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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
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NINE HUNDRED QUARTS OF Nj.
TRoGLYcERlNE LETS GO With
TELLING EFFECT.
(By United Press.)

MONTPELIER. Ind, Feb. 7.--Nine
hundred quarts Of nitroglycerine in
the magazine belonging TO The Dupont
Powder Company near here explod-
edgat 10 O'clock this morning. dnmags
ing ssproperty for miles around 81 y y
Al n ~ g1 loot hole marks the place
where the mag zine stood, Parties
are seafc hing The hole for piecesso sof
sillle!sh.s AZ is hot known whether any
lives were lSst yet
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
Senator Watson Resi- iigned as
Head Of fthel \: Big. g zion
and His IA ble. Lieute eaanf Isl
Elected to His Place orgeI
Watson and g. lem
ing Vice PresidZ ents.
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At a meeting sof the board of dlrec.
tors Of the olldation Coal coni,l
pany. held In Baltimore yesterday. MI
Clarence w Watson the ipresid ident. re.
Gently elected United Sstates senator
from West Virginia, tendered his
resignation as president OF the com.
pany. The resignation was presented
in the following letter u the board
~ find that the proper discharge Of
my duties as q United States senator
will require alifof my time during the
sessions Of Congress-, and for TINT rea:
son twill be impossible for me 10 per.
form my duties as! an executty I've officer
ofthe company, and q hereby tender
my resignation as president, and ask
that 1t be promptly accented y, ;s;,
Il Mr.. Watson gives up the active .dlsS
rectlon Of the affairs Of the Consollda-
ton Company In order that NE may de-
vote his entire time ID his duties sas
senator. al indica ted ybyss h,s letter N
resignation: That the experience q md.
a1yjee Of M. GNjnt tso,i 3n,i rht r. apailn.
b,eao ths coii,liany 1e board lof tiirec.
tors elected thim u 4 member of and
chairman 81 the board Il \
Z Mr.. j. H. Wheel vii Yice presi.
dent, and Mr: Watsoil's 4 aetlye sSasso:
ciate in developing tie extensive sbusi.s
ness interests 81 the D company, was sul 8un.
animously elected president til succeed
Mr.. Watson. Mr.. Wheeiwright retired
as u member of the board, !, al under
the bylaws otf the oJmpany, thes slpresi-
dent is not d director. I
Mr.. Fairfax 81 Land dstreet who has
recently ACQUIRED d financial interest
in the company, has been soirered the
position Il vice presid dent MI. Land.
street. It Is understood. has 3this otferi
under serious consideration. He isa
well known to the coal lS trad Ii having
been president of tie Davis Coal a.
Coke Com i, pany, and is now y, president
Of .he New York Dock Company. u
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CHARLEsToN Feb.
Pertinent questions are asked by Tax.
Commissioner Townsend In article
four Of the series by him concerning
Senate Bill No. Il, by which ex.Goy.
ernor Maccorkle5 purposes to upset,
the present tax laws. The article fol-
lows: II q, Ct stia
Senate Bill j Noss14 :sroyides that
real estntei shall be assessed every
five years instead Of annually, as the
law now provides. Ihaye yet TO learn
why an annual value orreal estate
should not be had Who will profit
most BY the assessment OF real estate
every Ave years? The owners Of oil.
coal and gas lands and city real es.
tate. We Will say tha, real estate is
assessed as Of January /, 1911, and
will not be again assessed for FIVE
years-that is January: I. 1916. Dur.
ing the early months OF 1911, oil Is
struck in q new field. Properly val.
ues are Immediately enhanced, Prop.
crty assessed January ], ,i1911 at $1,000,
an acre. might be worth on July l.
1911. Just six months later, 100000
an acre. yet this property, which has
so enormously increased In value be.
cause OF its oil, could not be again as.
sessed until 1916, and by. that time ,l,s
oil might be exhausted altogether;
Thus all the valuations caused by the
production Of oil have come and gone
and no money iis collected from 1t in
taxes. The farmer, however. with his
farm will not escape, neither will tho.
man with the small home. 3ts
Again. have sceas rehl estatesini
the city of Charleston increase lin
value one hundred per Cent. In four.
years. II for any reason-no matter.
from what the cause-real estate Is
worth for purposes Of taxation ST.
100000 this year and Is worth 81 100000
next year, then why should it CON,
time to be taxed for a period OF five
years at 100000?
Oil Increases Value.
Take for examples the great oil
gusher that produced approximately
six thousand barrels ad ay. drilled in;
by the Philadelphia Gas Company. In
the shinnston oil field in the latter
part of 1909. Is there any reason
why the land In that field should not
be Immediately increased in value
for the purpose OF taxation? Did the
striking Of the gusher increase the
value. of the, land? Why should not
the taxpayers of the county derive
some benefit from such increase
values Immediately on the discovery,
II Senate Bill No "A had been the
law and real estate had been last as.
sessed say Of January, ], 1909, and
could not be. again assessed until
january 1914, the land In that par.
ticular section Of Harrison county
would remain now at the same values
as We're fixed upon it before the oil
well was struck. Who would be bene.
flied by such a law as this? Why
the owners OF oil lands, the owners OF
coal lands and the owners OF gas
lands, OF course.
Difference in Assessment. /.
I do not want it overlooked that
this bill provides for the assessment
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MARTINS ! FERRY. o. Feb - -
Despite threats Of criminal prosecu.
tion by the schenk family Of Wheel.
Ing, the snodgrass Theater here to,
day began TO show moving pictures
ofathe trial In which is featured Mrs.
schenk. Pictures purporting to be
scenes from the trial and events pre-
cedlng It were shown including one.
representing Mrs. Schenuk and Dan
Phillips in#an automobile riding. .J
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
RYAN IMPROVED.

Chances Are That Aged Preiate VIII!
/ n Recover. sss MI
PllHILADELHHI All Feb. q n --A A !. contin.3'
Ned Improvement IS tnafke Sinsths con-
dition Of 4 Arch feacon Ryan Il. lay;
lPhysicians tos day declared sthes be-
ilese he has a chance oi esoser # #
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EARTHQUAKE.
tBy United Pres,ss.)

CLEVELAND, Feb. Father Odcn.
bpche's seismograph at st. ignatius
College to-day showed an earthquake
shock that began at $3.50 last night
WITH maximum at s:55. and ending
at SAB. The distance Indicated was
about two thousand miles.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
MISS | GOULD /
HAS GRAND
WEDDING
DAUGHTER OF WEALTHY 4 RAIL.
y y ROAD MAN WEEDS LORD DEclEs.
n MAGNIFICENT FLoRALsD sDl sPLAY
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NEW YORK, Feb 1.-THE. old story
ot American wealth and q foreign title
meeting At the altar was re.staged to;
day.tn me marriage OF Miss Helen VI
wen Gould. second daughter OF Mr..
q and Mrs. George Jay Gould, to Lord
Decies, ,Sof England In 81: BaTtholo.
M news church, before nm audience certhat
represented American and English ar.
istocracy, this 1s:year.old glrlSand her
lianeee OF ~ years We're welded this
afternoon.
AS Is usually the case in interna'
fional alliances Of such prominence.
today's wedding again deonstrated the
morbid forbid curiosity OF the public and
thousands OF persons crowded about
old st. Bartholomew's to get a glimpse
81 the bride and the notables In at
tendance The services Of several
hundred policemen were required to
keep. the streets clar for the endless
string Of. automobiles that deposited
their richly gowned and faultlessly
groomed guests at the church doors.
Similar scenes We're enacted at the
Gould home, S67 Fifth avenue, where, n
reception was held Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony.
The full Episcopal service was per-
formed BY Bishop David II. Greer, as-
sisted by the Rev. Leighton Parks, rec.
tor OF st. Bartholomew's church. Ten
thousand dollars worth Of flowers had
turned the interior Of the church into
2 a.Yerltable bower the scene being en-
hanced by a special musical program.
under the direction Of Organist Hyde.
In addition to the regular choir Of St.
Bartholomews there was the boys
choir from the Cathedral Of St, John
the Divine: The sololst for the occa.
sion was Ricardo Martin, Of the Met
ropolitan Opera Company.
In sumptuousness, the wedding rlv.
aled that OF the BRIDES older sister
Ma5orie. who at the same altar was
married to Anthony J. Drexel less
than ten months ago: ~ 4
Miss Goald's attendants we're her
sister, little Miss Edith Gould, as maid
Of honor. her still smaller sitter, Miss
Gloria Gould, and Miss Diana Dalzlel
as flower girls. while the bridesmaids
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07

Miss Bess Devol, who recently un-
derrwent an operation at the City Hos.
pltal; lis getting along nicely, which
will be agreeable news to her many
friends. Parkersburg News Dispatch.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
tREvoLuTIoNlsTs TRAVELLING.

ls35 Ell sPASo. Feb. 7.--l,evolutionlsts
to-day are reported rs being but twen.
Sty;ave miles away from Juarez. and
making fast headway southwnrd. II
silss not known whether crozco has fled,
3ioor Is harrying to intercept Gen. Navar.
iros federal command, which is has.
S$t;tsning north to the relief of the be:
leaguered city. u
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
PROHIBITION !.
AMENDMENT 4 | | !. \
PASSED
THE MEASURE COMES EFFEC.
TIVE JuLY:L 1sta.-VoTE. sTooD
% TO 2. VI Il D I, Y .,...,
Especial to West Virginian.} J

tspecialto West virginian.) !.
In the Senate this afternoon the pro.
.hibition amendment passed by a vote
of 20 to I. The amendment becomes
effective on July 1.31913.atss AZ
%Tl1thI The seven senators voting against
the measure were Hearne McIntlre,
Hatfield Meredith. Silver, White and
;zlllekin5 s5I; 81
4! 4 4
4;.g YAM ADVERT tising has sbuyeT and
lSsellsrssaslng good morning, IL each
sos 2 away ;3s7
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
Gets
APPROPRIATION
BILLS RECOMMENDED IN SENATE.
For $40 oco INCREASE FOR FED.
ERAL BUILDING.
(By United Prcss.,.

WASHINGTON, Feb. bills were
recommended to the Senate today for
passage by the Committee on Public
buildings, included an increase Of s4O..
900 in the appropriation i,for federal
building ut Grafton, West Va, and
$4,000. for Sistersville,
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m UsTEEs' SAC cRIFlc cES SALE OF
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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
peter results
ENGLISH STRIKE SETTLED
Railroad Employees of England Sign
Agreement With Officials.

London, England.-A tremendous
wave of relief swept over England,
when announcement was made from
the board of trade that the railway
strike had been settled and tnat the
men would return 20 work immedi.
ateiy
Telcgrams were dispatched to all
important railroad towns. bearing the
information. and those crossed in tran
sit messages to London describing the
strike riots in Llanelly and smaller
points in the kingdom.
The cabinet had been working night
and day since the strike threatened to
arrange a compromise Most Of the
credit for the ultimate success of their
efforts appears to rest on the shoul.
ders of Chancellor Lloyd-George, who,
in his statement TO parliament. and in
an interview with the managers and
the men, worked for Cancellation when
all others of the interested parties
seemed to have abandoned hope
So far as technical advantage in
the compromise goes, it appears to be
in the mems favor particularly as the
managers consent TO meet their rep.
resentaiYCS
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
THE COTTON CROP
IS GOOD TO FAIR
LITTLE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE
BY DROUGHT, RAINS OR
BOIL WEEvil.
BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE
Coston is Slow in Maturing This Year
May Be Exposed to
Frost.

Memphis, Tenn.-The Commercial.
says:
Lack of rainfall in the Carolinas,
part of Oklahoma and Texas and west
ern Oklahoma gives rise to complaints
Of shedding of rather severe kind,
while in all other states excessive rain
fall is producing very rank growth
of stalk, is retarding the proper set
ting of new bolls, and is rotting few
already made.
THE natural maturity of the plant
is also being delayed. and the crop
will be exposed to unusual danger
from frost if the rains continue.
Preceding the inauguration of this
droutn in the extreme east and the
southwest and heavy rains in the cen
trail states the plant was we'll fruited
and comparatively early in growth, so
that, although the loss has been rather
heavy during the past two weeks, the
promise is still good to fair. On the
bright side it is also worthy OF note
that in many localities showers nave
been neither excessive nor scant, ana
the crop is extremely good
Except in Texas and South Caro-
lima, but little cotton picking has been
done, and the bolls are opening slowly
because of the continued growth of
the plant due to the rfains. The boil
weevils in southern Mississippi and
Louisiana now appear active enough
to stop all further setting Of squares.
The worm damage has not been eX.
tensive.
"TeXas correspondents report that
a good soaking rain within tnc next
week will restore much of the loss,
and enable the plant to make a late
crop"
Montgomery, Ala.-Alahama' cot.
ton crop has not been damaged as
much as some Of the alarmists and
pessimists have predicted Reports to
The Advertiser from practically every
county in the state indicate that the
injury from the caterpillar. cotton
worm and other pests is inconsoQuen-
tial. That there has been some dc
terioration is true. due much TO the
rain, which has caused the weed to
take on abnormal growth at the eX-
pense of fruiting. This deterioration is
from the condition of several weeks
ago, when every indication pointed 10
the largest and most perfect crop ever
grown in Alabama. With regard TO
the normal, the average crop of re-
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
TWO AVIAT0RS ARE KILLED
William r. Badger and st. CroIx
johnson Drop to Death at
Chicaoo

Chicago.-Two aviators, William X.
Badger OF Pttsburg and ST CroiX
Johnstone of Chicago, both young men,
lost their lives at the international
aviation meet mere. In dying both re-
vealed the trailty of the craft in
which two score more ayiators were
curving and gliding about the air,
with scarcely a pause for the deaths
of their contemporaries.
Death in both cases was due to un'
explained accidents, probably the re
suits of unsupported defects in the
mechanism of the machines and was
in no way caused by careiessness nor
lack Of responsibility of the drivers.
Badger, a wealthy young man, ca
reened to his death in pit in the
aviation field. There had been flaw
in one of the wings of the propeller
of the Baldwin machine he drove. Cen
trifugal force broke the propeller, up
set the delicate equilibrium of the ma
chine and Badger dashed 100 feet tc
the bottom of the pit. his neck being
broken JohnstOne fell 500 feet un
der his engine and was drowned as
the result of an equally unsuspccted
defect Caught under the heavy en-
gine in the Moisant monoplane, he
was carried deep into Lake Michigan
and his body was not brought to the
surface until an hour later.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
PLAN FOR COTTON BILLS
NEW ORLEANS COTTON Ex
CHANGE RAPS ENGLISH BILL
OF LADING COMMITTEE.
Plan Is Reflection Upon Exporters and
Stab at Planters of South, Says
the Exchange.

New Branding the pro-
posed plan OF the Liverpool cotton
bills OF lading committee to institute
III New York clearing house for the
valuation OF cotton bills of lading as
direct reflection and insult upon
those engaged in the exporting Of cot
ton" and placing itself upon record
as opposing the plan in its entirety.
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
through its board of directors, passed
resolutions to this effect and approved
the report of its special committee ap-
poitted TO investigate the proposition
The directors also adopted resolu-
tions authorizing its president to is
sue invitations in the name of the
exchange to all Southern exchanges,
boards of trade, bankers and exporters
and others interested III the handling
of cotton to meet here in joint cot
ference, probably during the annual
convention of the American Bankers
for the purpose of adopting measures
for the protection of their respective
and mutual interests.
The local exchange expressed itself
as being willing, in the future as in
the past, TO cooperate in any feasible
and just plan for the protection CT the
legitimate cotton trade and the elimi-
nation of practices contrary ID com
mercial morality; any feasible plan
that will not take further tribute from
! the Southern planters. All cotton eX-
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25

crowd has begun to drink heavily an
are brandishing their reyolvers il
each others faces. The more peace
able Of the whites have been doing al
in their power TO end the trouble am
let the law take n hand. This has en-
ragged the more vicious element of th'
mob, and it is now feared that th'
lives of the whites are endangered
from the mob. taking it as an insul.
that they should not revenge the
death of Marshal Ncwbcrry.
All business at Jakin is at a stand
still, stores being closed and tn,
whites remaining in their homes. TIL
negroes are scattered and fc wcan b,
seen in or around Jakin. The ncgroc
living in the country who had no
heard of the trouble there went I,
Jakin to transact business, but wer,
not permitted to remain in the tow
nor allowed to purchase goods.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
DEMOCRATS FAIL
TO OVERRIDE TAFT
es FAILURE TO MUSTER
thirds VOTE KILLS VOC
AND FREE LIST BILLs
WILL AGREE TO COTTON BIL [
me Democratic House Went D,...-
with Flying colors in Battle to
Override President.

Wasnlngton.-In succession q,
dramtic events the Democratic hou +,
OF representatives met defeat in /,
supreme effort to pass the wool A.
Tree list bills over the presidents so,
toes. The house will agree to tf
cotton tariff revision bill as ament
in the senate, but will not hold CO.
gress in session to await the cert
veto Of that measure. The sen
cleared away all its business and e.
ly adjournment is assured, in the or i
ION of the leaders of both parties .I
the house.
Ihe Democratic house majority, w "a
great demonstration of enthusias IA
marshaled its ranks for the great b
tie TO override the president and We
down with flying colors. The PAL
leaders failed to muster enough ,
surgent Republican support to D;
the tariff legislation over the pre-
dents head.
The Democratic members of {
ways and means committee determ r
de to end the long session at one
The house will pass the cotton
as amended in the senate, containiu
the iron and steel, chemical and
ton machinery schedules and the r,
iprocal bitumin0us coal across the c.
madam border provision and will Sc
it to the president.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
To Lessen Chances of Fires.

Urging the removal of all cOmbUs-
tible material from premises, Insurance
Commissioner McMaster is distribut-
ing throughout the state circulars
showing the danger of fire by allow
ing this material to accumulate. and
quoting the section of the Acts of 1904,
giving representatives of the insur-
ance department the right to inspect
premises and order the removal of
combustible matter MIR b. A. Whar-
ton, deputy insurance commissioner,
recently made inspections covering
large portion of Columbia
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
LIQUORS BARRED ON TRAINS
Against Law to Sell Liquor on Dining
Cars in Alabama.

Montgomery. Ala.--It is against the
sanction Of the Smith regulation bill
which controls the sale of whiskey
in the state, to sell intoxicating liquors
or beverages on the dining cars in
Alabama, according TO an opinion
which has been rendered to Governor
O'Neal by Atty. Gen Robert c. Brick
ell.
In another opinion, which has been
submitted to Governor O'Ncal at the
request of Chairman John c. Sprag-
gins of the Tuscumbia commission. the
attorney general holds that section %
of the Smith bill forbids connection
of bar room with a pool room
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
COLUMBIA NEEDS BOAT LINE
Water Rate situation Discussed
Will Increase BusIness-A. Mop.
Handy Named az Manager.

Columbia. = That Columbia needs
the river boat line was brought out at
a meeting of the executive committee
Of the Chamber of Commerce. when
the situation was discussed by A. f..
Gonzales. the president Of the New
York, Columbia & Georgetown Boat
company; T. c. Williams, the pro.
moter Of the steel barge line and sew.
eral well known Wholesale merchants.
The opinion was expressed by num-
Der OF representatives that Columbia's
Importance as distributing point for
many commodities is almost entirely
dependent upon it's water connection
with the coast. These men use the
boat line for transportation from Co
lumbia to Georgetown From George
town there is an arrangement with
the Clyde Line company.
For some time the business of the
boat line has been greatly hampered
by exceptionally low water, but not
withstanding this fact the company
has done an excellent business. The
situation with regard to river navi-
| commercial interests of Columbia
The Chamber of Commerce is inter-
| ested in the stimulation Of shipping
by water, and at the meeting, which
was called for free and open dis
cussion of the situation, the resigna-
| ton OF j. w. Smith as general man.
ager Of the Columbia, Georgetown &
| New York company was accepted,
and A. McP. Handy. the secretary
of the Columbia Chamber of Com
merce, was selected to have charge
of the boat line under the direction
of A. E. Gonzales, the president Sec
retary Handy is familiar with river
navigation from his experience as a
government engineer. He will work
to create business for the boat line
and has already outlined his plan of
action. He will guarantee all ship
ments by the boat line to be delivered
on time. The work as general man
ager of the boat line will not interfere
with his duties as secretary of the
| Chamber of Commerce.
That the boat line means a great
saving in freight rates ives shown by
the experiences related by several
wholesale men at the meeting.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-08-25
RACE WAR IN SOUTH GEORGi.
Mob Applies Torch to Negro House
Jakin, Georgia.

Donalsonvillc, Ga.-As a result q
the killing of Marshal Newberry
Jakin the people of that section co.
Early county and those living aero
the river in Alabama have becor
thorough yaroused and have been
plying the torch rather freely to n
gro lodge buildings, school houses al
churches. Three negro lodges, tw
churches and one school house we
laid in ashes by the mob. which
bent on revening the death of Ma
shall Ncwberry.
New trouble arose over some nc
grocs barricading themselves in
house and firing upon crowd {
whites who were in search of the n,
gro murderer, West This fire wa
returned by the whites and the builC
ing in which the negroes had barr
caded themselves was riddled wit