and America, phonetically. 1t
has published a number of books print
ed in Roman letters. Few people read
its publications, however.
There is another movement which
counts a number of distinguished schol-
airs among its missionaries and has been
trying to spell everything with the
Japanese alphabet, the alphabet of fifty
letters which has been native to the
soil. This would naturally do away with
over ten thousand tiny cases in a news
paper office; it would lead the entire
publishing and reading public of the
nation through pleasant typewriter
and linotype-bordered paths. More
over, the latter methods of divorcing
Chinese characters from the Japanese
written and printed pages has the
tempting aroma of being highly patri-
otto, for which the Japanese seem to be
specially keen. But this movement,
like that of the Roman Letter Society,
has not met with popular favor, owing
to the tremendous hold Chinese charac-
tiers have upon the neighboring people.
They have a fascination all their
own, these far descendants of the pic